Indian’s hulking, matt black, antisocial, licence-shredding Sport Chief is the most recent player in that oversized hooligan bike sector perhaps started by the Yamaha V-Max back when Super Mario Brothers hit gaming consoles for the first time.
It’s a sector where the language is in Newton metres rather than kilowatts and whose participants get invited to the Christmas parties of their local tyre retailer whom they’ve made wealthy thanks to their frequent custom.
The Sport is the, well, sporty version of Indian’s updated Chief line-up, which came out a couple of years ago and sits among the Dark Horse, Bobber Dark Horse and Super Chief Limited.
These models are the brand’s boulevard bashing cruisers and are a big-engined step up from the 1133cc Scout range. They are minimal in equipment when compared to the pannier and bodywork Bagger and Touring Indians, and share the air-cooled 1890cc twin of all but the highest specced in the range.
THE SPORT LOOKS DAMNED COOL. ITS LOW-SLUNG PROFILE IS CRUISER ART
CASE IN CHIEF
The Sport was launched mid last year and differentiates itself from the other Chiefs with uprated suspension and brakes, slightly sharper steering geometry and a footpeg position which sits somewhere between the ergonomics of highway ’pegs and rearsets.
The bikini fairing is another individual touch in a platform which includes the air-cooled Thunderstroke 116 (1890cc) twin engine, fancy pants four-inch touchscreen and more kilograms than are safe in some elevators. At 311kg
