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“Loaned” by Herb Ottaway This unique six cylinder Indian is called a 1960, because that is the year it was created by Herb from an assortment of Indian Four parts dating from the 1940 to ’42 era. While it might be considered sacrilege to carve up pieces of US$40,000.00 Indian Fours today, they were cheaper and more plentiful 40 years ago. Herb lengthened an Indian frame and cut two sets of crankcases, welding them up with an oxyacetylene torch to make room for the extra two cylinders. The welding is undetectable, a monument to Herb’s workmanship. He then turned up a crankshaft out of a solid billet of steel, and fabricated a camshaft to match. The resulting creation has provided three generations of Ottaways with many miles of trouble free performance. The bike starts very easily, like a well restored four, but is even smoother. The sound of the six is very impressive, and on the road hardly needs the three-speed gearbox. With a displacement of 117 cu. inches, or 1917 cc’s it has plenty of low end “grunt”. In spite of its mass, it is surprisingly easy to ride, if you are used to the hand shift and “suicide” foot clutch on Indian fours. The wheelbase is a bit long, but that’s not much of a problem in Kansas where this machine hails from, as the roads are long and straight. This Indian is pictured in many books on the marque, and it now has it’s own history.
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