USA Indian Challenger ‘Bagger’ Replica race bike up for auction with Iconic Auctioneers at their Silverstone festival sale
A heavyweight race machine from one of America’s great bike duels.
Recently one of these big Indian 1,834 cc beauties sold for $90,000 in the USA and now Iconic Auctioneers are delighted to be offering a similar machine in their Motorcycle Sale on Sunday August 25th at the Silverstone Festival, with this virtually new machine.
What started as a novel idea has become one of MotoAmerica’s most popular and fastest-growing race classes, the Mission King of the Baggers Race, known as the ‘Baggers Race,’ so named because the race machines are all outfitted with those huge saddlebags so beloved by road trippers. At the Brainerd Raceway, America’s big twins, Harley-Davidson and Indian strut their stuff against one another, a race that has been in full force for some years now. 
Mark Bryan, Manager of Iconic Auctions motorcycle department says, “This is a true collector’s piece. It is the only bike of its king for sale in the UK and the only one offered for sale by auction in Europe”.
The King Of The Baggers race was supposed to be a single show-event, but it was such an overwhelming success that it was decided to turn it into a series of national races and The Bagger Racing League was born. Whilst Touring motorcycles form the basis for the race these motorcycles are far from gentle cruisers. Their touring fairings and hard side bags are part of the formula, but even those are now highly modified through the use of carbon fibre and other exotic materials, just like those on offer in this sale.
In the hands of Tyler O’Hara and Jeremy McWilliams, these Indian motorcycles were clocked at 180mph-plus on the Daytona banking. This exact replica race bike being sold by Iconic Auctioneers is one of just 29 replicas built to celebrate the series, and built to the exact same spec as the race bikes by famous American tuning company S&S.
Racing modifications include: Ohlins FGR250 forks, Ohlins TTX rear shock, S&S modified swingarm, S&S Big bore engine kit, S&S CNC machined heads, S&S camshafts and billet rocker arms, fully adjustable ECU, Brembo M4 front brake callipers with EBC discs, S&S intake kit with 78mm throttle body, along with many other bespoke machined and lightweight parts.
This will be the 14th sale for Iconic Auctioneers (formerly Silverstone Auctions) at the Silverstone Festival. The event attracts some 70,000 visitors and is one of the biggest historic motorsport weekends of the year. More details about all the competition and collectors’ cars, motorcycles and collectibles in the auction on the 23rd – 25th August can be found on the Iconic Auctioneers website www.iconicauctioneers.com. In person viewing of all the lots is available from 9am to 5pm on Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th August at the auction venue, The Wing at Silverstone Circuit. For further details visit the website, email enquiries@iconicauctioneers.com or call +44 (0) 1926 691 141.
For full details of the bike visit: https://www.iconicauctioneers.com/2023-indian-challenger-rr-race-bike-1834cc-rec13871-1-silverston-0824?pn=1&el=23703&pp=100
