New Indian Trike

mcdonaldroadcapt · Aug 1, 2014

Thre is a new Indian, two weeks old, dealer located in Waynesville NC. In speaking with the salesman he said that Indian was building their own trike based on their touring model. $10,000 cheaper than Harley trike. I know some aftermarket trike companies are making Indian conversions bue this is supposed to be straight from the Indian assembly line. Anyone know?

cavie · Aug 1, 2014

Haven't seen a factory Indian yet.

rmrc51 · Aug 1, 2014

I've seen the new Indians and can attest to the fact that the quality control is top notch. The fit and finish is excellent. It'll be interesting to see if Polaris does come out with their version of an Indian Trike. Roadsmith and especially Hannigan already offer a trike conversion for the new Indian line up. Hannigan really pulled all stops out with their design! ThumbUp

Blueline · Aug 1, 2014

A factory Indian trike would be great but, priced $10,000 less than a $32,500 HD Tri-Glide does not seem financially possible. Let's see what happens. In the meantime, Hannigan has a winner with their Indian trike.

Veritas44 · Aug 2, 2014

Me thinks that Salesperson be overly laden with Male Bovine Waste Matter and talking out his Posterior...

Chazzman · Aug 17, 2014

It would be great to see Indian come out with their own Trike. I would certainly take one for a test drive. Even if the price was the same as a Triglide they would really have something.

CSCguy · Feb 27, 2015

They were telling you about the Slingshot, which is basically a 3 wheeled Mazda Miata and is already plagued with recall problems.

2ndchance · Aug 31, 2015

RE: Indian Trike

Does anyone here know the method for changing the back tire on the 2015 trikes. I heard that you need to remove the back end to do it. That seems extreme, I'm sure they engineered it better than that. Thanks for any info.

rhino 2 · Aug 31, 2015

2ndchance said:
Does anyone here know the method for changing the back tire on the 2015 trikes. I heard that you need to remove the back end to do it. That seems extreme, I'm sure they engineered it better than that. Thanks for any info.

I can tell you from experience with my 11 T/G. Not so 'You just jack the trike up a little remove the lug nuts and off comes the wheel's/Tires..

cavie · Sep 2, 2015

rhino 2 said:
I can tell you from experience with my 11 T/G. Not so 'You just jack the trike up a little remove the lug nuts and off comes the wheel's/Tires..

I think the OP was referring to the Indian trikes. I would hope the rear fenders are skirts.

JDflhtci · Sep 3, 2015

Indian motorcycle are priced the same or higher than Harley s i seriously doubt their trike would be 10k cheaper than harley

ol' school · Sep 18, 2015

rmrc51 said:
I've seen the new Indians and can attest to the fact that the quality control is top notch. The fit and finish is excellent. It'll be interesting to see if Polaris does come out with their version of an Indian Trike. Roadsmith and especially Hannigan already offer a trike conversion for the new Indian line up. Hannigan really pulled all stops out with their design! ThumbUp

CSC is doing an Indian trike now, too. They call it the Arrow. Rear fenderskirts remove to remove/install rear wheel/tire.

Blueline · Sep 18, 2015

ol' school said:
CSC is doing an Indian trike now, too. They call it the Arrow. Rear fenderskirts remove to remove/install rear wheel/tire.

Not that you're going to be changing rear tires very often, but I do like having the option. Hope to see one in person.

indianrider003 · Feb 5, 2017

Changing rear tires

2ndchance said:
Does anyone here know the method for changing the back tire on the 2015 trikes. I heard that you need to remove the back end to do it. That seems extreme, I'm sure they engineered it better than that. Thanks for any info.

Look on youtube, they show how remove the tire skirts in order to change a tire.

indianrider003 · Feb 22, 2017

Changing the rear tire

2ndchance said:
Does anyone here know the method for changing the back tire on the 2015 trikes. I heard that you need to remove the back end to do it. That seems extreme, I'm sure they engineered it better than that. Thanks for any info.

I have a 2015 Indian Roadmaster with a CSC kit. To change the tire on my trike , the wheel coverings pull off for easy access to the tire. I don't about other trikes. This is one reason I picked CSC kit for my bike.

ol' school · Feb 22, 2017

indianrider003 said:
I have a 2015 Indian Roadmaster with a CSC kit. To change the tire on my trike , the wheel coverings pull off for easy access to the tire. I don't about other trikes. This is one reason I picked CSC kit for my bike.

Got any pics Randy? We all like pics!

hogcowboy · Feb 23, 2017

Well this thread was started in 2014 and to date still no factory Indian trike. Don't you just love the rumor mill.:Shrug: I do hope Hannigan is making a reverse unit for Indian though. There's a bunch of us old farts that will be looking to trike soon. I'm already getting much closer than I want but have been holding out for the leaning version. But if Hannigan is ready now I just may opt to switch next winter. If not I'll go Landing Gear. That I know is ready for Indian.

indianrider003 · Feb 26, 2017

Pictures

ol' school said:
Got any pics Randy? We all like pics!

I would send pictures if I knew how to. Can you tell me how to insert pictures.

indianrider003 · Feb 26, 2017

Factory Indian trike

hogcowboy said:
Well this thread was started in 2014 and to date still no factory Indian trike. Don't you just love the rumor mill.:Shrug: I do hope Hannigan is making a reverse unit for Indian though. There's a bunch of us old farts that will be looking to trike soon. I'm already getting much closer than I want but have been holding out for the leaning version. But if Hannigan is ready now I just may opt to switch next winter. If not I'll go Landing Gear. That I know is ready for Indian.

There no plans for Indian to build a trike. California Sidecar makes a great kit. I just got my 2015 Roadmaster converted to a trike with reverse. Send pictures when I figureout how to.

BillR · Feb 26, 2017

indianrider003 said:
I would send pictures if I knew how to. Can you tell me how to insert pictures.

indianrider003 said:
There no plans for Indian to build a trike. California Sidecar makes a great kit. I just got my 2015 Roadmaster converted to a trike with reverse. Send pictures when I figureout how to.

Zook posted a tutorial on it here....
http://www.triketalk.com/forum/threads/29247-How-To-Post-a-Picture-(Video-Tutorial)