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Visionary
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | Stopped by the Victory/ Indian dealership in Gastonia NC ( Lowell ) last friday and low and behold a Victory demo ride truck was there, took a Judge for a test ride, nice little scoot around bike, it was really fun to ride and accelerated pretty hard. In talking to one of the demo guys, he says he's seen the 2013 Indians and that everybody should like them, couldn't get any more info out of him, seemed like an honest fella.
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Puddle Jumper
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Colorado Springs, CO | Nice... I love my Vision but I have always loved the look of the Indian. |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | Goop - 2012-04-17 1:02 PM Nice... I love my Vision but I have always loved the look of the Indian. Same here!! |
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Visionary
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | One note: At this dealership the best selling model is the Cross Country. Also all Kings Mountain Indians are marked down from their original asking price...... |
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Cruiser
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Flowery Branch Ga | I remember that Kenworth as the guy that did the Demo event in Cumming in 2010. Nice guy, he let my kids crawl all over the inside. They had only been in day cab trucks with me before that. I have been in that dealer a few times. Nice people and not pushy at all.
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Cruiser
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| Goop - 2012-04-17 1:02 PM
Nice... I love my Vision but I have always loved the look of the Indian.
Oh yeah. If not for the price I'd have one already. |
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Iron Butt
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| Double Vision - 2012-04-19 4:35 AM Goop - 2012-04-17 1:02 PM Nice... I love my Vision but I have always loved the look of the Indian. Oh yeah. If not for the price I'd have one already. +1 |
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Visionary
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | Yes even discounted the Indians are still expensive...........Hopefully the new ones will have a few more features like stereos, cruise control and more storage area...........The last Kings Mountain bikes may become collector items sometime in the future........ |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | XRsteve - 2012-04-19 10:49 AM Yes even discounted the Indians are still expensive...........Hopefully the new ones will have a few more features like stereos, cruise control and more storage area...........The last Kings Mountain bikes may become collector items sometime in the future........ I don't know where Polaris will take Indian, but stereo's, cruise control and more storage area is not of Indian's concern. A raw, premium motorcycle is what they are selling. |
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Visionary
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | Polaris Industries Inc. plans to add 89 jobs in the western Wisconsin city of Osceola as it boosts production of Indian motorcycles.
Minnesota-based Polaris acquired Indian last year and produces the motorcycles in Spirit Lake, Iowa. Engines for both Indian and Victory motorcycles are made at the Osceola plant, which employs about 100.
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Visionary
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | Indian motorcycle geared up to go head to head with Harley; assembled in Spirit Lake
Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -
Fans of the legendary Indian Motorcycle Co. for decades Harley-Davidson Inc.s biggest rival have something to hope for as Indian rolls out new bikes with engines made in Osceola.
It won't rekindle the famous Indian wars with Harley in the 1920s, but the latest resurrection of the maker of Chief motorcycles has a fighting chance something not seen in decades.
The original Indian went out of business in the 1950s, with its signature Indian-head logos becoming collectors items.
Numerous attempts to revive the company failed, but Indian has its best chance under Polaris Industries a $3 billion Medina, Minn., manufacturer that acquired the brand in 2011 and is known for snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles and Victory motorcycles.
Polaris now is redesigning Indian bikes from a clean sheet of paper. The goal is to capture the spirit of the Chief and other Indians from a half-century ago, but to use a modern engine and other components to make the bikes rider-friendly.
On that level, Indian will go head-to-head with Harley-Davidson, said Indian marketing director Darren Bassel, originally from Brookfield.
The bikes will appeal to open-minded Harley riders, Bassel added.
Polaris says it hopes to have the first newly designed Indian motorcycles ready to roll in late 2013, with the engines manufactured in Osceola and the bikes assembled in Spirit Lake, Iowa.
Edited by XRsteve 2012-05-04 10:34 PM
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Cruiser
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| Yeah right. The Indian is the most over priced bike EVER thought of. |
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Iron Butt
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| mgoblue - 2012-05-05 12:40 AM Yeah right. The Indian is the most over priced bike EVER thought of. You may be right but I sure would like to own one. Beautiful bikes. |
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Tourer
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, FL United States | I would like to have one. I just can't get get pass the $30,000 sticker price. |
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Visionary
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | mgoblue - 2012-05-05 12:40 AM
Yeah right. The Indian is the most over priced bike EVER thought of.
You're SO right about the California and Kings Mountain Indians, MAYBE these Polaris Indians will be less expensive with a signature engine, maybe........... |
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Tourer
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Green Bay, WI United States | Was in NC for a business trip (yes, I am working again) and wanted to stop and see the Indian and Victory bikes at Lowell but needed to catch a flight home so no time! I had been there once before and was leaving on a Monday, hoped to get a tee-shirt and look around - not open on Monday's. Did get a look at a "tits" wooden rep of an Indian motorcycle in the window. Hope to have a collection of Victory bike someday and maybe a couple of Indians, one new and one retro. As I always say:
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Visionary
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | Exerpt from a Minneapolis St Paul news paper: StarTribune.
Motorcycle enthusiasts are hopeful that Polaris' research, engineering, manufacturing and marketing muscle can restore Indian. The brand has been around since 1901 under a variety of owners, two of whom took the business into bankruptcy. When Polaris bought Indian from two British investment firms, the business had just 25 employees in Kings Mountain, N.C., and was producing motorcycles in very limited numbers. Wine said some designers and engineers who worked for the previous owners joined Polaris after it closed the Kings Mountain facility and moved production to Spirit Lake.
Earlier attempts to revive Indian failed because the bikes were little more than Harley clones, said David Edwards, former editor-in-chief of Cycle World who now runs BikeCraft magazine.
"If Polaris shows an all-new cleansheet-design Chief, rather than yet another warmed-over 1980s Harley-style motor with skirted fenders, I think the market will be very accepting," Edwards said.
Arturo Eguia-Welch, co-owner of Indian Motorcycle of the Twin Cities, said he's encouraged by what he has seen so far in Indian bikes produced by Polaris. "There seems to be more consistency," he said. Some issues, like a tendency of some engines to surge at slower speeds, appear to have been corrected.
Edited by XRsteve 2012-05-16 1:05 PM
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