Inspiration
The Drifter was developed from a custom motorcycle built by CobraUSA in May 1996. Members of the Cobra Special Products Division fabricated the Cobra Super Chief (Kawasaki Vulcan Super Chief) over a two-month period in 1996 by converting a Vulcan Classic into motorcycle which closely resembled the Indian Chief of the late 1940s. The Super Chief was featured in several motorcycle magazines.
An article in Rider magazine quoted the creators as saying that "the object of the exercise had been to marry classic Indian styling with contemporary technology in order to create a motorcycle which one might have expected Indian to manufacture had it still been in existence at the time the project was launched". In replicating the nostalgic look of the Indian, the front fender light, rear luggage rack, and leather fringe were deliberately omitted. Three years later, the team revisited this theme by creating a classic-styled police motorcycle.
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