Toyo / Indian Motorcycle / Gold ?

[newtojackets]

I don't know that that's necessarily the case. Just a hunch.

Fair, can you elaborate how the brand segments it? Are there deliberate separations or is it just some models are made in Japan, with others made overseas?

This is a question more generally, but it seems odd that they would have an entire store of their ‘lower quality’ items, if it’s still the same Indian motorcycle brand

 

[Aloysius]

Fair, can you elaborate how the brand segments it? Are there deliberate separations or is it just some models are made in Japan, with others made overseas?

This is a question more generally, but it seems odd that they would have an entire store of their ‘lower quality’ items, if it’s still the same Indian motorcycle brand

I think it might help to think about Toyo as analogous to RL, though obviously much smaller.

Like RL they have sub brands focused on a specific thing, although in Toyo's case basically all the brands are in the RRL sort of camp with things like raw denim and workwear (RRL), military repro (Buzz Rickson's), etc.

So think of their Indian line a bit like something like Polo. Good quality but most items are affordable to the general public unlike something like Purple Label or RMC.

 

[newtojackets]

I think it might help to think about Toyo as analogous to RL, though obviously much smaller.

Like RL they have sub brands focused on a specific thing, although in Toyo's case basically all the brands are in the RRL sort of camp with things like raw denim and workwear (RRL), military repro (Buzz Rickson's), etc.

So think of their Indian line a bit like something like Polo. Good quality but most items are affordable to the general public unlike something like Purple Label or RMC.

But the difference is Polo is polo? There is no distinction between good polo and bad polo (ignoring the different eras)?

But with IM it sounds like there are better quality lines and worse ones, with different shops? Or am I misunderstanding and the IM line itself is the more affordable part of Toyo and all IMs are equal?

 

[Aloysius]

Who said anything about bad?

Polo makes tees and polos and the like.

They also make stuff like the RL67 tweed jacket and camelhair polo coat, which are more like what you'd get from RRL or the now-defunct 'RL Rugby' line.

 

[newtojackets]

Who said anything about bad?

Polo makes tees and polos and the like.

They also make stuff like the RL67 tweed jacket and camelhair polo coat, which are more like what you'd get from RRL or the now-defunct 'RL Rugby' line.

I was using the word bad for simplicity but I didn’t mean it literally.

What in trying to understand about the brand direction is are the higher end and lower end IM stuff different sub-brands? Or certain products are made for the higher end store and certain products for the lower-end one?