Название: Indian Motorcycle(R): America's First Motorcycle Company
Автор: Darwin Holmstrom
Издательство: Motorbooks
Год: 2016
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 224
Размер: 42 mb
Язык: English
Фундаментальное изложение истории американской компании Indian - первого производителя
мотоциклов в США. От основания в 1901г. до современности. Много фото.
"Indian Motorcycle(R): America's First Motorcycle Company" tells the complete story of Indian,
America's first mass-produced motorcycle maker, from its start as a bicycle manufacturer to the purchase
of the brand by Polaris Industries in 2011 and the subsequent new Indian motorcycles.
In the early years of the 20th century, Indian dominated the world's racetracks, earning the brand a worldwide
reputation for quality, performance, reliability, and technical innovation, but the once-mighty company
fell on hard times and in 1953 was forced to file bankruptcy.
The Indian brand never quite died, though, thanks in large part to fanatically devoted enthusiasts,
who tried to resurrect it for over half a century. Finally Polaris, maker of the highly regarded Victory(R) brand
of motorcycles, purchased the brand and released the Chief(R) and Scout(R), models that once again restored Indian
to its rightful place in the motorcycle pantheon.