When the first Polaris-produced Indian Motorcycles were introduced on Main Street at the 2013 Sturgis Rally, the Chieftain was the biggest surprise of the bunch and elicited the loudest ovation from the crowd. A motorcycle with a fork-mounted fairing and hard saddlebags was a first for the company. It gave them a strong competitor in a very lucrative niche, both in the production and aftermarket sectors. The Indian Chieftain provided the company a bike that matched up with the hugely popular bagger of its primary American competitor, the Harley-Davidson Street Glide. And the bagger segment has been riding a wave of popularity in recent years, spawning TV shows like “Biker Battleground Phoenix.” Go to just about any custom bike show and the bagger competition is always the most hotly contested.
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