Here's a great review.  Check out the sub-article at the very bottom for H-D vs Indian real world costs.

http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/indian/2014-indian-motorcycle-review-chief-classic-chief-vintage-and-chieftain.html

Next big date on the calendar is Monday,  Aug 26th.  That's the day of the drawing for the indianmotorcycle.com website bike.  Winner will be notified by Aug 28th.

Not sure when the History Channel and other contest bikes get drawn.

Sure is funny how our sense of history and what counts as "real" gets defined.  AMF bought H-D in 1969.  In 1969 the Batwing Fairing came out as an option on the Electra Glide.  In 1971 it was standard equipment.  Here we are, 44 years later, and we all know what the Batwing Fairing has become.  AMF is considered dark years in H-D history but one of the most identifiable shapes in the world came from there. 

Of the three new Indians, the Chieftan is by far the most historic because of the fairing and hardbags under the Indian name.  When there is no precedence and it is the first of anything, it is by definition historic. 

Indian Motorcycles did not quit being historic in 1953 just because the company went under.  50 years from now, when Wikipedia lists "Indian Motorcycle", these will simply be know as the "Polaris" years.  It doesn't make them any less historic.

Would love to read a KevinX review from Daytona. 

I'm interested in the exhaust note.  I had Stage 1 on my Vision and it was perfect for me.  Several of the magazine reviewers mentioned the exhaust note as being the best they had ever heard.  If the stock Indian exhaust is just as throaty as an '08 Vision with Stage 1, I'll stay stock.  I ordered Stage 1 on the new Indian just because I liked it on the Vision but I don't want to overpower the harmonically tuned sound that they worked so hard for on the 2014 Indians.

One little maintenance question:  How hard is it going to be to get to the headlight bulb?

Street Eagle - 2013-08-12 1:55 PM To add to that HD point, Harley also changed hands when AMF almost closed the casket on the HD brand. The "brand" is the historical thread, past to current and beyond.

AMF darned near ruined any chance for HD to ever recover from its disastrous state and prosper. I sure hope we are not in the middle of anything approaching the nastiness that we experienced way back then. HD has done very well since the workers bought them out from AMF. Today I own  a Victory bike, not an HD, but that does not mean that I don't know anything about their history.