At Street Vibrations this year I visited the Indian Motorcycle “booth”. They had a large display of motorcycles set up in the show truck on 3rd and Virginia Street which is right under the “Biggest Little City” sign in Reno. It was often crowded and interest was high. Unfortunately they didn’t sell t-shirts. If so, I would have drop a bit more coin for some so, maybe it was a good thing.
At any rate, the Indian Motorcycle Company, owned largely by Stellican Limited (a London-based private equity firm) has quite the history and you can learn much more about Americas first motorcycle HERE.
Recently Indian opened the first dealership in Charlotte, NC and provided factory tours in Kings Mountain. Here is a video of the tour. I know people who have several old Indian’s and it’s exciting to see the brand return. I hope they are very successful as they represent the only other American-made heavyweight cruiser to compete with Harley-Davidson. Competition is good.
Competition is good, as long as fair…. 🙂