I believe Paul's thread was originally about three so-called "new" Indian models for this year, and as it was pointed out by some, these so-called "new" models are basically just very mildly changed models from Indian's previous model year lineup.
And so, and the reason I bring this up here is for the following thought...
What Indian might consider doing in order to at least give potential customers MORE the idea of a "new model" based on their larger Chief line and in MY view would and should do is to introduce one having a modern and updated version of a girder front end, and which similarly to what H-D did a few years back with their Heritage Springer model, would utilize another aspect of Indian's "heritage", and thus offer a bike with at least some REAL difference in its overall look...especially up front. And of course, girder front ends are inherently more "anti-dive" than telescopic forks are too.
(...I assume most of you guys here know that post-WWII Indian Chiefs, and which these newer ones are pretty much designed to be reminiscent of, sported a girder front end up until just a couple of years before the original Indian factory in Springfield MA closed its doors for good in 1953 and when it went to telescopic forks, right?!)
