1970 Indian Clymer as seen in Classic Bike Magazine 1996

A customer got in touch with us to ask for some history on a bike that he had bought, not just any bike a Indian Interceptor Clymer (IB2408X). We had imported it from the USA in the early 90s and gave it a full restoration. It was then featured in Classic Bike magazine in 1996. We then sold it to a customer in Paris in 1996. The new owner who lives in Germany has told us that it was in the Netherlands in the 2000s. We have been able to provide him with some pictures from when we got the bike and during its restoration.

For those of you that don’t know about the Indian Clymers, here’s a brief history:

The Indian Enfield Interceptor Chassis was designed and built in Bologna by Leo Tartarini (Italjet Motorcycles*) and fitted with the Royal Enfield MKII Interceptor Engine. These were made especially for Floyd Clymer from USA, who was the owner of the Indian name. It is said that out of the 200 originally ordered engines only 15 bikes were made before Clymer died in January 1970 at the age of 74. The engines were then taken by the receivers and sold on to the Rickman Brothers.

See the link below to our register that shows some of the bikes that are still around.

Interceptor Register