DicE Journal has simply paired up with Zach Hindes of Hindes Design to punt out a stunning, track-oriented, customized Indian Chief Darkish Horse for the plenty.
Christened the R/T FOUR THIRTEEN, the bike showcases severe 70s-style racing period componentry, with the added quirk of ultra-modern, urban-inspired art work for the fairings.
However first, the inspiration to create such a machine.
“The shape and performance of this bike [were] crucial on this construct seeing because it’s a dual-purpose machine for street and observe,” explains Zach in a current press launch.
“Myself and my workforce at Hindes Design come from a racing background, so we understood the problem at hand and approached it with that mindset. We labored along with Dean Micetich at DicE Journal on the styling and ultimate design of the bike and located the proper mix between vintage-inspired observe bike and a modern-day sport bike.”
That mix churned out a timeless bike with glorious dealing with – the proper mix of previous and new, current and previous, this and that. Whereas the inventory Thunderstroke 116 has been stored for the undertaking, Zach outfitted a customized chrome steel pipe to enhance the muffler from Racefit.
The customized fuel tank was additionally the work of Zach – as have been the classic racing fairing, the seat pan, entrance floating duties (twin disc, as a substitute of single), and new enterprise in the back of the bike, which was modded to carry a monoshock and tweaked swingarm.
Brakes are Beringer, and Roland Sands Design contributed to the footpeg mounts and 17” rear / 19” entrance wheels, the latter of which carry Dunlop rubber.
The largest eye-catcher, although, is the one-off artwork that adorns the bike’s bodywork. The job was carried out by none aside from “Decorative Conifer” (a suspiciously festive label for an English artist named Nicolai Sclater), who was exploring “the idea of branding in a post-consumer society.”
“In a world the place signage and promoting are now not required to promote merchandise or drive enterprise, there’s a threat that our lives may really feel empty, no less than aesthetically,” explains Sclater.
“I like being surrounded by the visible cacophony of promoting and signage, however I can’t assist imagining, how would possibly it’s if the messages we’re force-fed every day have been messages of social connection, empathy, and optimism?”
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“How would we, as a society, evolve if this narrative had the identical weight and will subject the identical affect as main model messaging carries immediately?”
End the caboodle off with customized wiring by Motary, and also you’ve bought a quick, enjoyable fizzer certainly; now all that’s left is to seek out somebody to take ‘er for a spin.
Anticipate to see the R/T FOUR THIRTEEN customized Indian Chief Darkish Horse at Daytona throughout Bike Week, the place she’ll be sitting on the Indian Motorbike show on Foremost Road.
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