Nicholas Hoult has taste when it comes to motorcycles


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There’s something about the Japanese custom scene that really understands the look and feel of Vintage Americana. For this reason, I am hardly surprised that Go Takamine, founder of Brat Style with Custom Motorcycle Shops in California and Tokyo, managed to build this perfect Indian hardtail from a brand new Chief. It’s fantastically easy with big chunky hoops, polished parts just where needed, brass accents, and amazing tiny details that only reveal themselves up close.

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The bike, as mentioned in the headline, was made for the actor Nich. builtolas Hoult. You may know him from Mad Max or X-Men, but he has appeared in a lot of pretty decent films and TV shows. I wouldn’t consider myself a fan of his work per se, but I’m never disappointed to see him on screen I guess. That this is the type of bike he wanted to ride around Los Angeles, however, only raised him a few steps.

The bike started life as a factory Indian Chief from 2022 and retains that bike’s large air-cooled V-twin and electronics package. It’s just the styling that’s really old-fashioned here, as evidenced by the Go body and fallback parts. Apparently the rear fender for the bike was molded from a 1937 Ford pickup truck fender, and the gnarled brass pins were finished with Buffalo nickel on each side of the bike.

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In a really wild move, Go converted the brand new Indian into a hardtail with a suspended solo seat. Maybe I’m just not used to the pain, but I found the Chief a bit hard on my bum so it seems like a recipe for a broken bum to get rid of the suspension there. I don’t think Hoult will go very far on this bike, but if he does he’ll look totally badass.

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Here is a list of everything Brat Style made for this bike:

  • Conversion of the rear suspension from Schwinge / Softail to a rigid hardtail by installing cross members from the rear axle to the main frame.
  • New Brat Style Bars and Brass Risers
  • The digital speedometer has been relocated to the lower left side of the bike just below the fuel tank. It did this by making a special mounting system for the speedometer, relocating the existing wiring from the bike to this new location.
  • Cut out two inches from the center of the tank to narrow it from its original size.
  • A new spring-loaded leather solo seat was installed.
  • Short, flat sissy bar for the rear fender.
  • Manufacture and installation of a new set of custom tailpipes.
  • New headlight with built-in Vintage Indian Motorcycle brass coin.
  • Engineered upper fork leg covers to create a muscular old school look for the front end.
  • Installed sidemount (left side) Brat Style / Shi-Sa rear light and license plate holder
  • The motorcycle was repainted in gloss black, with silver scallops on the tank and gold Indian script logo.
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Everything about this bike screams cool. It’s just a wild machine and a work of art rolled into one, supplied by an old school artist of the motorcycle world. If I were in the Hollywood motion pictures, I would also hire someone like Go to build me a bike. But I’m not sure if I want a hardtail …

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