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2010 Indian Chief Vintage Review

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mscuddy · 03-23-2010, 02:23 PM

How cool. Too bad it's not a flathead.

longride · 03-23-2010, 05:14 PM

I wonder how many incarnations of 'Americas first motorcycle' I'll have to see in my lifetime. The real ones were long gone before I was born.

Dr_Sprocket · 03-23-2010, 05:33 PM

That is one honkin' big motorcycle. Too bad the vibes were obtrusive. That Indian looks to be the El Dorado of motorcycledom.

Buzglyd · 03-23-2010, 06:43 PM

Too bad the Dali Obama is killing the people that have the coin to buy these things.

Keep romanticizing the scooter. You'll be on one soon enough.

Kevin_Duke · 03-23-2010, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Buzglyd

Too bad the Dali Obama is killing the people that have the coin to buy these things.

Keep romanticizing the scooter. You'll be on one soon enough.

Yeah, let's shed a tear for the poor rich guys who have to step down to a Harley CVO instead of getting the Chief! Never mind the 10-20 million Americans looking to find a full-time job. And thank goodness for Dub-yah taking great care of the banking industry!

pplassm · 03-24-2010, 03:34 AM

Ooooooh. Cat Fight!

seruzawa · 03-24-2010, 04:56 AM

Don't pick on Buz. He's given more jobs to people than either Obama or MO.

Kenneth_Moore · 03-24-2010, 06:09 AM

I think Indian will find plenty of RUBs to buy their bikes; they have the right formula: make it exclusive, don't compete in HD's core market, build on demand and not in mass production. It will work for them.

"The vibes won’t be an issue for someone who buys the Chief for profiling down at the coffee shop, but some riders who are serious about covering a lot of miles at a gulp may wish for something smoother."

The vibes are a complete non-issue. Anybody buying this bike isn't going to ride it anywhere; they'll trailer it to their destination, and then ride it to the bars. Or they'll get on their BMW when they want to go somewhere on 2 wheels.

seruzawa · 03-24-2010, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by longride

I wonder how many incarnations of 'Americas first motorcycle' I'll have to see in my lifetime. The real ones were long gone before I was born.

It's not "America's First Motorcycle." It's an entirely new company ripping off an old venerated name. No amount of PR will change the fact that it is a marketing scheme.

America's first motorcycle company was Waltham which built motorcycles in 1900.

"Charles H. Metz is credited with being the first to coin the term 'motor cycle,' first used in an 1899 advertisement for the upcoming Orient. Waltham Manufacturing's 1900 Orient Light Roadster and 'Orient-Aster' were America's first mass-production motor driven cycles, which were also known simply as the 'Orient Motorcycle.'"

The only motorcycle companies that have produced motorcycles continuously since the early 1900s are HD and Triumph.

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mscuddy MODERATOR X Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Next to my still checkin the temp. Posts: 5,447	How cool. Too bad it's not a flathead. __________________ A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.

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longride Super Duper Mod Man Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Anywhere they let me Posts: 10,484	I wonder how many incarnations of 'Americas first motorcycle' I'll have to see in my lifetime. The real ones were long gone before I was born. __________________ I'm a knucklehead

03-23-2010, 05:33 PM	#4
Dr_Sprocket Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Delmarva Peninsula Posts: 2,331	That is one honkin' big motorcycle. Too bad the vibes were obtrusive. That Indian looks to be the El Dorado of motorcycledom. __________________ "Aid to the helpless indigent is civilized. Aid to the irresponsible is socially corrosive." ----- Schizuki (c. 2011)

03-24-2010, 03:34 AM	#7
pplassm Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,875	Ooooooh. Cat Fight! __________________ Mongo just pawn in game of life.

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03-23-2010, 06:43 PM	#5
Buzglyd Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 10,854	Too bad the Dali Obama is killing the people that have the coin to buy these things. Keep romanticizing the scooter. You'll be on one soon enough.

03-24-2010, 04:56 AM	#8
seruzawa The Toad Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 8501 ft. Posts: 17,398	Don't pick on Buz. He's given more jobs to people than either Obama or MO. __________________ http://www.badmovies.org/movies/deadalive/ I kick @ss for the Lord!