The old saw among riders is that there are two kinds of people on motorcycles; the ones who have dropped their bike, and the ones who are going to drop their bike. Usually this means crashing, but in the case of this strange little Indian Papoose, the drop in question is out of a plane and into enemy territory. After the war, surplus production bikes were adapted to civilian use by Corgi, and sold in the U.S. under the Indian banner with a few brand-specific aesthetic adaptations, including the Indian-style tapered 1.5-gallon fuel tank and fishtail exhaust.
Author: staff@jalopnik.com (Brad Brownell)
Published at: 2026-02-22 20:25:00
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