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If one picture is worth a thousand words, it's equally true that a couple of hundred words are sometimes worth ten thousand pictures.

Maybe you've photos or videos of a classic Indian you saw at a vintage show, a Gilroy-era scooter flying down the road, a guy in a Speedo or girl in a bikini lovingly sponge bathing a Chief or Scout of any era, or a group of Indian riders packing stuffed bears and elephants on a toy run.

Whatever Indian images you have, we'd love to see them and share them with the rest of World Wide Web of Indian fans.

Or, perhaps, you never got off your bike long enough to take pictures of it. Maybe your "images" of the moon rising over the rim of Bryce Canyon, the sun-crinkled wise eyes of the Native American jewelry vendor in the dust outside Four Corners, the time you went ass-over-teakettle halfway to winning that hill climb, the totally drenched riders you met waiting out a lightning storm under an I-70 overpass are all in your head.

That's OK, we're as interested in your word pictures as we are in your photos. We even have a special section for them called Indian Moments. Think of it as the written companion to our Indian Family Photo Album.

Whatever form your Indian adventures are captured in -- pictures, videos, words or even song (Hey, maybe Bob Nolan was riding an Indian through Death Valley while writing "Cool Water," his lead singer, Roy Rogers, rode one) -- you can find out how to send them to us by  clicking here.

Sharing the Legend

With more than 35,000 Indians registered for street riding in the United States alone, and hundreds of thousands living on in fond memory, the Indian riders community is still alive and vibrant around the globe.

In carrying on the Indian tradition, we are acutely aware of our obligation to help and nurture this fraternity of current, legacy, and future Indian riders. By supporting its charitable works, publicizing its events, promoting its growth, and giving it a meeting place, we intend to provide aid, comfort, and support to this community.

Consider these pages that meeting place, an encampment where you can stake out your virtual tent, share your Indian Moments, road stories and pictures, and find out what other Indian devotees are doing.

Founded in 1907, the Indian Riders Group is the oldest motorcycle-brand enthusiast club on the planet. Approximately 35 chapters are currently active throughout the United States, and its national headquarters are located in Northern California.

According to Ron Pitchford, who's been involved with the Group since 2000 and became national president in 2003, each individual chapter operates autonomously to schedule meetings, organize rides, and stage fund-raising runs and other events for local charities.  

An international organization with chapters from Sweden to Seattle, the Iron Indian Riders Association (ironindian.com,  was formed on Independence Day 2002 to "bring together Indian motorcycle owners and enthusiasts who share a common bond in riding and promoting Indian motorcycles -- both the classic and the contemporary models."

According to the IIRA, which welcomes riders of all makes and models of street-legal motorcycles, its mission is to "have fun, promote motorcycle safety, participate in national and local rides and events, assist national and local charities and to support our association members and the motorcycle rider community."

Like the Indian Riders Group, the IIRA offers members exclusive merchandise and links to third-party vendors offering Indian service and support.