Few were manufactured at the Indian Kings Mountain plant. A handful remain available. Since Polaris acknowledges they are well made Chiefs and because they feature a custom art-deco inspired theme that I like very much, I feel that some of you may be interested by this Blackhawk model. I don’t have an inventory available per Indian dealer (only know for sure that the Charlotte Dealer has 4 in stock), but for sure they are now the rarest new Indians. If interested, it’s time to call your dealer. MSRP is (was?) $29,900.
The Very Last 2011 Art-Deco Inspired Blackhawk Chiefs
Published by September 2nd, 2011 in Builders, Customs and Editorial.21 Responses to “The Very Last 2011 Art-Deco Inspired Blackhawk Chiefs”
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In my opinion a current Indian should look like this anyway. peace
http://www.cycletrader.com/Indian-Motorcycles–In-Tulsa-Oklahoma/search-results?type=Motorcycle|356953&make=INDIAN|50865296&zip=74110&radius=any&keyword=Chief%20Blackhawk&match=exact&sort=year:desc
Found at least four (4). See the link above.
Sorry, but that’s one fugly bike. Teeny saddlebags, big fender, at least three different themes on the same bike, looks like a catalog attempt.
Woody. It’s your taste. I would not buy one (because I want to see the new Indians), but all modifications made versus the standard Chief are quite appealing to me.
Woody? 3 themes? Really? I see only one. Art-deco. Which ones are the others? How you call them? Maybe you don’t know anything about art-deco.
Bags, fenders, fairing, back seat and paint job are typical Art Deco style.
I’d buy one if I had the chicken scratch.
Wonder if the value will stay at $29,000 in 5 years or go down? For owning a limited edition, if I had 30 g’s hanging around might think of owning one. Then again $30,000 will buy me a 2011 Hemi powered Challenger. Ok just checked more like $40,000 for Challenger. Ok now the Indian looks like a much better deal.
By the way who will service these machines in the future? Victory/Polaris dealers?
That looks like a Victory/Indian collab!
I think it’s kinda Groovy, nice lines, it flows! One little question though, what are the passenger pegs for? Anybody perched on top would be slidin’ right off the back. It would work great fer gittin’ rid of a naggin’, complainin’ ‘ol lady. Just actively twist the grip and vowalla, you’re FREE of the Bitch!! Yuk-Yuk!!! Wiz
Beautiful machine.
I like the all-black version better, I think.
I agree with Cyril…probably gonna be collectible.
Rumor has it there were less than 110 TOTAL 2011’s built before the factory shut down and moved to Iowa. The Blackhawk was probably less than 20% of production, so, what, maybe 20 of them total?
(As opposed to say, the CVO HD that’s $36K, and they make about 1800 of?)
Wiz: it’s got passenger pegs cuz that tail cone is removable, and there’s a two up seat under it.
It’s definitely a cool looking bike…love the art-deco limited style…wish like hell I could afford it…especially since it’s the Last of the King’s Mountain Indian’s..although i have seen Polaris JUST built a test mule that is pretty much King’s mMountain parts…either way, I am THRILLEd Polaris owns Indian…the Indian Icon is now secure for a VERY long time!
I’m sorry but I am in with Woody on this one too much confusion going on.
I couldn’t give 30K for two of them.
Guess I don’t know whar art deco is on a bike. I see a “neo-bolton” look. China Sportster saddddlebags, JC Whitney “universal” flyscreen, ersatz gunfighter seat, and the traditional front fender just don’t combine to a good look IMHO. A few horizontal lines isn’t enough to make it art deco. Pretty sure Bob Bourke or Raymond Lowey could explain it better, but they’re not around.
Uhhhhh, the 1930 Harley paint jobs were art-deco in design. Who really believes this Blackhawk Chief with a set of old beetle bags, a fiberglass seat cover and an out-dated front fender is “Art-Deco Inspired”? C’mon, this thing looks like something assembled with a bunch of swap-meet parts. It’s no wonder Indian died 3 times. Hopefully, the crew at Polaris will call on the best of the best to design an Indian motorcycle that is 21st century.
Please tell me this is a very old belated April Fools Joke!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some of you guys really need to research what “Art Deco” is. The paint on this bike is the Art Deco inspired part of this bike.
The front wheel is way too small and as a result ruins the overall look. Way too much space between the fender and frame and headlight. It looks like it might be a 15 inch wheel FFS. Needs an 18 inch. Amazes me how a designer can seriously think that that looks ‘right’.
for some reason it reminds me of those god-awful Excelsior-Hendersons a while back……
That thing is as guly as the Polaris bikes. It all looks like Arlen Ness designed it after jacking a tab of acid.