Goodbye BMW, hello INDIAN, or new Polaris employee

What a fellow! A former TOP designer of BMW Motorrad, Ola Stengard (Ola Stenegard) now works at Indian Motorcycles division of Polaris. Moreover, he came not alone, but with many creative ideas that can dramatically change the direction of the company. What kind of ideas will be discussed in the article.

Ola Stengard and his achievements

The head of the design Department of BMW Motorrad motorcycles in Ola Stengard worked, neither more nor less than, 15 years. During this time, he certainly participated in many projects, but most famous are the S1000RR and R nineT.

BMW S1000 RR – production sports cars, which was introduced in Munich in April 2008. This model is famous because of the racing version is the bike ridden team pilots BMW Motorrad Motorsport at the world Championships in riding motorcycles.

R nineT road/naked motorcycle with the most simple design and classic features of vintage motorcycles, which appeared specially for the 90th anniversary of BMW company.

Despite the fact that the last time the Ola was mainly sportbike and "boxer twin", his passion were and remain American "muscle bikes". In the past he personally designed and built all sorts of custome, which were exhibited in many international exhibitions and some of them received prizes in the motorcycle competitions, for example, in the European Championship for the construction of motorcycles (AMD European Championship of Bike Building) and Mooneyes in Japan. That is why the transition to the Indian company for Stonegard also a kind of return to roots, to the beloved.

Another reason that prompted the designer to choose for future career development the company Indian was the ability to build stories on the basis of the V-twins. To create motorcycles with these engine types – a long-standing dream of Stonegard. More active designer inspire new horizons and perspectives that open in front of them. And one of their plans, he is going to implement soon.

New branch of the Indian... sport bikes

According to the designer, despite the successful participation of motorcycles under the Indian motorcycle brand in the sport, the line "Indians" can not boast of tales of different directions. Basically, these big-twin motorcycles or American style. But the huge potential of the brand, as suggested by Ola, will allow you to enter any segment of mataranka and retain the best position.

The Best option for moving forward, the designer considers the issue under the Indian brand of motorcycle racing. Despite the fact that the stories of the Supersport class was never previously performed by the company, accordingly, no experience and continuity on which to rely, Stonegard sure that the engine is a V-twin is able to provide the missing legacy, and the brand will give the new Indian motorcycles of its unique features. As an example, the designer leads the company BMW, which has also been tried, as a company that produces tales of archaic constructions, so called "pipe-and-slippers". But the designer's work along with other employees were able to break the stereotypes.

Other ideas genius designer

Priority of Ola Stengard was and remains available customization of bikes, which has successfully established itself in the project R nineT. This capability, the designer will try to reschedule and the new models Indian motorcycles. Stonegard believes that customizing is one of the most important factors for the owner of the motorcycle, the way to change not only driving performance, but the design, endurance, and more.

In the future, Stonegard seeks to develop under the brand Indian these types of motorcycles like cruisers and flat trackers. Choppers in this list are not included, but available customization, the owner can easily put the directional fork on your bike. About other ideas and designs, which the designer plans to bring to the company, he is silent. Well... time will tell.