Demo'ed a Vintage and a Classic yesterday down in the Phoenix area.
Beautiful machines, and has been mentioned here, everything about them says quality and first-rate fit and finish.
The engines are especially beautiful, except for possibly the oversized air-cleaner on the left side of the bike, as they're so large that they cover a little too much of that beauty of an engine on that side.
They are EXTREMELY comfortable to ride, with a very solid and stable feel. And yes, surprisingly the lean-angle ground clearance is quite good, as they don't start scraping the floorboards nearly as early as any Big Twin Harleys I've ridden over the years.
The motors are very smooth at every rev range and deliver huge amounts of torque right from off-idle. A couple of times I purposely left them in 3rd gear as I rolled to a stop and just to see how it would power off a start in that gear. No problem at all, and I didn't even have to slip the clutch while doing that.
The first one I rode was a barely broken-in Vintage which I found to have a fairly "clunky" and somewhat hard to shift transmission(especially between 1st and 2nd gear), however the second bike I rode was a much more broken-in Classic, and its tranny was MUCH smoother to operate. And this second bike was also equipped with a Stage One performance chip, which allowed the engine a slightly higher red-line before hitting the rev-limiter, and it was much more fun to ride, as on the first bike I hit the rev-limiter about 3 or 4 times while riding that one.
Overall, if I had about $20,000 to spend on a big retro-styled cruiser, I would place this new Indian on the top of my list. They're very impressive on many levels.
(...job well done, Polaris!!!)
