Become Takamine Builds Modern Indian Master Custom

TGR Staff - 12/01/2021

Japanese bike builder Go Takamine, founder of Brat Style, has pulled covers off a custom 2022 Indian Super Chief Limited, bringing his classic minimalist style to a modernistic Indian for the outset fourth dimension. Go Takamine is good known inwards the vintage motorcycle world, edifice countless classic Indians for customers around the earth. This latest build was unveiled inward Brat Style's Long Beach, California place for celebrity customer Nicholas Hoult.

Takamine, left virtually no constituent of the motorbike untouched, reshaping the tank, modifying the frame too suspension, together with repurposing a vintage Ford spare tire cover for a fender. While it is a brand novel motorbike, it has a truly vintage wait that is actually accentuated thank you to the incorporation of vintage parts. Watch the video almost Go Takamine'sec pattern process for this make HERE.

See the full list of modifications below:

Converted the parent interruption from a swing-arm/softail to a stiff, hardtail by installing cross members from the bring up axle to the master frame.
New Brat Style bars in addition to brass risers
Relocated the digital speedometer to the lower left side of the bike just below the fuel tank. Did this past fabricating a special mounting organisation for the speedometer, rerouting the wheel’second existing wiring to this novel place.
Cut two inches out of the centre of the tank to narrow it from its stock size.
Installed a novel leather spring loaded solo place.
Utilized the spare tire fender (originally mounted to the dorsum lift gate of the onetime truck) from a 1937 Ford Truck and converted it into the new rear fender for this Chief. Finished the bring up fender with an original ornate fender stop piece from a 1940s Indian Chief
Fabricated brusk, low-profile sissy bar for parent fender.
Fabricated as well as installed a new gear up of custom cone-finish exhaust pipes.
Installed brass, gnarled pes pegs in addition to shifter pegs, including actual U.south. Buffalo Nickels at the ends of the foot pegs.
Installed novel headlamp alongside integrated vintage Indian Motorcycle brass coin.
Created upper fork leg covers to make a muscular old-schoolhouse look for the front end end.
Installed sidemount (left side) Brat Style/Shi-Sa tail light and license plate holder
Repainted the bicycle gloss black, with argent scallops on tank and aureate Indian script logo.