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Another motorcycle maufacturer goes down today.
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:57 am
by totalmotorcycle
Sadly, read all about it:
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=36690
Assets of Ridley Motorcycle Company Acquired
(Okla. City, Okla.-02/22/2010) 2 Wheel Ventures, LLC., a former Ridley Motorcycle Company licensee, today announced that on February 16, 2010, it acquired the significant assets of Ridley Motorcycle Company.
The purchase includes all necessary intellectual property rights, tooling/fixtures, parts inventory, and manufacturing management software/hardware systems. 2 Wheel Ventures has also secured the company's manufacturing plant and former key personel...
That makes 3 motorcycle manufacturers thus far unfortunately.
Mike
Re: Another motorcycle maufacturer goes down today.
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:58 am
by totalmotorcycle
If you vote YES, please post who you think it would most like be.
Re: Another motorcycle maufacturer goes down today.
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:06 am
by fireguzzi
Isn't it time for Indian to go out of business again?
Re: Another motorcycle maufacturer goes down today.
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:10 am
by csspostal
Any Motorcycle company that doesn't realize there is a market for small cc bikes at a resonable prices. Indian, Harley and Victory could end up like GM and Chrysler.
Re: Another motorcycle maufacturer goes down today.
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:55 pm
by HYPERR
fireguzzi wrote:Isn't it time for Indian to go out of business again?
I'm tired of these idiots constantly exhuming Indian only to build overpriced joke of a bike. Unless they can do justice to the sacred Indian name, like Bloor did with the Triumphs, they should just let Indian rest in peace.
Re: Another motorcycle maufacturer goes down today.
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:52 pm
by Grey Thumper
Isn't MV Agusta due to go down any day now?
Re: Another motorcycle maufacturer goes down today.
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 5:33 pm
by HYPERR
Grey Thumper wrote:Isn't MV Agusta due to go down any day now?
It seems like they are OK. They just introduced new Brutales.
Re: Another motorcycle maufacturer goes down today.
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:04 am
by NORTY
The North American moto market is ripe for a "taking over." It would be too easy too. HYOSUNG (along with others from India) could bombard the USA shores with millions of small dispacement, reliable bikes. Millions of 'em. Just like the Japanese did 40 years ago with bikes (and cars). Just like.
Now that the "Big 3" are mostly Japanese, one would be lead to believe that the US manufacturers could figure it out, but alas, it isn't going to happen. They'll probably redevelope the Pinto and Vega, again...
Re: Another motorcycle maufacturer goes down today.
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:01 pm
by Superfly3176
csspostal wrote:Any Motorcycle company that doesn't realize there is a market for small cc bikes at a resonable prices. Indian, Harley and Victory could end up like GM and Chrysler.
Doubt it, HD is too entrenched.
Re: Another motorcycle maufacturer goes down today.
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:52 pm
by Grey Thumper
csspostal wrote:Any Motorcycle company that doesn't realize there is a market for small cc bikes at a resonable prices. Indian, Harley and Victory could end up like GM and Chrysler.
Do small displacement bikes sell in the US? I always had the impression that the avaiability of models with ccs of, say, 400 and below, was pretty limited. I checked out a recent What Bike? and it's amazing how many small cc bikes are distributed in the UK.