Undead zombie motorcycles
The dead do come back to life. Zombies, vampires ghosts and Frankenstein monsters are mythical but the dead really do come back to life in the motorcycle industry. The best example of the motorcycle that refused to stay dead is Indian. Numerous parties have to revived Indian from the day the final clod of dirt landed on the company casket. The Indian sold today is a moto Frankenstein monster, cobbled together with bits of this and that, including a fake Harley Davidson motor made by S&S. When the real Indian motocycle (not a typo) went under in 1953, its famous name was bought, sold, stolen, fought over, by scammers and a few mad financiers who believed they could breathe life into the dead brand. This past year, Polaris, the maker of the so far semi successful Victory brand of motorcycles have taken over the Indian name, which might be its best chance yet. Norton stopped large scale motorcycle production...