INDIAN Chieftain Limited

LET’S GO WITH THE facts first. The empirical hard-torque ones, the put that in your pipe and smoke ’em ones. In the Milwaukee corner, if you opt for the new 118ci, 1923cc, 169.4Nm engine vs the Wisconsin-made Indian Thunder Stroke 116ci, 1890cc, 168Nm powerplant - then you add the slip-on accessory mufflers ($2000) and freer-flowing air filter ($800), which includes a retune you get a claimed seventeen percent more American grunt dished out in the lighter Indian package.

Yes, you can feel the extra kick in the butt despite the minuscule capacity difference.

Now you may feel that size and tugboat-like pulling power isn’t the first port of call for buyers in the cruiser market? Better think again because just like Hollywood