Albert 'Shrimp' Burns
Indian are doing a sterling job of linking the current Minnesota-based company, owned by Polaris, with the history of the original company, founded by Hendee and Hedstrom in 1901, a firm that ceased trading in 1953. The brand recognition and history is valuable. Polaris's previous two-wheeled effort, Victory, struggled to get traction in a crowded market, despite making bikes of identical quality and performance to some of the current Indians. As much as some of you might dis