When the Indian Sport Chief debuted two years ago, it confirmed that the American motorbike firm had its finger on the heart beat of the efficiency cruiser customized scene. Dripping with Californian club-style particulars, it wore the form of components that riders of that ilk would add to their bikes anyway; tall risers, extensive bars, a small fairing, and upgraded shocks.
Now Indian is pushing that idea additional with the Indian Sport Chief RT. New for 2025, the Sport Chief RT takes the whole lot good in regards to the Sport Chief, and cranks it up with simply sufficient further components to make it a skosh extra versatile.
It’s a brief record, with the modifications primarily centered on including storage and a passenger. Whereas the ‘common’ Sport Chief wears a solo seat, the brand new Sport Chief RT has pillion pegs and a generously padded two-up seat that appears prefer it was plucked straight from the Saddlemen catalog.
The seat is flanked by a pair of compact arduous instances, good for a complete of 37 liters of storage. They’re too small for in depth touring, however they’re advantageous for tossing your favourite flannel into after a trip. The instances are lockable, and are additionally accessible as an aftermarket accent throughout the Indian Chief vary.
Up entrance, the Sport Chief RT options the identical fairing, tall risers, extensive bars, and spherical, touch-enabled TFT display screen as its sibling. Nevertheless it now additionally sports activities an all-new PowerBand Audio Bluetooth speaker behind the fairing. Working in unison with the bike’s sprint, it packs in two 65 mm mid-range audio system, two tweeters, and one 100 mm subwoofer, providing 90 watts of audio with a five-band equalizer.
Past these extras, the remainder of the Sport Chief RT is an identical to the bottom mannequin Sport Chief, proper all the way down to its wheels, suspension, and brakes. It’s powered by the identical air-cooled Thunderstroke 116 engine too, which pumps out 156 Nm of torque. You get inverted KYB forks, adjustable piggyback shocks from Fox, 19F/16R alloy wheels, and twin Brembo four-piston calipers up entrance.
The Sport Chief RT’s further bits (plus the related brackets to accommodate them) will set you again an additional $2,500 over the present Sport Chief’s price ticket, bringing the Sport Chief RT’s base value to $22,499 within the US. We’d wager that that’s about the identical sum of money that you just’d pay to supply the related components from varied aftermarket manufacturers—however at the least right here they’re pre-installed and color-matched.
The value distinction is much less within the UK, the place the Sport Chief goes for £20,295 and the RT goes for £21,495. However that’s as a result of the PowerBand Audio system solely comes pre-fitted on US fashions—in all places else, it’s an optionally available further, suitable with any fashionable Chief mannequin.
Different equipment for the Sport Chief RT (and each different Chief) embrace a trendy T-bar to mitigate harm in case of a tip-over, increased moto-style handlebars, decrease and taller windscreens, and an adaptive LED headlight.
You may get the Sport Chief RT now in black, pink, and gunmetal (dubbed ‘Heavy Metallic’ by Indian), all of which look sharp. In case you just like the Sport Chief, however want among the facilities {that a} greater bagger affords, the Sport Chief RT is prone to enchantment to you.
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