Indian 149 Arrow Motorcycle
In 1945, a group headed by Ralph B. Rogers purchased a controlling interest of the company. OnNovember 1,1945, duPont formally turned the operations of Indian over to Rogers.
Under Rogers' control, Indian discontinued the Scout and began to manufacture lightweight motorcycles such as the 149 Arrow, the Super Scout 249, both introduced in 1949, and the 250 Warrior, introduced in 1950. These bikes suffered from poor quality and a lack of development.
Production of traditional Indians was extremely limited in 1949, and no 1949 Chiefs are known to exist.
The all new Indian was first produced in 1949 as 426 c.c. and it was called the Scout A year later reliability was improved and engine size increased to 500 c.c. capacity and it was renamed the "Warrior". In addition to being an OHV vertical twin it had a foot shifter and hand clutch lever just like any British bike. There was also a 216 cc. single version called Arrow. These "torque" series motorbikes would have been a very smart move except that their engine capacity was so small (read "no torque") and so was the rolling chassis (frame, sheet metal, wheels,etc.)
On top of all that the early models were extremely unreliable. Even the wheels were prone to collapse! (These bikes had British inspired designs but were made in the USA by Indian.) Even if the Arrows and Scouts did not break down so soon and so often, they would not have sold well due to their small overall size and small power compared to a Triumph, BSA, Matchless, or Norton.
(In the 1950's these British brands consisted of 350 and 500 c.c. singles and 500 and 650 cc. twins, and thousands were sold in the US, about three times as many as Chiefs even in the hot 1946 year. Nowadays these English models would be called sports bikes and sports-tourers and the Chief a Tourer.) By the time Indian had enlarged the twin engine to 500 cc. and gotten some of the bugs out (1950 and 1951), and renamed the Scout the Warrior, it was too late and 1952 was its last year.
Manufacture of all products was halted in1953.Brockhouseand Royal Enfieldbikes were imported from England and badged and sold as Indians through the rest of the 1950s
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