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Indian Chief Vintage/Final Edition

Polaris Industries, owner of Indian, is taking good care of the brand. As we await a revamped bike with an all-new V-Twin engine to arrive for 2014, the Indian lineup remains the same for now, with the Chief Vintage still at the top. The Vintage’s fringed solo saddle looks like the sprung seats on hardtail baggers from long ago, and the fringed leather bags and wide whitewall tires also hark back to the post-WWII era. Also available: The Chief Vintage Final Edition, a limited-run model with a 1939 World’s Fair-inspired paint scheme, black saddlebags and a numbered frame plate.

$35,999/37,599

Engine type: ohv V-Twin

Displacement: 1721 cc

Induction: EFI

Transmission: 6-speed

Final drive: belt

Front brake: dual disc

Rear brake: disc

Wheelbase: 68.4 in.

Seat height: 27.3 in.

Fuel capacity: 5.5 gal.

Claimed dry weight: 753 lb.

Indian Chief Dark Horse/Chief Classic

The Dark Horse is an appropriately named model, since just about everything but its engine covers, rocker boxes, pushrod tubes, brake rotors and Indian headdress tank graphic is matte black. That sea of black gives this big, 105-inch V-Twin cruiser a strikingly different retro-style appearance reminiscent of WWII military bikes. Like all 2013 Indians, the Dark Horse is American-made, built in Polaris’ manufacturing plant in Spirit Lake, Iowa. Also available: The Chief Classic, a mechanically identical model but with a glossy paint finish and chrome in all of the usual places.

$27,999/26,499

Engine type: ohv V-Twin

Displacement: 1721 cc

Induction: EFI

Transmission: 6-speed

Final drive: belt

Front brake: dual disc

Rear brake: disc

Wheelbase: 68.4 In.

Seat height: 27.3 In.

Fuel capacity: 5.5 gal.

Claimed dry weight: 728 lb.