Two classic brands (Chris-Craft + Indian Motorcycles) are cruising for a comeback

CNN/Fortune ^ | November 23 2006: 8:12 AM EST | Eugenia Levenson

[blackie]

"The "Transvestite-With-A-Heart-Of-Gold" bit was too much."

I see you haven't spent much time in Frisco's Tenderloin district. >:-}

[blackie]

Here's the Norton website:

http://www.nortonmotorcycles.com/

[Sensei Ern]

I remember back in the days when my brother was an outlaw. One of the guys got an Indian and it was like he had founf the Holy Grail. They spoke of it in hushed reverence.

[Chuckster]

I'm afraid that whoever owns the Indian trademark this time will have to do better than cobbling together a collection of aftermarket parts that amounts to nothing more than a copy of an obsolete Harley with valanced fenders (Which old time Indian riders didn't like much anyway) and an Indian sticker on the gas tank.

[Revelation 911]

Yet poor management after World War II pushed the company into bankruptcy in 1953,

yeah - that Dupont family sure knows how to screw things up (sarcasm) - more likely was the government choose the HD-WLA over the Indian version for the war contract - the Company peaked twice in my opinion - first with the 101 scout series - '28 through '31, and later from 46'-'53 with the Chiefs

Its possible today to buy a near complete re-popped Chief