After a wait of about two months, my Indian Chief Vintage number 933 finally arrived and I took delivery today.
I took the long way home strictly on secondary roads and had to cut it short only because the school buses came out.
Initial impressions are very good. Throttle response is prompt, and the TQ starts immediately at low RPM. It idles at 800 RPM and has plenty of torque at 2K. It's hard to lug this engine, I really tried.
The transmission is smooth, the stock pipes sound great. The front brake stops you on a dime and gives nine cents change.
Leg room for a 6 foot 2 rider is pretty darn comfortable. The stock seat is simply as comfortable as you can get, and this is coming from a Vision rider. It fit me like a glove and I had no discomfort whatsoever. It felt like I could have ridden much, much longer. The suspension is excellent and really absorbs the road well.
Fit and finish is excellent. I didn't ride it hard since it's in the break-in period, but it handles very well. Tomorrow, I'll try to drag a floorboard but it seems to have a lot of ground clearance.
The Chief is a rolling work of art, and at a gas stop the attendant was wowed by it and pulled out his camera to take a pic.
Not a bad start. If I don't go to work tomorrow you know what I'll be doing.
