Indian Motorcycles calls itself ‘America’s First Motorcycle Company,’ and they have good reason to do so. Businessman and competitive cyclist George Hendee founded the Hendee Manufacturing Company — it wouldn’t become Indian until 1923 — intending to build bicycles. In 1901, he hired engineer Oscar Hedstrom to build his vision of a gasoline-powered motorized bike. After a year of tinkering with prototypes, the first Indian motorcycle was sold in 1902. It didn’t have an official model name yet — it was
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