BARNFIND! All Original 1913 Indian Motorcycle Discovered After 100 Years!

[@AaronMartinCOOLVIDEO]

It is unbelievable to find something like that in that kind of condition. That is a great bike thank you for sharing.

[@harveymushman2219]

Nice find Buzz !....Thanks for the walk around.....

[@hammered0184]

Great find. Personally, I have found nothing in a barn since early 80's and that was two frames one of which had been cut to make spacers apparently.

[@wondermechanic]

Bhai ji Aisi bike dekhne se Kuchh Na Kuchh sikhane Ko Milta Hai

[@robmackinnon4593]

Please add more as you can. Cool bike.

[@buzzkanter]

Following the progress in the pages of American Iron Magazine.

[@MotoDeSoto]

Very nice Buzz. I can't wait to see it run.

[@Tb-cl8hi]

That is the Muts Nuts..........Great find :]

[@0Kizzy]

Beautiful find man

[@maclac48]

Dam good find, thanks for sharing! 👍🏿

[@ericohara2582]

Wonderful..... Thank you for sharing, I will be visiting this post lots!

[@rannungenami]

Thanks for sharing Buzz.

[@cashenjoe1]

Absolutely gorgeous!

[@johnkennedy8795]

Please don't restore that bike, People are trying to recreate that old look,,, It's amazing,,, Just an amazing bike, Thankyou for uploading, Joy to see!!!, Blessings from Scotland!!

[@buzzkanter]

Not restored, but rebuilt to look pretty much the same as here, but mechanically functioning well.

[@johnkennedy8795]

@@buzzkanter Amazing Job,

[@Wooley689]

Fantastic, would love to be able just to stand near it and check it out.

[@reddirtfarm7704]

Wow!! What a piece!!!

[@ArchiveMoto]

An American gem!

[@michaelschmitzerle2587]

That is extremely cool👍

[@hawgryder13]

Hi Buzz, Don't know if you'll see this at this late date but you must have forgotten that HD had a swing arm on the 1952 K -model.

[@verosidust8909]

I would love to see this running, I bet finding that is like finding gold 😀

[@buzzkanter]

Agreed.

[@NYNCMIKE]

Nice find Buzz

[@buzzkanter]

Thanks. This one is special.

[@nasty906]

Priceless

[@caesarillion]

Hope you can save and restore those tires. At least a wall hangar. Super rare. Almost never seen.

[@die6874]

Fantastic!

[@skorobeymoto6133]

Крутая комплектная Пушка. Очень крутой мотоцикл. Моя мечта 👍. Моё почтение и уважение за сохранность

[@Burnersforvanlife]

Very nice

[@DaBirdman1989]

So damn pretty.

[@DokterMesinAgok]

Ooh very nice motorcycle.. 👍🌈

[@johnydoe7065]

Indian motorcycles in that time period were more advanced than Harley’s were...... that tells me why the Military always gave them the contracts Harley’s were hence cheaper to build . When you gotta build Thousands a rear leaf spring verses a spring seat is more costly to compete with.....

[@joyciejd9673]

I hope you restore and post

[@tomconti3531]

What kind of gas powered the lights? Was it acetaline gas? Is there a water reservoir?

[@yasons9531]

how much coast

[@secondcomingofbast9908]

How much would this bike have cost in 1913?

[@buddieluvsu]

Sweet

[@johnwells2616]

When you say the lights ran on gas, do you mean gasoline or literally a gas such as acetylene? Cheers from New Zealand.

[@lestermiller2717]

John Wells They used a mix of acetylene and water in a two part tank that mixed it together to create a gas. Piped through a rubber hose.

[@johnwells2616]

@@lestermiller2717 Cheers!

[@neelonghunglow]

Clean the head fins. Fresh rubber. Re-pack the bearings...that is all

[@TheNextGoogification]

Could I be so curious as to how exactly this was a barn find?

[@buzzkanter]

It was stashed away hidden in a barn for years. The owner passed away and his trustee pulled it and a few other old bikes out of the barn.

[@mikego18753]

I think i,ll check in my shed(you never know!

[@MATHEWSHITZ007]

It's for sale ?

[@buzzkanter]

Not for sale at this time. Thanks.

[@AntiSup]

brass cylinders ?

[@buzzkanter]

No, not brass. I believe they were cast iron.

[@daveharris7734]

Nice

[@howarddeats1473]

Just so you know they did have battery back then.

[@ВасилийКошкин-с3я]

Очень крутой для своего времени )

[@TheNextGoogification]

I've seen that year Indian before and noted the rear suspension. Has anybody been able to make any sense out of the lack of rear suspension of early bikes? Especially considering the types of roads they had to have been used on. Ideas welcome, except it usually winds up being necessary to state the obvious - simplicity, somebody may "inform" us. - also being a manufacturing engineer, it doesn't seem like it would be that typical to make a manufacturing jig.

[@buzzkanter]

Early bikes relied on tire pressure and a sprung saddle for rear suspension.

[@yasons9531]

it s. for sale

[@philippecarvalho384]

This indian for sale ?

[@buzzkanter]

Thanks not at this time.

[@earl6969]

It's only original once boys...

[@stanleydenning]

9/28/2019 I'm wondering what the bike is worth. My best guess 1.4 Million. U.S.

[@Aberman1]

Stanley Denning considering the highest a motorcycle has ever sold for is 929,000 I would say that’s not to good of a guess. A 1908 all original Harley Davidson sold for around 650,000. I would bet since this is not completely original (the carb) and its missing the headlight it probably would sell for 3-400,000 which is still a pretty penny

[@buzzkanter]

@@Aberman1 No idea, but suspect a fraction of that. But, it's not for sale.