I have one of two (yes 2) Speedmasters in my immediate area that I know of. I dig that. kinda like my helmet sticker says "bikers are a rare breed, Harley riders are a dime a dozen." Which isn't to say I won't ride with em, just that I will defend to the death any insinuation that my bike is inferior, up to and including an "illegal speed contest". As for the All American Motor Company idea, there are dynamics at play in our nation that don't occur elsewhere. We have a government run by lobbyists that get paid by big business; hence, when yer company can still pull down $650 million in a recession, the people in charge listen when you talk. As a result, the ones that stay afloat are the ones the big companies don't feel threatened by. For all the talk about Victory bein the "other American motorcycle", theyve never been a threat. Theyve moved from very basic and quirky oddity to factory custom ala Big Dog, two markets that never interested Harley. Meanwhile Indian's gearin up for round 509, as the only other American "heritage" brand, with a $25k price tag on the base model just to try and recoup development and production costs. Wanna see a heartbreakin story? Check out MotoCzysz... theres a guy whos tryin to build an American sportbike, of his own clean-sheet design, with limited funds. Amazing bike, and hes gearin up to take on Japans big 4, not to mention Harleys new toy, MV Agusta. That guys got cajones. But this is a tough country to make a bike worth havin in.
Last edited by DaemonWulf; 07/16/2009 11:03 PM.
