Tell ya' what Downstreeter, I'm kinda' worried about the new Indians in this age of PC. I can't see it being a big seller if they call it a "First Peoples" or "Native American." For that matter, I don't see BSA making a comeback either if you have to get a permit, ala the Brady Bill. (casual readers:BSA=Birmingham Small Arms)

Thompson wrote a long bit about Harleys, Hondas and British bikes but its been too long since I read it to remember. The part that sticks out was (and remember this was the 60's) about the fact that H-D's market had been reduced to outlaws and cops. It got worse after that too, but you have to hand it to Harley for making one helluva' comeback. The bikes aren't any better and the technology is still out of the stone age, but, interestingly enough, they have sold the image.

Spaw (ex-Brit rider and long time convert to big bore riceburners)