The Company specialized in making motorcycles that had large displacement V-twin engines with large fins. Buck Hendricson, who oversaw the company's second bankruptcy, also guided the firm through its sale to Textron Inc, which subsequently liquidated the company in 2008. In 2005, negotiated a $40 million deal with Textron Inc. įollowing Bill Rucker's departure, AIH had a succession of CEOs and Tim Edmondson, President, the second largest shareholder and director of design sold his ownership in the company the following year. In Spring 2008, American Ironhorse ceased production on all motorcycles and most company assets were liquidated at auction. By 2006, the company had sold around 10,000 motorcycles. Although most (305) parts for the bikes were made in-house, such as the seats and wheels, all American IronHorse motorcycles were built with S&S engines and were assembled in-house. ![]() Their 224,000-square-foot (20,800 m 2 ) factory was located in Fort Worth, Texas, and housed the complete manufacturing process under a single roof. ![]() At one time, AIH was the largest factory producer of custom motorcycles in the USA. ![]() American IronHorse was an American motorcycle manufacturer based in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area that was founded in 1995 by Tim Edmondson and Bill Rucker.
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