Franklin's Indians

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Why a book about Charlie Franklin?

The First Great Irish Motorcycling Competitor
Prologue
Birth, ancestry and upbringing
Ireland in Franklin's day
First motocycle
In competition at the dawn of motoring
From International Cup to Isle of Man Tourist Trophy
Indian gets noticed in Britain
Brooklands track
1911 - an Indian summer
Charles Franklin - Indian's man in Dublin
Franklin goes to America
Franlkin's competition career summary

American Motorcycle Designer
Springfield in 1916
Settling in at Indian
Powerplus and Light Twin
US motorcycle competition up to 1919
Indian Scout - the marvel of motorcycle engineering
Harley vs Indian wars 1919-1922
Side-valve genius
Chief engineer
Out on a hight note - Indian in British competition 1920-1923
Indian Chief - a heavy-duty plugger
Overhead valve racer experimentation
Indian Prince - the personal motor
Scout Forty-Five and the overhead valve hill-climb motors
Weird scenes at the Wigwam
The immortal 101 Scout
Modernisation for the `thirties
Illness and death
Franklin's motorcycling legacy

Appendix
Epilogue
Bibliography
Notes
Index

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Charles Franklin; Indian Scout; Indian Chief; Indian motorcycles; TT races; Indian bikes; classic motorcycles; Irish motorcycle racing; Dublin