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  1. Antique Indian Motocycles

    Post Your Worn-In Jackets, Let's See That Grain and Patina!

    Is it a curse or a blessing of our time that everything has to turn fast and faster? Back in the days, a good leather jacket had to look mint when new. If you want a patinated jacket, it should be earned by wearing it....not by just buying it.
  2. Antique Indian Motocycles

    Ride in Style - Show your vintage motorcycle riding gear

    Those belts were customized and adorned to the owners pleasure mostly. In the mid 1930s motorcycle companies and aftermarkets took their chance to launch decorated belts. Here you see the “Indian head” chain leather belt, offered by the Indian Motocycle Co. in 1948. This belt and the “Indian...
  3. Antique Indian Motocycles

    Ride in Style - Show your vintage motorcycle riding gear

    As we started to talk about kidney belts, or riding belts, as they were called also, let’s put a light onto that one I am wearing on this photos.
  4. Antique Indian Motocycles

    Post Your Worn-In Jackets, Let's See That Grain and Patina!

    D-pockets rule! Hercules had one of the most pleasant backs. Super short,too.Perfect!
  5. Antique Indian Motocycles

    Post Your Worn-In Jackets, Let's See That Grain and Patina!

    Now that´s a great fit! Perfect grain and patina. Congrats!
  7. Antique Indian Motocycles

    Post Your Worn-In Jackets, Let's See That Grain and Patina!

    Here is my 60s Lesco. Although it is nothing special, I love the two tone colour and the grain. Cheers....
  8. Antique Indian Motocycles

    Ride in Style - Show your vintage motorcycle riding gear

    Thank you so much. Yes, the sweater is repro, but matches the red wine leaves well. I am with you, 40s / 50s kidney belts were more a stylish accessoir than useful. Often worn along with rayon club shirts. I love the chainbelts, they are more comfy.
  9. Antique Indian Motocycles

    Ride in Style - Show your vintage motorcycle riding gear

    They made great designs and powerful bikes in the 70s. Show something,if you like. Yes, it´s good to wear a kidney belt alog with the short M/C jackets. I do that also with my oldest jackets from the 1920s and 30s. There were such cool kidney belt designs back then....love them. I do the...
  10. Antique Indian Motocycles

    Ride in Style - Show your vintage motorcycle riding gear

    Yes. Almost 100 years old an no pension in sight......
  11. Antique Indian Motocycles

    Ride in Style - Show your vintage motorcycle riding gear

    Thanks for the link. Hope he joins this thread.
  13. Antique Indian Motocycles

    Ride in Style - Show your vintage motorcycle riding gear

    @41eiffel Ce serait super si tu montrais tes photos ici. Would be great if you join this thread with some photos of your riding gear.
  14. Antique Indian Motocycles

    Ride in Style - Show your vintage motorcycle riding gear

    Thanx a lot.
  15. Antique Indian Motocycles

    Ride in Style - Show your vintage motorcycle riding gear

    Thank you so much. I will tell my son.
  16. Antique Indian Motocycles

    Ride in Style - Show your vintage motorcycle riding gear

    Thank you!
  17. Antique Indian Motocycles

    Ride in Style - Show your vintage motorcycle riding gear

    Thank you. Hopefully this seed will grow.....and I won´t be the only one with that passion.
  19. Antique Indian Motocycles

    Ride in Style - Show your vintage motorcycle riding gear

    Ride in Style Vintage motorcycle riding gear (golden era would be nice) What gear are you wearing on your vintage iron? Show your leather breeches, whipcord pegs and pinkies. Motorcycle jackets in their natural enviorment. Grab out your studded riding belts. Dust off your high laced cavalry...
  20. Antique Indian Motocycles

    Original Indian Motorcycle Jackets

    Absolutly love it! Does your IR have a tag inside the pillion pocket? Mine has. It says 4851. Could be year and week of production.
  21. Antique Indian Motocycles

    Original Indian Motorcycle Jackets

    Super cool! Now this is almost a twin...Do you know any other IR´s out there?
  22. Antique Indian Motocycles

    Original Indian Motorcycle Jackets

    Thanks, he´s a cool guy. We know each other from insta.
  23. Antique Indian Motocycles

    Original Indian Motorcycle Jackets

    Are there other original Indian Ranger jackets out there?

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