Midlands firms collaborate to produce classic Indian bike

Birchills Automotive of Walsall and Midwest Moto (MWM) of Stourport-on-Severn created the model, including the development of a twin exhaust. The twin 304 stainless steel exhaust is freer flowing therefore reducing back pressure, improving performance, noise quality and the aesthetics of the bike.

Indian Motorcycles, founded in 1901, were the first American motorcycles. The new Indian bikes are designed and engineered to be powerful works of arts.

Midwest Moto (MWM) are an Indian Motorcycle Official Dealer. Mark Grinnall, Owner of MWM, commented: “The Indian Scout custom 115 will be manufactured to order and made available worldwide. If you compare the developments on the 115 to the standard bike, most of the parts have been modified to completely change the look of the bike; exhaust, seat, fuel tank, front forks, wheels. It’s the first of its kind (and will be manufactured to order) which is sure to make a buzz amongst Indian bike lovers”.

Andrew Wellings, managing director of Birchills Automotive, added: “Most companies don’t have the tooling, knowhow or craftsmanship to manufacture this type of product. The exhaust will fit both the custom 115 as an optional extra and also the Indian standard bikes, which is sure to please current owners”.

Birchills Automotive develop and manufacture exhaust systems for OEMs within the motorcycle and car industries. The company manufactures one-off bespoke development silencers and prepare exhausts ready for European homologation and TUV approval, then proceed to manufacture low to medium volume production batches. 304 stainless steel exhausts are mirror polished and sateen finished, manufactured completely in the UK at Birchill Automotive’s Walsall based operation.

Mr Wellings concluded: “From start to finish, it took us 2 weeks to develop the twin exhaust. We devised the new look exhaust by reverse engineering the system to a standard bike. Birchill’s have tooled and manufactured many different exhaust products for the industry and collectively came up with this unique design using existing parts to keep down the investment cost. This enabled us to manufacture the exhaust at a competitive price when it goes on sale.”

Birchills Automotive www.birchillsautomotive.com

Midwest Moto www.indianmidwestmoto.co.uk