[Geronimo]

My frustration with Indian's new styling direction is it seems to be a mix of Harley, the metrics, and their own now defunct Victory with no distinct personality or brand identity. Look at any Porsche ever made. Without any badges you can immediately tell it's a Porsche. Even now they don't only make sports cars and have added crossovers, sedans and wagons to the mix, they still all look immediately, distinctively Porsche. They have a distinct styling language. Same goes for Jeep. Harley's style has evolved over time, but still has a family look, for the most part.

Indian's styling language was always Art Deco. That's partially because of the era they came from and then initially stopped production, but even in the 20s and 30s, before the valanced fenders, Indians styling was more flowing and swoopy (IE art deco), like a Jaguar E type or Delahaye 135, while Harley was more blocky and industrial, like a 1970 Chevelle.

If you are designing a fixed fairing bike, where by definition the fairing is connected to the bodywork, why not have it flow smoothly and beautifully into the body like an Indian should? Even though fixed fairing bikes weren't around in the 1920s, 30s and 40s, it seems like translating that new body style into that timeless design language should be an easy enough job for any competent designer, since, by its nature, it already lends itself to it.

 

[Geronimo]

Are you describing the Vision?

The Vision fits the description and looks more like an Indian than the spy photos of Indian's new bike. I don't like the Vision's headlight shape and I think they overdid it a bit on the bags and tour pack, but that's basically what I'm talking about, yes. It's design all flows together from tip to tail in a single cohesive design.