Indian Chief 5000 km Review - Buy One? 

Cheers Seltun.

I can see why the Victory and Chief would ride similarly Sticks. With Polaris being the parent company for both it's natural to assume the Victory motorcycles morphed into the Indian line up. ;)

Thanks Richard. Enjoy that bike!

I have had a Night Train 2002 carburator during 8 years until 2022. Now i own the Indian Chief Dark Horse for 10 months and 10.000 km and no regrets

Cheers Farracuda. As soon as I can pin down how I'm going to handle it. ;)

Hey cheers Popeye! Happy New Year to you too bud.

Thank you! It could be what I'm wearing. I always wear heavy kevlar jeans when riding. I'm sure I'd feel it more if I wore shorts or lighter weight fabrics as I see some people wearing.

@@BikesILike I'm in Townsville so I wear king gee cargos in the heaviest fabric they make in summer. Kevlar in winter. We actually have a riding season up here. Many people park their bikes up from December to March to avoid the heat and rain. I can't do that! I ride any weather. Great channel, I'll sub!

@easydailytrades4205 Cheers mate!

Cheers! Great to see YT sharing my vids again too and thanks for your feedback on the step up seat.

Thank you and Happy new year!

Cheers John!

Cheers Angel. Happy New Year to you too!

Cheers Guy! Happy New Year to you too!

I brought a new 2022 Harley davidson low rider st have so far put 1500ks trouble free bike no issues at all just like your great Indian both great bikes

@@jackchristodoulou197 The ST is a nice bike Jack, I strongly considered that bike for myself ;)

And why you didn't bought it ?

Oh interesting, didn't know you could fit a 200 mm tyre on the rear. Thanks very much for the tyre life feedback.

Thanks Axel! I see you're making a sequel :)

@@BikesILike absolutely! Lol finally someone gets the name. I just seen the trailer for it. I can't wait to watch it.

@@axelfoley5155 Me too! So good seeing Eddie reprising the role and making more films. 😁

@@BikesILike absolutely especially Back as Axel!

Cheers Mick! You too mate.

Interesting. I'll check them out Jonathon.

@@BikesILike I've got them on my H-D Softail Slim and the handling is really good. Of course, that's not to say that there's other tyres that are just as good.

they're good enough to be the standard tyres on the mighty Indian Challenger, and the best OEM tyres I have experienced in 53 years of on and off road riding. @@BikesILike

And it's fun every time Jerry ;)

How do you find the Rinehart's on the highway Roy? My only concern is the potential of droning on the highway, is that an issue? Cheers.

They are loud, for sure, but I don't find it an issue as I usually use ear plugs for wind noise. Even without ear plugs they are tolerable when cruising along at a steady pace. When you open her up though they are loud which I think is a good thing as people know you're there. @@BikesILike

@@BikesILike hi Paul thanks for visiting Indian motorcycles and thanks for the gift I have put it up on the wall in my room

@@roygoddard9331 Ok cool. Thanks for the info Roy. 👍

@@HOLDEN921 Great, thanks Tom!

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Hey Dave, yeah really good so far. I'll do a review once it's broken-in in another 1,000 km time. But so far so good!

Scout Bobber Twenty is better for a taller rider. Don't forget you can get extended forward controls as well as extended reach seats for the entire Scout range. To be truly comfortable on any bike, you will need to add mods. Having said that, I'm 6'1" and found the Standard Scout to be very comfortable, even with the stock seat and pegs. I find the Chief Dark Horse comfortable configured in the setup I have, even with the mid controls. But everyone is different and what works for me might not work for you. At your height you will be more comfortable with higher bars, keep that in mind too.

@@BikesILike Thank you! I’ll keep this in mind.

I get it. It's does sour the experience when you need to travel so far for servicing, accessories and parts. Fortunately for me, my dealer is only about 10 minutes away.

I have 60 minutes to ride to service. Do you guys think it would harm motorcycle engine after winter storage to ride it with the oil sitting all winter in bike until next oil change service or should ride to the service immediately? I let them to change oil filter and oil on last september and after that got over 1400 km riding distance before putting it to storage and bike is sitting in cold garage, battery removed, tires inflated to as recommended on the manual and some wood placed under kickstand to make bike sitting upright and covered. sry for grammar errors, not my first language. all help and advices are appreciated, ride safe!

Sorry Andy, you're right I should've mentioned my height. I was going to add it into the video with a test overlay but then completely forgot! I'm 6'1".

Yes, I did fit the handlebars myself. When you buy a genuine Indian product, Indian provide detailed install instructions. To get the instructions you simply enter the part no into the Indian Motorcycle website and you can download full install instructions as a PDF. Having said that it is a fairly involved process which includes bleeding brakes etc. and there are a couple of errors in the install instructions that you need to be aware of. An example is, the instructions tell you to twist off the left (clutch side) grip with a rubber strap wrench. But this is not necessary as there is a small grub screw which holds that grip on. Twisting it off would damage the grip, in my opinion. Only tackle this project if you a very confident and comfortable working on your bike. For reference, Indian recommends this be installed by the dealer.

@@BikesILike thank you, I fitted the forward controls my self and they came with a new master cylinder so I too had to bleed the brakes.

@@andyhill8312 Ok cool. For the record, it took me around 8 hours. The dealer has got it down to around 4 - 5 hours.

My fuel economy is still good. It depends on how your bike is geared. For my Chief, it's ticking over at around 2,000 rpm in sixth gear. Lugging an engine by riding it too low in the rev range will cause long term engine damage. I want this engine to last a long time. ;)

@@BikesILike What's considered to be low rpm for each gear? Suggestions are appreciated. For so far I've downshifted gears somewhere at 1000-1500 rpm or if i hear engine starting lugging. And I'm surprised that you got 4.7 l/100km. When I did my first 800 km break in.. I got 5.6 l/100km. I upshifted and downshifted gears just like what the manual suggested. Had touring mode selected.. was pretty easy on throttle and was using engine braking instead of using actual brakes. But after services I noticed how my fuel economy got worse and worse.. up to nearly 6.9 l/100km.. that was late november and then the weather got colder and roads slippery, so I decided to put it for winter storage. Also did not change oil and oil filter when putting it to storage.. was planning to do it after storage and had over 2000 km milage.. next oil change is at 4000 km.. should I wait and ride 4000 km and then let the oil changed or should I ride to the service which is something between 60-65 km away and nothing happens to the engine? Thanks and ride safe!