24-07-2025
- Automotive
- Wall Street Journal
A Hefty Touring Bike With a Vintage Feel
Where I'm from in North Carolina, deer hunting was the easiest kind of hunting. Decades of game management had allowed the whitetails to overrun Croatan National Forest like rats with antlers. To make it more of a challenge, locals would sometimes hunt with primitive weapons—bow and arrow, single-shot handguns and even black-powder flintlocks, which stunk up the woods like spent fireworks.
Our guest today, the 2025 Indian Chieftain PowerPlus Limited, is similarly motivated. If you've got a three-day weekend to kill, any number of high-tech, long-distance touring bikes from BMW, Honda or Ducati will put a round dead-center. All you have to do is pull the trigger.
