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[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I'm a cycle virgin.....is this about American Indians who ride bikes, or a brand of bikes called "Indian"?.......lol

[JoeSixPack1]

OK, I got the scoop from the horse's mouth! (Horse's Mouth being the owner of the local Indian shop).

Our 20 minute conversation at the local biker bar thursday swirled around the stupid, ignorant, screw up of the latest management team running Indian, the new Indian V-twin motor, and ,,AND,,....the fact that H-D might be the new owners if the conglomerate of Indian Shop Owners can't salvage the company themselves.

But the bottom line looks like Indian Motors isn't gone yet, and with some creative, but stable financing could once again morph into a phoenix.

Works for me!

<|:-)~~

[pt17]

Retro only goes so far and I'd say HD's got that market pretty well locked up. The brand doesn't have that much cachet any more, so that's not much help. HQing in CA doesn't help. Venture funding from Boston's usually fickle. The bike doesn't have enough stuff to get the wing nuts off their two-wheel winnabagos and does nothing for the rice rocketeers. This outcome was predictable, especially in hindsight.

[blackie]

Support your local Indian!

I wonder if the high cost of doing biz in CA affected the plant closing? *pity*