Indian Motorcycle Company of America

That last gasp of the IMCOA period was this '03 Chief.

That last gasp of the IMCOA period was this '03 Chief.

Gilroy, California was the home of a small manufacturer, the California Motorcycle Company. CMC and several other small companies merged to revive the Indian trademark yet again.

Indian purists thought that selling an Indian with a Harley-clone S&S engine stunk. That was apropos, since Gilroy is the self-proclaimed Garlic Capital of the World.

IMCOA declared bankruptcy in 2003.