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the equalizer from five to nine bands with additional preset
options and loudness control.
The Powerband option works brilliantly, yet I still don't think
you get as good a sound at anything above 40 mph than you
do with a Bluetooth helmet set where the speakers are liter-
ally pressed against your ears. Plus, I have problems making
friends as it is, so having complete strangers subjected to
my horrid taste in music is not a good social tool. This didn't
stop one journalist in particular at this launch rolling into the
photo/lunch/fuel stops or hotel with the Powerband system
turned to 11 (it goes there, not just 10). He didn't make
any friends. Nor should he with his taste in music.
Two days of magnificent riding from Anacortes to
Winthrop and onto Monroe in Washington State gave me
the chance to explore almost every section of the Chieftain
Dark Horse's personality, and like seeing an old friend,
I was glad to see everything I liked about the Chieftain
when I last rode one in 2016 was still there.
The engine has plenty of torque, but that fact alone is not
all that surprising. This is a motorcycle designed for big,
This is a bike with a claimed dry
weight of 795 pounds. Yet the
Dark Horse is so agile on its feet
it feels far less than that.
2019 INDIAN CHIEFTAIN DARK HORSE
