Comments on: New Retro 30′s Kiwi Indian Custom Motorcycle

By: joe dirt

joe dirt — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:49:39 +0000

nice bike. kiwi builds some of the nicest bikes on the planet. he also stands behind his work above anyone in the industry. i have been buying parts from him for almost 20 years

By: Gere Clark

Gere Clark — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:50:16 +0000

Your Buddy James would be so proud !!!!!!
Keep up the good work MATE ….

By: Joe Mielke

Joe Mielke — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:04:11 +0000

Great work M8!!!! Hope you had/have a safe trip home!
Joe

By: Lyle

Lyle — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:04:45 +0000

Although I didn’t see this particular bike, I did see some of his others at BUB a couple of years ago and the quality is top shelf. Good work Mike!

By: Kevin "TEACH" Baas

Kevin "TEACH" Baas — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:22:21 +0000

Great seeing you in Cinci Mike, I am excited to get moving on the 47 Indian motor build with you and then finish the build with the kids in my class..THANKS AGAIN!
kennedychopperclass.com

By: Mike Kiwi Tomas, Kiwi Indian Motorcycles

Mike Kiwi Tomas, Kiwi Indian Motorcycles — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:12:42 +0000

I am fortunate to have great guys who share the same vision and level of perfection. More cool models are in the works so keep tuned. Proudly made by American Craftsman

By: mike@timeless

mike@timeless — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:37:52 +0000

awesome great job mike a lotta love went into it.

By: TRAVIS SHOP KIWI

TRAVIS SHOP KIWI — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:51:42 +0000

thank you very much Mike and I put alot of work in these bikes trust me on that the color Mike picked is perfect good call MIKE look for more of the same craftmanship in furture projects we got cool stuff coming around the bend.

By: Mike Dunn

Mike Dunn — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:31:59 +0000

I have too say I really enjoyed putting 70+ miles on this bike when it was here at the shop. I rode this bike all over the place, both highway and city streets, The amount of looks and compliments was overwealming. I really admire the work and craftmanship Travis put into the bike as well, he is a first rate builder and knows his stuff. I was sad too see such a nice motorcycle leave the shop, i wanted to keep it for myself, really bad.

By: Mazz

Mazz — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:02:57 +0000

Another incredible machine built by Mike and the crew at Kiwi. You guys are always an inspiration to my bike building kids in the Canadain Chopper Class.
Thanks for building bikes the way you do.
mazz.

By: rocky

rocky — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:47:55 +0000

Lookin good

By: krugger

krugger — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:42:39 +0000

That’s a awesone work like usually!

God job Mike!!

By: nicker

nicker — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:10:36 +0000

A true “custom product”….. built to suit.
And as usual, Kiwi delivers a great scooter.
Looks like the manufacturing model of the future.

Wish i had a Jay Leno budget………..

-nicker-

By: Woody

Woody — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:55:23 +0000

True, forgot he was from CA.

By: Brett

Brett — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:11:57 +0000

Yeah Woody, don’t know about that, but Kiwi Indian is in Riverside California, so if Stellican just has US rights to the name, Kiwi would still have to be fearful….also since Stellican is a London England company, I don’t know if they would only buy US rights, but could be….

I mean obviously these are 2 different products being put out, but I’d think the people that would have the cash to buy a new Indian are exactly the people buying from Kiwi, since both are about the same price. $34,000…I’d have to really consider getting a Kiwi bike before the new one, but I’m not Jay Leno or Brad Pitt, so I won’t be spending $34,000 on a bike anytime soon.

By: Woody

Woody — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:29:54 +0000

Brett, I didn’t keep up with things, but at one time there were at least 3 different companies in 3 different countries with the rights to use the Indian name. Maybe the current Indian (old CMC) has only the “USA Indian” rights?

By: J

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:41:38 +0000

Wow, that is gorgeous….. Puts the new Indians to shame.

By: Seymour

Seymour — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:14:54 +0000

Beautiful. Love it.

By: Brett

Brett — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:55:54 +0000

Here is something I have always wondered about…with “Indian” being back in business, are they on board with what Kiwi does?

I just wonder if there will come a time when Indian will come down on Mike since he uses Indian in his name & has Indian on the bike, even though his bikes are actually more the real Indian then Indian is now.

Another thing I also wondered is, when there was the Biker Build off…why did Trevelen get the name recognition for “building” the bike against Indian Larry Legacy – Paul Cox & Keino? The Kiwi guys did way more then Trev, other then riding it to the event.

By: Darin Maltsberger-Instructor@MTI

Darin Maltsberger-Instructor@MTI — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:18:16 +0000

Awesome ride…..Spend some time around Mike and you soon realize that he has the gift for design and fabrication.The engineering that goes into a bike like this is phenominal. Whenever Mike is in SD I try to spend a little time in his shop and bring my students by for a lesson or two when he has time.I have been blessed to call Mike my friend(most days, my six year old wants to move in with Mike and Carolyn instead of Mom and Dad) and have his guidance and expertise with the projects that my students here at MTI put together. Thanks Mike. Have a great time time in Cinci….and congatulations on another job well done.

By: fuji

fuji — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:37:34 +0000

How can one not be pleased with this eye appealing piece.

Poetry with or without motion.