1948 Indian Chief Roadmaster Motorcycle Two Tone Nicely Restored

1948 Indian Chief

Price: US $26,500.00
Item location: Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Make: Indian
Model: Chief
SubModel: Roarmaster
Year: 1948
Mileage: 2,042
Color: Red & White
Vehicle Title: Clear
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Description

1948 Indian Chief

***Note.....a few words about numbers matching questions****

This is a NON-numbers matching bike. Both Frame and Engine are same year!

One thing most viewers tend to believe in is that when someone states they have a numbers matching bike is that it came that way from the factory! There are few authorities left today that actually worked for Indian between 1920 and 1953. You can find a lot of mismatched number fonts and lettering heights if you look at bikes either being sold by owners -or- shown at bike shows or on the street or bike swap meets.

Just because someone claims to have a numbers matching bike does not mean it was one to begin with. More a thing of the past recent 6 to 10 years for validation, nything could have been done at a painters or machinist or homeowners garage!

This 1948 Chief shows both a 3 lettered engine and 3 numbered series 1948 era Chief.

Having had my own share of "numbers" matching bikes in my own past I look for that authentication also but along with that is the value of work done to engine, rame, ront end, aint, orkmanship, ransmission, tc and what it needs, hat it takes to get the bike, tc.

Just be mindful that when you invest in a "numbers matching" bike may not necessarily mean it was done at the factory!

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Nicely restored!

CAD plated hardware changed overall.

Great two-tone paint!

Exceptionally nice choice in leather color for Chummee seat and bags.

3rd owner of the Chief and haven't run it since fall 2015.

Gas is drained and no battery is installed at this time as I used the prior battery and case in another bike.

Comes with a color matching "solo" seat.

Picture showing seat has clutch wraps from a 2014 Chieftain sitting aside as I took the picture last year to show a color for tanning my Chieftain seats and "are not" included!

Windshield and mounting hardware is included!

Indian Head and 1948 script etched nicely in to the windshield.

Bike ran out great the last time it was used with good clutch and brakes as well!

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Buying "as is" with no warranty expressed or implied!

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$500 downpayment within 24 hours.


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