Quote: I caught some flak when I predicted the previous Indian revival would tank.
REALLY, Brian? That's hard to believe. Ya see, I think almost everyone with a lick of motorcycle sense pretty much knew that the Gilroy Indian concern was doomed from the get-go.
Yep, especially after not only the fact that everyone with that lick of motorcycle sense knew that all those Gilroy Indians were were just Harley Evo cloned S&S motors bolted into a motorcycle with Indian valanced fenders, but even MORE especially because after the motojournalists of the world rode 'em, they had little good to say about 'em TOO!
And so, all I can say here about THAT is that those folks who gave you that flak didn't know sh*t from Shinola about motorcycles or the motorcycle business, and so I wouldn't have put all that much stock into what THOSE folks might've shot your way!!!
BUT having said THAT, I think you're bein' a mite too hard on the chances of this Polaris venture's success, 'cause I have a feelin' that IF the motorcycle magazines' reviews are good to very good on this bike, then you're gonna see Polaris makin' these babies for a long long time, and even IF they're NOT a home run sales hit but just maybe a good solid hit double, because Polaris has the financial presence to keep throwin' money into Indian production for quite some time.
(...well, at least a heck of a lot longer than those underfunded folks in Gilroy were able to keep THEIR production goin', anyway!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
