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Despite this success, the two
founding members were no longer
associated with the business
soon after its strong start. Oscar
Hedstrom left in 1913, following
disagreements with the board of
directors related to practices used
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Hendee chose to resign from his
position in 1916.
Still, the brand kept on with its
production. Between 1916 and
1919, it introduced several new
models. During World War I, 1917-
1918, the company sold most of
its Powerplus models to the US
government. The motorcycles were
popular in the military, but post-
war demand was taken by other
manufacturers. Although the brand By the 1950s, several changes had taken place with the
was able to gain some from the business boom during company and in 1953, it went bankrupt. There were
the 1920s, it struggled and even lost its number one numerous organizations that have taken the name in the
spot in the American market to Harley-Davidson. years since, none with much success. In 2011, Polaris
Industries chose to buy the business. It relocated all of
In 1930, Indian and DuPont motors merged. DuPont the North Carolina operations to Minnesota and Iowa.
founder E Paul DuPont stopped production of DuPont Since August of 2013, three motorcycle models that
automobiles in order to focus resources and attention capitalized on the traditional Indian bike styling have
on Indian. By 1940, the company was selling nearly as been manufactured under the Indian name.
many bikes at its biggest rival Harley-Davidson. This
was during a time when it represented the only real Museum of Motorcycles
American-made heavyweight cruiser option aside from Stuart Fletcher.
Harley-Davidson. The company also began to produce
bicycles, air conditioners, boat voters and aircraft All images sourced
engines around this time. from www.indianmotorcycle.com.au

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