Thread: Indians

Originally Posted by Fawls

There are two types of Indians, the push start & the pull start, which type do you have?

(warning & spoiler; Indian culture joke)

I have a few pull starts as good friends.

Originally Posted by Fireflite

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Nice bit work fella. I've got nothing left over for 741's as all my playing was with early stuff (1915 to 28) and mostly with the powerplus model (1916 to 1923) - there's a few cylinders lying about but they are pretty crap (the ones overlooked during rebuilds.

I'm still messing about with flatheads though and currently building a forced methanol engine for speed trial work out of BSA M20 cases with a Yamaha TT500 crank (modified). Here are a few pics of billet hi-comp flow heads I've been making from 6061-T6. The next part is to make a two piece water cooled cylinder with re angled ports and an inlet valve of 2.5" that's closer to the bore.

Originally Posted by bing

Nice bit work fella. I've got nothing left over for 741's as all my playing was with early stuff (1915 to 28) and mostly with the powerplus model (1916 to 1923) - there's a few cylinders lying about but they are pretty crap (the ones overlooked during rebuilds.

I'm still messing about with flatheads though and currently building a forced methanol engine for speed trial work out of BSA M20 cases with a Yamaha TT500 crank (modified). Here are a few pics of billet hi-comp flow heads I've been making from 6061-T6. The next part is to make a two piece water cooled cylinder with re angled ports and an inlet valve of 2.5" that's closer to the bore.Attachment 116815Attachment 116816

Fireflite and yourself...true craftsmen. Salute.

Originally Posted by bing

Nice bit work fella. I've got nothing left over for 741's as all my playing was with early stuff (1915 to 28) and mostly with the powerplus model (1916 to 1923) - there's a few cylinders lying about but they are pretty crap (the ones overlooked during rebuilds.

I'm still messing about with flatheads though and currently building a forced methanol engine for speed trial work out of BSA M20 cases with a Yamaha TT500 crank (modified). Here are a few pics of billet hi-comp flow heads I've been making from 6061-T6. The next part is to make a two piece water cooled cylinder with re angled ports and an inlet valve of 2.5" that's closer to the bore.Attachment 116815Attachment 116816

Thats a bloody lovely looking piece!
I'm looking at building a multi Flattie. Not a straight or V. I'm keen on cylinders and heads that are excess to requirements!

Originally Posted by Fireflite

Thats a bloody lovely looking piece!
I'm looking at building a multi Flattie. Not a straight or V. I'm keen on cylinders and heads that are excess to requirements!

How many cylinders / heads do you need and what configuration are you thinking of ?

One of my work mates rocks up on his scout/chief ? when the weather is nice. I know he is trying to move it on, and is a bit of a collector, so will ask if he can be put in touch.

I have found them to be good ones as well!

I will PM you

Rode one of these to college for a year or two, swapped it for a car, wrong move when i look back.

There used to be a few 741B in Canterbury on farms. Ballantynes in Chch sold them after the war. Apparently Aussie got a lot of Harleys and NZ got the Indians. I knew of 2 still on farms, one of the owners told me when he was a boy riding it, the side car fell off one day around the farm and it remained there forever. He was at retiring age when I last spoke to him, still riding it too.

Originally Posted by Mathias

There used to be a few 741B in Canterbury on farms. Ballantynes in Chch sold them after the war. Apparently Aussie got a lot of Harleys and NZ got the Indians. I knew of 2 still on farms, one of the owners told me when he was a boy riding it, the side car fell off one day around the farm and it remained there forever. He was at retiring age when I last spoke to him, still riding it too.

Not Ballantynes of Ch-Ch (clothing shop) but Valentines of Hamilton (military surplus shop). Apparently 50 Pounds, new in the crate. I remember reading their full page ads in the Auckland Weekly as a kid.

Originally Posted by gundoc

Not Ballantynes of Ch-Ch (clothing shop) but Valentines of Hamilton (military surplus shop). Apparently 50 Pounds, new in the crate. I remember reading their full page ads in the Auckland Weekly as a kid.

Spot on!

Originally Posted by gundoc

Not Ballantynes of Ch-Ch (clothing shop) but Valentines of Hamilton (military surplus shop). Apparently 50 Pounds, new in the crate. I remember reading their full page ads in the Auckland Weekly as a kid.

Yep still in their crate, had a big debate with my workmate about getting one each back in the 60s. But who would want a heap of crap like that to ride round on? Worse was to come, a 24? Indian barn find, complete with tassles on the saddle, nice red paint. Finder was a BSA and Norton man. Wanted $100 for it and I said nope!

You can't beat the good old 20/20 hindsight!