Indian 1000cc 8 valve racer with a super patina and in running
condition... who dares.
The normal model of indian was an overhead valve. For racing, Indian
made a 4 (2 valves per cylinder) or 8 (4 valves per cylinder) racer.
These were never sold even though they were in the catalogue but were
only loaned to the factory racers and to the most promising riders.
Rarely do these motorcycles come up for sale. These are the
motorcycles that reached speeds of over 200km/h on the wooden
murderdromes and this in 1914! These motorcycles were pushed into
motion on the bowl tracks or pulled in motion by another motorcycle
with the help of a cord. Then they did a tour behind the pace car and
had a flying start for the race (here is a nice video of this :
https://youtu.be/QPZY-MUx8qk ). These motorcycles had no brakes. This
was too dangerous to drive because one could hinder a rider behind by
braking suddenly. These motorcycles also did not have a throttle cable
because they were usually driven at full throttle (operated by a lever
on the carburettor) and speed was controlled with the pre-ignition and
with the killswitch on the handlebars.
Auction-ID: A3-40489-13535
