Article:: "2006 American IronHorse - First Ride
9/12/2005
By Steve Natt

This past June, the people at American IronHorse Motorcycles celebrated their 10th Anniversary by inviting a bunch of journalists to their factory in Ft. Worth Texas. The reason you're just hearing about this now is that they put an embargo on the gift of prose you're about to receive so it wouldn't pre-empt their annual dealer meeting announcements on Sept 11. We've been sitting on this hot potato all summer long, and it's ready to be mashed. If you're not already up to speed on what's going on in the small manufacturer/semi-custom bike world, allow me to help you find the throttle. Way back in the mid-Nineties when there were too many customers and not enough Harleys, a few forward-thinking entrepreneurs smelled an opportunity, and some of them are actually still in business. Among them, American IronHorse. They've been through some rough times, but have found ways to weather the storms that have sunk other, sometimes far larger ships (Indian, Excelsior-Henderson) by improving the consistency, quality and reliability of their bikes."