Motorcycle specifications Indian1890 Sport Chief 2024 Fight-spirit at the club exit


presentation of the 1890 Sport Chief 2024
It's a strange concept: sporting an Indian Chief! Perhaps a moment of obsessive rambling by the brand's engineers...? or the American way of thinking....? Let's be, for a paragraph, in bad faith and mention that the Russians compete with 300-kilo baggers powered by twins with an output of 70 hp/liter; while Europeans use 200-kilo hypersports with 220 hp/liter distillers.
now that's done! Let's take a closer look at why a big cruiser like the Chief wants to go sporty. It's not about fitness or a vindictive temperament. It's about offering a more dynamic, almost edgier ride, by modifying the chassis of this big custom. Indian could have contented itself with a purely marketing approach, just grafting on a fork head and a fashionable paint job. But no, this Chief really wants to get moving.
by stealing the forks of the Challenger models from the workshop. In fact, the Sport Chief ends up with an inverted model from Kayaba (KYB) with 43 mm tubes. As for braking, we've gone from night to day: the Chiefs have to make do with a single 300 mm disc for the front to calm three quintals / the Sport variant more than doubles the stakes with a duo of 320 mm discs, bitten by Brembo radial calipers, reference M4.32.
Thanks to new, higher-quality Fox shock absorbers, the rear end appears more compliant. Especially with 100 mm of travel - still not great, but it gives the suspension more room to work, and the column angle is tightened to 28°.
Now we understand that the Springfield native wants to show her conviction in the corners.
show, not attack. This is still a custom machine, with limited cornering angles, permanent overweight and wrestler-like measurements.
Which would be quite appropriate on this machine. The riding position is worthy of a power cruiser: new perforated bridges raise the handlebars by 152 mm, the thicker seat puts you in a catapult-like position, and the unchanged footpegs position your feet in the center of the engine. Quite the opposite of a V4-style streetfighter, where the rider is ready to attack. On the Chief Sport, he's ready for a muscular, grunt-filled ride.
the word "sport" hasn't reached the engine. It's as if the 116 Thunderstroke couldn't care less about the dictates of pure performance. It's all about emotion, visual vociferation and abundant torque with every stroke of the connecting rod. Maximum torque exceeds 16 mkg at 3,200 rpm - and by then, you're already in the upper mid-range. With almost 1.9 liters of displacement in the gut, the twin can give heart to the work and enough to get the heart off the ground; without reaching missile speeds.
so, let's be clear, the 1890 Sport Chief isn't a sportbike, a rough roadster or a bike with sharp fangs. It's a more incisive take on the standard Chief, but not one to be trifled with.
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Key facts Indian 1890 Sport Chief (2024) : What you need to know before you buy
Prices
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22,490€
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Performance
- Max speed : over 180 km/h (111.80 mph)
- Average fuel consumption : 5.40 liters/100km (0.44 mpg)
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Estimated range
: 280 km (174 miles)
Calculated range until tank is empty, not verified.
Specifications Indian 1890 Sport Chief 2024
- Chassis
- Frame : Tubular steel structure
- Fuel capacity : 15.10 liters (3.99 US gallons)
- Seat height : 686 mm (27.01 in)
- Length : 2,301 mm (90.59 in)
- Width : 842 mm (33.15 in)
- Min height : 1,270 mm (50 in)
- Wheelbase : 1,640 mm (64.57 in)
- Dry weight : 302 kg (666 lb)
- Weight when fully loaded : 311 kg (686 lb)
- Front axle
- Reverse telehydraulic fork Ø 43 mm, Wheel travel : 130 mm (5.12 in)
- Braking 2 Brembo discs Ø 320 mm (12.6 in), radial mounting, 4-piston caliper
- Front tire : 130 / 60 - 19 → Order this type of tire
- Pressure : 2.48 bar
- Transmission
- 6 stage gearbox , manual
- Secondary belt drive
- Rear axle
- 2 lateral shock absorbers, Wheel travel : 100 mm (3.94 in)
- Preload adjustment
- Braking 1 disc Ø 300 mm (11.81 in), 2-piston caliper
- Rear tire : 180 / 65 - 16 → Order this type of tire
- Pressure : 2.76 bar
- Motor
- two-cylinder v-shaped at 49 , 4 strokes
- Injection Ø 54 mm
- Cooling system : by air
- tumbled
- 2 valves
- 1,890 cc (Bore x stroke: 103.2 x 113 mm)
- ≈ 90 ch (88.80 hp)
- 16.50 mkg to 3,200 rpm
- Power-to-weight ratio : 3.4 kg/ch
- Weight / torque ratio : 18.3 kg/mkg
- Compression : 11 : 1
- CO² emissions: 129 g/km
- Standard equipment
- Brake assist : ABS
- Number of riding modes : 3
- TFT Full-Colour screen size: 10.16 cm (4 inches)
- Gear indicator
- Cruise control
- Bluetooth
- USB plug
- Keyless ignition
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