Photo: Michael Hochfellner
If you ever thought Indian motorcycles are not suitable for extreme custom builds, just gauge your eyes over this bike and reconsider your thoughts.
This is the Top Mountain Indian and was built by Markus Krasser from Austrian dealer Styrian Motor Cycle. It started life as a 2016 Chief Vintage, and now, as it reached its destination at the Top Mountain Motorcycle Museum in Hochgurgl, it looks totally different.
Markus said he built the bike for the owner of the mentioned museum, Attila Scheiber, who is also the owner of the Top Mountain hotel, the highest hotel in Europe, and the bike is being said to be fully certified for street use despite its exquisite looks.
The hardest part in building the machine was to find a way to combine old with new and also include elements of the Museum and Attila’s life. Still, the builder managed to pull it off through a special paint job and an air suspension.
“We achieved this though the painting, by www.airvolution.at, who is one of the best in Europe” Markus explains. “What you see on the bike are scenes from inside the Motorcycle Museum painted on to the bike. There are 250 motorcycles in the museum from the year 1894 onwards, including 25 old Indians in the collection.”
Basically, pretty much the whole motorcycle in built from scratch, with the exception of the fuel tank and rear light, which were borrowed from a Victory Hammer. The fenders, side panels, handle bars, air filter, and side cases are all steel or aluminum and are made in-house by SMC.
The exhaust is also specially built for this bike and has its own unusual trait as it exists through the middle of the rear fender, something you don’t usually see on the street, especially on a large bagger.
The motorcycle will remain in the museum over the winter, with its proud owner waiting for the summer to take it out for a spin.
The hardest part in building the machine was to find a way to combine old with new and also include elements of the Museum and Attila’s life. Still, the builder managed to pull it off through a special paint job and an air suspension.
“We achieved this though the painting, by www.airvolution.at, who is one of the best in Europe” Markus explains. “What you see on the bike are scenes from inside the Motorcycle Museum painted on to the bike. There are 250 motorcycles in the museum from the year 1894 onwards, including 25 old Indians in the collection.”
Basically, pretty much the whole motorcycle in built from scratch, with the exception of the fuel tank and rear light, which were borrowed from a Victory Hammer. The fenders, side panels, handle bars, air filter, and side cases are all steel or aluminum and are made in-house by SMC.
The exhaust is also specially built for this bike and has its own unusual trait as it exists through the middle of the rear fender, something you don’t usually see on the street, especially on a large bagger.
The motorcycle will remain in the museum over the winter, with its proud owner waiting for the summer to take it out for a spin.
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