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  • pisten-bully
    '46 Chief rider
    • Jul 2010
    • 1662
    #1

    Motoplane on Ebay

    I've never seen a Motoplane, here's one for sale on Ebay:
    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/INDIA...#ht_992wt_1021
    Pisten Bully is Harry Roberts in Vermont.
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    • c.o.
      Senior Member
      • Feb 2003
      • 5353
      #2
      I've always thought the Motoplane was a neat one... it shows that Indian wasn't quite willing to let the 101 styling go. Cool bike...
      Cory Othen
      Membership#10953

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        • sirhrmechanic
          Vigilis
          • Dec 2010
          • 1147
          #3
          Harry... you need this! Something to balance out your new trailer... ;-)

          Very cool and thanks for posting. There looks to be a fair bit of work to finish on that bike, but the hard stuff is done and, well, wow!

          Wonder if it will end up in the AMCA family?

          Cheers,

          Sirhr

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            • Hollywood
              Senior Member
              • Mar 2011
              • 223
              #4
              I have a set of those tanks on my Midget Indian Circus bike...always wondered what they were off of...
              Midget Indian Tanks.jpg

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                • pisten-bully
                  '46 Chief rider
                  • Jul 2010
                  • 1662
                  #5
                  Originally posted by sirhrmechanic View Post
                  Harry... you need this!
                  Indeed I do! ....but your '64 Panhead is much more affordable! Someone out there needs that Pan of yours!
                  Pisten Bully is Harry Roberts in Vermont.

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                    • fillibuster
                      red dog
                      • Aug 2009
                      • 934
                      #6
                      Originally posted by c.o. View Post
                      I've always thought the Motoplane was a neat one... it shows that Indian wasn't quite willing to let the 101 styling go. Cool bike...
                      Cory, the motoplane is a missing link in the scout chain, a for-runner of the sport scout, as evidenced prominently in the keystone frame. The forks are from a Prince. Not sure if the engine is a standard scout from 32. Have to reference Iron Redskin again, and inquire of my scout-nuts for more accurate info.

                      Without giving Indian's design team full credit, one could say the motoplane looks like a scattered pile of available left-over parts assembled into a minimum-weight (and fragile) machine, with an eye to class-C race form. The Y-motor (1935) and heavier primary (34, I think) came later, prolly along with heavier bolts and such, and of course, the heavier fork, and heavier weight.

                      This is not gospel, somebody bust me please!

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                        • fillibuster
                          red dog
                          • Aug 2009
                          • 934
                          #7
                          Oh, and I was gonna say, BEWARE--REPLICA !!
                          Indian numbers left the doors open, wide, imo.
                          But again, with the over-lapping years' parts, a replica might not be so difficult.
                          If it's a true 1933 motoplane, it's worth more than 15k.
                          But I wouldn't put a replica together for that either.

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