Topic: I Know That It's Not The Same But,

[bill440cars]

I'm still interested in this, myself.

http://www.indianmotorcycle.com/  If you've got eh incentive and, of course, the BUCK$ you can reserve your 2008 model now. Later on, Bill

         

[gerhed]

Bill,

I might be reluctant to send 'em a thaou.
T-shirts are all being discounted 50% !
Are they in a hurry to get somewhere?

Phil

[bill440cars]

   Hey Phil, I'd be reluctant to send $1000 to. Thing is, even if I had it cause I'd want to see what I was putting my money on. Those should be the old stock shirts. They have set up manufacturing in a place called Kings Mountain. Supposed to have sufficient backing and be in production next year. This company 's supposed to have a super reputation for turning companies around and making them profitable. They did Chris Craft boats. They have gone through steps to check out the last Indians, that had Indian motors and find out what the likes and dislikes were and decide whether to continue with those models along with some improvements or start fresh. There is a "News" thing that you can click on and find out some of what I told you. There have been several attempts to revive Indian (as I'm sure you know) and I keep hoping to see them back on the road (even though I know it won't be the same, I do hope that they will be somewhat of a resemblance of what they might have been like if they had come along from back in 53' and never ceased production. Hey, even if I could do it, I wouldn't even preorder a new Dodge Challenger and I can at least see what that is supposed to be like.

                                         
           

[HITMAN]

Dropping $1000 on a line of bike that recently blew it, kind of a scary adventure unless you have money to blow.  Out of all the Harley riders I have ridden with said they WERE nice, but they were even more expensive than HD.  Though it does sound very farmiliar to a company we all know that a bowling ball company almost wiped out of existence, now boat manufacturers? 

Would you like an inboard or outboard model?

I would rather sit back and see how it goes, just like I did with the new Norton's.  Now built about 10mi from my house I visited the factory and reviewed for investment reasons, and I couldn't leave fast enough.  Sweet bike, but not for +$17K.

[bill440cars]

            All I can and am gonna say is, "Let's just wait and see". I couldn't afford one anyway. I'd just like to see an old name that (at one time) was one of the best, Get back out there with the best of them. As far as being able to afford one, there are a whole bunch out there that there is no way I could justify spending that much money on.

[BobbyR]

In late 1977 and friend of mine advised me to go put a deposit on a car called an RX-7. We both did and our place in line was "bought" for $1,500 each. Having said that , Mazda was a not as much of a crap shoot.

[burmashave]

I'd think about three things:

1) A startup that asks for advances usually does so because it needs/wants more capital to cover pre-preduction expenses.

2) In the event of bankruptcy, customers do not stand first, and it would be my guess that such pre-payments would come in about dead last in terms of potential settlement.  If Indian falters, kiss the pre-payment goodbye. 

3) The history of startups is littered with failures deftly executed by companies that simply could not fail, given their market, product, patents, loyal customers, etc.

[BobbyR]

I'd think about three things:

1) A startup that asks for advances usually does so because it needs/wants more capital to cover pre-preduction expenses.

2) In the event of bankruptcy, customers do not stand first, and it would be my guess that such pre-payments would come in about dead last in terms of potential settlement.  If Indian falters, kiss the pre-payment goodbye. 

3) The history of startups is littered with failures deftly executed by companies that simply could not fail, given their market, product, patents, loyal customers, etc.

You are correct the landscape is littered with bad paper. What I suspect they are doing is getting enough orders to satisfy a requirement their lenders have to release the funds. Housing developers do the same thing with Banks. As you can see on their agreement form, you can get you deposit back when the bikes hit the market. That is if they hit the market. If they do, they will sell at a premium. Their are plenty of Rich Urban Bikers who want something special. It would go well with their gold Rolexes.