2022 Jack Daniel’s Limited Edition Indian Challenger Dark Horse Revealed

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Just 107 units of the new 2022 Jack Daniel’s Limited Edition Indian Challenger Dark Horse will be available. (Indian Motorcycle/)

In what’s become an annual tradition, Indian has taken the wraps off its latest über-limited custom creation, collaborating for the sixth year running with Jack Daniel’s whiskey. This year the Jack Daniel’s Limited Edition bike is based on Indian’s Challenger model and, as always, pays homage to a product in the whiskey-maker’s portfolio; in this case, it’s the brand’s Tennessee Rye whiskey.

Bikes touting booze seems like an odd coupling, but clearly the whole century-old American brand-pairing thing goes together like, uh, Jack and Coke. In any case, the Indian-Jack partnership started up in 2016, and six years later, the formula is still firing on all cylinders, with most of the actual design and build duties coming from the team at Klock Werks Kustom Cycles. For 2022 the new bike is officially dubbed the Jack Daniel’s Limited Edition Indian Challenger Dark Horse, and in keeping with the name, will have a production run of just 107 units.

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The bike wears custom metallic paint, accents, and numbered badging to show exclusivity. (Indian Motorcycle/)

As you’ve heard, this year’s custom is based on the liquid-cooled Challenger wearing Dark Horse trim, which wears black paint in most of the engine bay, the exhaust, the wheels, and other parts. The Challenger Dark Horse trim level already adds premium features like Indian’s Pathfinder LED headlight, a six-axis Bosch IMU, a hydraulically adjustable Fox rear shock, and Indian’s onboard Ride Command infotainment system, but the Jack Daniel’s bikes go a bit further.

Indian’s adaptive Pathfinder headlight and driving lights sense lean angle and activate individual LED projector beams for greater visibility in turns. (Indian Motorcycle/)

First and foremost had to be the focus on Tennessee Rye whiskey, which the Klock Werks crew tackled via a series of carefully curated accents, details, and badges. Custom Rye Metallic paint with gold and green accents and featuring several carefully placed JD logos is the most obvious treatment, followed by custom engraved floorboards bearing a stylized rye imprint. But probably the most obvious sign that this is a collab project comes from the Jack Daniel’s Montana Silversmiths badges prominently displayed between the jugs, as well as the genuine leather, custom-stitched seat that wears a large Jack Daniel’s logo.

Special Jack Daniel’s Montana Silversmiths badges show the bike number…and what it’s celebrating. (Indian Motorcycle/)

This Challenger also adds more premium features to the mix, stuff like Indian’s top-of-the-line PowerBand Audio sound system which packs on fairing and saddle speakers, and claims to be 50 percent louder than the stock system. Then there’s the slick Pathfinder adaptive headlight, which boosts illumination based on lean angle and the addition of Pathfinder LED driving lights, as well as a stylish flared windscreen and a low-rise handlebar, to name just a few extra goodies.

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The metallic paint contrasts against the Dark Horse’s blackout treatment; a custom shield and engine details are featured as well. (Indian Motorcycle/)

To reiterate, the Jack Daniel’s Challenger will have a limited run of just 107 units worldwide, which will become available for preorder starting next week. Each Limited Edition bike also includes a custom bike mat bearing the corresponding motorcycle number of the production run (from No. 001 to No. 107).

The Jack Daniel’s Challenger also packs on Indian’s PowerBand Audio system, with upgraded fairing and saddlebag speakers. (Indian Motorcycle/)
Out back, the J-D Challenger packs a Fox shock with electronically adjustable preload that can be tweaked from the Ride Command infotainment system. (Indian Motorcycle/)

All this limited-edition stuff doesn’t come cheap, and the Jack Daniel’s Limited Edition Indian Challenger carries an MSRP of $36,999. You can also only get it through Indian Motorcycle dealerships, with the order window opening on October 21, 2021, at 12 p.m. EST. The Jack Daniel’s Challenger Dark Horse will be built as a 2022 model-year machine, with deliveries starting as soon as the end of October.

More info about the bike and ordering process is available on indianmotorcycle.com.

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[Stu]

Jesus! thats a monstrosity 

[Mr Fro]

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[Stu]

It's clearly aimed at the American market where they have no taste  

[Mr Fro]

I've got a soft spot for Indian bikes but that's really bad.

 

The fairing must have some fabulous aerodynamic properties to be allowed to be so outrageously ugly.

[Bender]

Seeing as you all clearly like it so so much.. 

 

 

[DuRavary]

It wasn’t all bad, the Fox adjustable rear shock sounded pretty good. 

[Ian Frog]

It makes some of the ugliest things look moderately normal so I suppose it has it`s place in the market.

The soft spot I have for it would probably be Romney Marshes.

Cheers

Ian

[Bender]

37 minutes ago, Ian Frog said:

It makes some of the ugliest things look moderately normal so I suppose it has it`s place in the market.

The soft spot I have for it would probably be Romney Marshes.

Cheers

Ian

Hot tarmac would probably be enough to see it sink. 

[Six30]

[Bender]

13 minutes ago, Six30 said: