- Manufacturer: Indian
- Model: Power Plus
- Engine:
- Year: 1917
- Decade: 1910s
- Machine Type: Military
India charged to the first field, while introducing Light Twin Model O in 1917. In a bold move away from single and V-twin that powered the success of the company's first 16 years, India has launched (265cc) 15.7 cubic inches horizontally opposed twin cylinder motor mounted in a lightweight frame.
This is a machine design that would become famous in the generation of BMW motorcycles, continues today. But design can trace its roots back to British-made motorcycles Douglas, who has been in production since 1907.
As early Douglases, O model has an engine cylinder is placed in a frame with forward and rear facing, rather than sticking to each side, how BMW will eventually do so. It's made for motorcycles narrow, characteristic light, delicate and practically all of which India hopes to attract a new crop of younger customers.
Apparently, O Model exactly what bikers do not want to. Small motors that do not excite fans, and the price of mass-produced cars dropping effectively destroy the market for motorcycles as cheap transportation.
To add insult to injury, O model quickly became known as the Model No '.''
Sales are not great to begin with, and they do not help when American involvement in World War I in 1917. Means of military production civilian model slightly during the war, and O model was dropped after 1919.
You would think that after watching the failed Twin Light, Harley will learn from the mistakes of India. But just as the O disappears, Sport-Twin Harley with a motor that looks surprisingly similar-debuted in 1919. Also, never really caught and dropped by 1923.
