2018 Changes
Indian Motorcycles has made some minor changes to the Dark Horse, specifically with the controls. The speedometer is now black, as opposed to the old Ivory Cream color. The analog fuel gauge is standard on the Springfield Dark Horse and higher models, this is an option on the Chief Dark Horse. Some other minor changes come in the controls. The […]
Biggest Baddest Motorcycle
In the May/June 2017 issue of Popular Science an article summed up the Dark Horse nicely. A 9-foot-long single-seater weighing 800 pounds would look imposing in your rearview mirror, even if it weren’t a light-swallowing black that seemed to bend spacetime. But the Indian Chief Dark Horse is, and its 1.8-liter engine has enough grunt to tow a small boat. […]
Dark Horse History
Indian Motorcycles has a history all its own, however the Dark Horse came about recently. Stellican originally released the Dark Horse and sold Indian operations to Polaris in 2011, Polaris continued to manufacture the Kings Mountain Era Dark Horses until 2013. In 2014 Polaris released their new Thunderstroke 111 engine and released and updated Dark Horse in 2016. Chief Dark […]