Indian Chief Dark Horse Motorcycle Images Leaked

Indian Motorcycle had confirmed that it would be launching a new motorcycle at the Dark Horse ride organized in Chicago next week. But prior to its official launch, images of the new Indian Chief Dark Horse have been leaked on the internet. The new Indian Chief Dark Horse is basically the blackened out version of the Indian Chief Classic making it the new entry-level motorcycle in the Chief family. The new Indian Chief Dark horse as the name suggests sports a matte-black finish on the V-twin motor, headlamp, forks and alloy wheels. The stealth treatment continues onto the renowned valanced fenders, handlebars and the saddle. Chrome is present only in the form of trimmings on the fenders and the exhaust pipe has a dual-tone, chrome-black finish that looks sinister. Apart from the blackened out theme, other visual difference between the Indian Chief Classic and the Chief Dark Horse are the missing lights on either side of the headlamp and alloy wheels instead of spoke wheels. The whitewall tyres have also been given the boot in favour of the dark theme.

Mechanically no change will be made to the new Indian Chief Dark Horse. Powering the bike is the Polaris developed Thunder Stroke 111 powerplant as found on the Indian Chief Classic. The 1,811cc, liquid-cooled, fuel-injected, V-twin engine pushes out 141Nm of peak torque while the Indian-spec motor churns out 139Nm of peak torque. The engine is mated to a six-speed transmission that transmits power to the rear-wheel via belt drive. Pricing and other details will be revealed at the time of the launch on February 13th. It is estimated that the Indian Chief Dark Horse will be priced around $17,000 or Rs 10.54 lakh in the American market. Given the fact that every motorcycle from its international portfolio is on sale in our country, expect the Indian Chief Dark Horse to be launched by mid-2015 in India.