This nameplate was introduced by Indian Motorcycle for the 2018 model year as a new, more nostalgic take on the modern Chieftain bagger. It joined the existing Chieftain family with a classic-styled front end, including the brand’s valanced fender and a leather seat with fringe, while still using the contemporary touring platform beneath it. Indian Motorcycle continued to list the model in the 2019 and 2020 model-year lineup, and it appears in official fitment and owner-support references for 2018-2020 machines. By 2021, the company’s lineup and model pages no longer included it, indicating that the run ended after the 2020 model year.
In the Indian lineup, this version sat between the standard Chieftain and the more upscale touring variants, aiming at riders who wanted the fork-mounted fairing, hard saddlebags, and long-distance comfort of the Chieftain platform but with a more traditional American cruiser look. Its significance is mainly as a short-lived styling variant rather than a separate mechanical generation: it preserved the modern Chieftain formula while reviving the visual cues that connected Indian’s touring bikes to the brand’s older, heritage-inspired design language. That combination made it appealing to riders who liked the practicality of a bagger but preferred a more vintage silhouette than the cleaner, more contemporary Chieftain trims.