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Few years ago, I became aware of Adam Sandavol.   I'd seen a couple of videos of him on his HDs, riding across the country apparently hitting every single dealership in the US if I remember right.  Met him in Dallas at a Vet related motorcycle event (22Kill).  Then, back in '18 I participated in the HD world record attempt.  Soon after that, he was riding an Indian Chieftain and loving the Indian Motorcycle brand.  Then his girlfriend was hooked on the Indian brand and he was riding an Indian Motorcycle Challenger model which he praised over the HD Roadglide.  A twist for me last year was after the Gregory 500+ was announced to set an Indian Motorcycle World Record Ride, he later announced another HD attempt on the same friggin day.  Got to admit I was pissed for personal reasons because I wanted to do both! As much as I hate puttin' around in a circle for 4 miles, I usually have ulterior motives on my part.  For the 2019 Indian event I want...

(updated 23JUN20) Got an email few days ago from Corporate.  It started off with "We represent Polaris Industries Inc. and Indian Motorcycle International, LLC (“Polaris” and “IMI” collectively) in connection with intellectual property matters."   As a major share holder in PII Stock, and hardcore fanatic of Indian Motorcycles, and aware of all the crazy BS that has gone down with the brand the last few decades (well.. one could argue over a century), the email got my attention.  I'm aware how folks got shut down quickly after the '11 purchase of the brand.   Why me you ask?  Because I have an LLC called "Texas Indian Riders"/"Texas Indian Bikers" . Additionally, a FB Page of the same name with a very large 'base' of followers over the years.   And, I've pushed my luck a lil' to be honest .......... Well, I connected up with their legal team yesterday and had a professional conversation of the issues(s) at hand with the Texas Indi...

Wrote about this the other day; a situation that occurred due to my procrastination .  Few years back I purchased a '47 Chief Indian Motorcycle. I always thought it'd be 'cool' to own an 'original' one but never got serious about it.  But, after meeting Mike and Carolyn Tomas of Kiwi Indian Motorcycles a half decade ago, I started thinking about it again.  Mike not only restores them, but also creates replicas that are downright beautiful and to the average person, you can't tell the difference between new and old.  Those that are up to speed will pick out a few things such as modern disc brakes, etc.  But not only does Mike build the replica, he produces many of the parts such as the motors.  So, when you get one, it's basically a brand new bike!  No headaches of the old days, but all the beni's of new and he's taken it to the next level.  Case in point is starting them.  He produces starters for them, that didn't exist back in the day; a...