Me in 1965 as a High School Senior with my 1950 500CC Indian Warrier with TT pipes.
Indian in 48 decided to get into the lightweight bike market.
Acquired a company called Torque Engineering that was developing a single and twin.
Had reliability problems associated with weak main bearings (Combat!) plus British pound devalued allowing British bikes to have price advantage.
Indian folded in 53 partly because of the money lost on the lightweight attempt.
My older brother bought bike as a pile of parts and we put it together. I acquire bike when he returned to Canada where we came from. No money so on a shoestring but easy to work on.
Had it at college but needed a reliable commuter with carrying capacity so sold.
Very light bike and didn't have any problem keeping up with newer ones.
Would love to still have it fully restored.
The second picture is my 72 Combat restoration that I just finished the paint work on. I'll eventually put on the before and after thread more complete picture history. A pleasure to ride.
Bob
