Not that I have noticed. I get comments on how good my bike looks from Harley riders. There is assholes in every walk of life though...

 

Yeah, that's anywhere these days.

 

Father's Day is a few weeks away.
Ride to your favorite restaurant on that day and just sit on your bike in the parking lot for ten minutes before you go in.
I bet you'll get plenty of people (especially older folks) that want to talk to you about your bike.
Many of them will mention a relative who rode an Indian "way back when".
It happens to me a lot - especially when my brother is with me (he'll be riding his RG). Folks gravitate to the Indians.
Kinda makes me uncomfortable answering questions about mine when nary a soul notices my Brother's HD.

As @Adam80 said, there are good and not-so-good folks riding every make. Can't judge them all by the attitude of a few.

 

I ride with my nephew a lot. I always get nice comments on my 2018 scout while his 2006 Dyna Super Glide gets none. I think it's funny because he is "Mr. Biker" lmao.

 

Polaris is putting out a good product… and folks are noticing… When I was looking for a long distance bike, I was looking at everything … because I didn’t really want a Harley … Not that there was anything wrong with them … They were just everywhere and I wanted something different… I happened across a Vintage for sale … I didn’t realize Indian was back in business. But loved the classic look of the bike. Liked the ride … and bought it … It’s been a reliable bike…

I think folk have different reasons for buying whatever bike they buy … I’m an old school air cooled guy … but I’ve demoed the Chally and Pursuit and they are great bikes … the Scout (I really like the new 101), new Chief and the (unfortunately discontinued) FTR are fun bikes to ride as well … I want to get a Roadmaster too, but probably a ‘19, it’s the first year of ride modes and I like the fairing … and sadly it’s the best version of Ride Command … 😆… (I’m gonna add a mount for my Garmin XT) … not really concerned about RC … Its the rest of the bike that’s fun …

 

Yes you are! Live and let live!

 

Just last week we stumbled into a really nice day here on the coast so I just took off to pile up some miles and absorb some vitamin D. After about 2 hours pulled off at a park and ride lot for a drink, a fig newton or 2 and a smoke. About 5 minutes later a guy got out of a truck and walked over to visit and pulled out his phone to show me pictures of the Indian Vintage he had to let go of due to problems with his knees a few years ago. We had a great visit, and a few minutes into our visit we were joined by a husband wife team, him on a RG and her on a fatboy and the 4 of us swapped ride stories for about 30 minutes. I've personally never had 'attitude' tossed my way while stopped, and 100% yes to @PeacePipe observation, if you park and hang around your bike at a rest stop or restaurant, you will almost certainly have someone pop over with a compliment, or a story about their grandpa and his Indian

 

I had a independent shop tell me he doesn't work on Indians. All I needed was my front tire replaced. It ain't like I was asking for a stage 2 cam change. smh.

 

A few years back I had the 116 Big Bore kit put in my 2016 Springfield, the Indian dealership after three attempts never could get it running good, barely rideable, so I took it to an independent shop for a Dyno tune, he got it running great, still running great with 108k miles on it. But when he was done I asked him if he was going to work on Indian’s, he said he didn’t know enough about Indian’s to charge money to work on them, I said, I’ll let you work on mine for free! lol… He’s a great Harley mechanic and a great guy!

 

There are reasonable people and there are hyper-brand-loyalists. Ignore the latter. I've had plenty of fun discussions about my Roadmaster - and their bikes - with Harley riders. And whatever they say, whatever they think, I get to ride away on this.

 

Awesome ride. Dad bought my first in '66.' Just a few months on Kaw-liga. I finally grew up.

 

When I'm at a stop on the 46 Chief it seems everyone that approaches me seems to have had a dad/uncle/grandfather that rode an old Indian and then I get the story. I don't mind. I feel like an ambassador for vintage bikes. I've only ever had one person say "that's a real Indian" to which I replied my modern bike is a real Indian too. When I'm out on the Pursuit I'll get "nice bike" a lot and occasionally someone, even the H-D riders will ask questions and say they're considering switching brands. I always tell them the same thing. Ride they H-D model of your choice then ride the equivalent model at Indian and get which ever one blows your skirt up. I've never heard a detrimental comment about the Pursuit.

 

I don't get any attitude from Harley riders, but I can see that it comes from corporate. No Harley dealership in my area will work on anything but Harleys. Is that necessary?

 

I know an Indian dealer that makes money servicing Harleys because the nearest HD dealer won't work on HDs that are more than a few years old! Crazy.

 

Just completed a 2 day, 1.200+ mile trip with my Springfield. Pretty much at every stop someone would comment on my good looking ride while any HDs in the immediate area would be ignored. At one stop in Worthington, Minnesota I had three little tikes get their pictures taken sitting on my bike. All the while a group of extreme ape hanger HD riders looked on. In and around Omaha and Fremont Nebraska there are plenty of HD snobs on the road. In my book, they are just jealous and don't want to admit it.

Now to clean up said Springfield, It be a mess of dead bugs and road dirt.

 

I’d say yeah they are out there. Of all groups of riders I’ve come across, the HD crowd (some, not all) are the most arrogant. That’s just in my little world here in central Minnesota. I’ve taken to holding a waive passing by unless initiated by them as many times it’s just me lol. It’s kid like behavior for a community that enjoys a common love. I have always stopped and asked HD’s on the side of the road if they needed assistance though as I would any guy riding. This probably makes me look small writing this but it has been my personal experience. My family is all HD, they call my ride a wagon burner so I don’t ride much with them as it’s getting old. Anyways, that’s my small story. Had many HD guys waive too.

 

I live in Oklahoma it’s hit or miss some HD riders won’t even acknowledge you, but the vast majority especially the ones I have interacted with are good folks.

 

This area of Tennessee is HD central. There are a lot of guys that think owning a Harley means you’ve reached the top. I know because I was one. After riding an Indian I discovered that it was not really true for me. We’ve traded away all the Harleys and now have Indians. They do get a lot more positive attention than the Harleys do. I had one friend that got tired of his Harley not getting recognized that he switched to Indian. Now he gets noticed. 🤣

 

I recently did a road trip in the south Island of New Zealand. On my indian challenger performance bagger upon returning on the ferry back to the North Island.
A Harley rider said to me thats the sexiest bike on this ferry he has seen.
A very nice compliment I thanked him

 

I'm a new first time Indian Rider/Buyer. My choice was the Roadmaster Dark Horse. Was it my first choice to buy or Anti HD. No! I'm a former Yamaha Racer/Employee so I get great deals from them as a brand loyalist. Our last big bike was 2008 Star Stratoliner. But even then Yamaha wasn't my first choice. I've liked and wanted a BMW which is years long love affair from the 90's as I once rode a customers R90 about 200 miles and can say I loved every minute I was on it. I'm older now and I'm getting what I want. Over my years working in the business I rode several HD's even sold some to family members. Earlier this year we rode an 23 Ultra Limited with some friends. After this ride my wife decided it was time get another bike with the kids gone. She wanted the HD Ultra like many of our friends and I wanted the BMW. After looking a HD's we went to the BMW dealer (Also the Indian dealer) to shop. My wife and I looked and loved the Indian, then came the the type to get, I wanted the Pursuit she like the Roadmaster Dark Horse color. Then we bought it without even riding one. I can tell you it's an incredible smooth ride. Plus my Doctor seen me on it and said it looked good LOL.

So is the Indian better then the HD. The smoothness and power deliverly is, the braking is way better. My buddy with a Road Glide took it out for small ride and says he's planning to get one. Funny thing my buddy said was his friend will never ask him to ride if he gets an Indian.

 

I just returned from a rally in Alabama and pleasantly surprised that there were quite a few HD riders there that wished they had bought a Indian (of course I was the only Indian rider there). My original post happened to be that one who probably couldn't stand himself. I'll take a compliment and leave it at that.