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XXXX Indian Chief Blackhawk Roadmaster XX Chief
This was Bob??�s personal XXXX "XX" Indian Chief.  It was restored around XXXX, has matching numbers CSXXXX, it's an early XXXX, the first one off the assembly line was CSXXXX.  This was restored very close to original, but there were some things dad wanted that weren't original, there's some extra chrome and it's not Indian's Seafoam Blue, it is Ford's Grabber Blue. 

Now for little Indian history.  When Indian was still in business, even if you were dealer, if your parts order wasn't over certain amount, instead of the order going directly to the factory it went to your closest distributor.  There was one in California, one in Chicago and one in Philadelphia.  Bob, in XXXX or XXXX, bought all the old Indian parts, XXXX and earlier, from the Philadelphia East Coast Dealer Distributor, Gene Shillingford and Sons.  At that time it was around XX tons of NOS Indian parts, that's where lot of the New Old Stock parts came from that we used on this motorcycle.    

Some of the other NOS parts, like the two fenders, chainguard and gastanks came from the person that purchased all of the parts from the Chicago distributor.  The other NOS parts used on this bike that know of for sure are:
Handlebars
Handle Grips
Shift Lever
Luggage Rack
Speedo BSC
Ignition Switch
Dash Light
Stoplight Switch
Kicker Lever
Dimmer Switch
Headlight
Horn Bracket
Front Brake Lever
Rear Defender Bumper
And of course the two Fenders, Chainguard and Gastanks mentioned above

Below are the original Indian parts that were used that weren't NOS but I know dad chose the closest thing to it:
Dash Panel
Linkert MXXX Carb
Petcocks
Front Fender Tip
Rear Bumper
Generator, Band and Bracket
All Engine Cases
Cylinders
Heads
Transmission Case & Tower
Rods
Flywheels
Horn
Rear Safety Bars
Brake Drums
Brake Panels
Wheel Hubs
Original Headbolts with the Raised Letter "N" on them
Primary Covers-Inner and Outer
Fork Top Covers
Front Fork Assemblies
Rear Shock Assemblies
Roadmaster Emblem on Fork Shield
Aztec Indian Emblem on Fork Shield
Spotlight Brackets
Seat T
Seatpost Assembly
Chummy Seat Helper Spring Assembly
Chummy Seat Spring Bracket and Bolts (attached to motorcycle)
Chummy Seat Pan
Five Piece Seat Rail Assembly
There's definitely more, this is what know of for sure.  It's been quite long time since we restored this one. The main reproduction parts that were used on this motorcycle are rubber parts and decals. 

It also comes with white Indian Chummy Seat, the special ordered earlier type seat pan, just like this bike came with the seatpost and seat bracket, rather than the normal bench type chummy seat that was standard.  XX and XX Chiefs could be ordered with solo seat or the earlier style chummy seat and they normally came with right hand throttle and left hand shift.  This one was ordered with the left hand throttle, right hand shift. 

Right now the bike has XX,XXX miles on it since the restoration.  XX of those just put on in the last couple weeks and there's probably going to be few more until it gets purchased!  know there was at least one top end job done on it so there isn't that many miles on the top end.  Everything works and runs good and it's STRONG runner.  It does have few little nicks and dings here and there in the paint, you can see some wear on certain parts like the saddle bag and seat.  Dad rode the bike, he used the bike, it was not trailer queen, it was used the way it was intended to be used, it was rode.  So this isn't one of those "zero mile since restoration" motorcycles.  And as you can see it still looks very presentable.
On July XX, took this bike back to Springfield, Massachusetts for Indian Day.  I rode it up State Street to the factory for few pics.  And it won "Best Chief" this year at Indian Day.  There are few more pics on our website bobsindiansales.com