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atomic13

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Been into old cars, Motorcycles and vintage scooters. I have the bug to build a board track racer or 47 Indian Chief motorized bicycle.

This seems to be the place to be.

Quick question anyone done a 47 Indian Chief? Is there any kind of 4 stroke V Twin engines that anyone has used in bikes other than the Honda Vanguard motors?
 
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welcome to the world of motorized bicycles atomic. i cant be much help but i am sure someone here can. if you find a vtwin please let us know. i think that would be great on a motorized bicycle. great to have you with us and hope you enjoy the site as much as we do
 
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Welcome,If you deside to go with the 47 chief build how are you going to mount 4 2cycles in line?
It'd look cool.Can't help you with the twin.Kip.
 
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atomic13 said:
Kipharley,

The 47 Indian Chief had a V-twin. There was a in line Indian known as an Indian 4 but I would rather do a V-twin.
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Your right!I was thinking the Chief was the big boy.Did Indian already label the twin the Chief before they introduced the inline?
Hey I saw somewhere here someone looking to identify a motorized bike that traded a MB that had fenders front and rear that looked Indian.Is that the look your looking for?Kip.
 
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That's the bike I was talking about.He traded the bike you pictured for an unknown bike.Kip.
It's in the thread "Help identify this bike"
 
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atomic13

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camlifter,

Did you do the sheet metal work yourself. If you did your a master artist. That is really a sweat look and has some of the features I want to build into mine. What frame did you start with. If you made those fender would you interested in possible doing another set with a few mods? I would like to try to get them inside the frame somehow. This could be done by widening the fron and rear a little. I have a 2005 Kawasaki Drifter 800. If you don't know what one is do a search on the web for photos and you will see what I have. Could never ride a real Indian Chief the way I tide mine so I setled for a forien copy. It still turns alot of heads. Anyway let me know if you are interested in working with me on my new obsession.
 
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the tank and fenders are fiberglass, i built the tank, got the fenders from e-bay and then modified them to fit over the frame, the bike started out as a mid 60's boys cruiser. it has the honda 35cc motor and uses a 3sp hub as a transmision.
i'm working on a how to video for building gas tanks, i'll put up a link to it when it's done. good luck on you build.
theres a thread in the do it your self section named 3sp jack shaft that shows the building of this bike, check it out.
 
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Wow. Know that what I'm talking about. What motor, frame and fork combo did you go with for that one?

What a great job camlifter. Were did you get the tank?
 
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that has the HS 4 stroke kit motor on it, just a knock off after market springer fork, the bike was a 60's cruiser. the tank i made myself from fiberglass. had to widen out the rear half of the bike and cut 1" out of the width of the fenders, they don't fit any bike that i know of right out of the box, so be prepared to cut them up if you try and use them. a shop called wickedkarts sells them on line.
 
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