Don't tell the liberals: Indian Motorcycle is back

Earlier this week the US Patent and Trademark Office cancelled  the trademark held by the Washington Redskins, calling the nickname "disparaging."

But last year the Indian Motorcycle made a comeback.

From the Kansas City Star last week:

When 92-year-old Bobby Hill was a young man he raced Indian motorcycles in Dodge City, Kan., and other tracks across the country, going toe-to-toe with Harley-Davidson bikes in a fierce rivalry.

But the Indian motorcycle company, an iconic brand that counted movie stars and racing fanatics among its customers, filed for bankruptcy in 1953 and Hill stopped racing them. Next month, though, Hill and the other two members of what was known as the Indian Wrecking Crew will be honored for their exploits at the AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days in Ohio.

They'll also get to see new Indian Motorcycles that are once again being made and are being featured at the event.

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Last year, Polaris Industries, with $3.8 billion in annual sales in 2013 mainly from off-road vehicles such as snowmobiles, began assembling the Indian at a plant in Spirit Lake, Iowa.

The original Indian, founded in 1901, was America's first motorcycle company. As for the one of the new models, one is dubbed the Chief and it features a war bonnet front fender.

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