American IronHorse
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American IronHorse was an American motorcycle
Motorcycle
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 manufacturer that was founded in 1995 by Tim Edmundson and Bill Rucker. At one time, AIH was the largest factory producer of custom motorcycles in the USA. Their 224000 square feet (20,810.3 m²) factory was located in Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...

, and housed the complete manufacturing process under a single roof. 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
S&S Cycle
S&S Cycle is a motorcycle engine and parts manufacturer that was founded in 1958 by George J. Smith and Stanley Stankos in Blue Island, Illinois. The company started by selling high performance pushrods for Harley-Davidson motorcycles, and today they still make parts for American V-Twin bikes...

and were assembled in-house.

Models

  • Texas Chopper-Softtail
  • Legend-Softtail
  • Slammer-Adjustable Air Ride, named 2007 Bike of the Year by V-twin magazine
  • LSC-Rigid
  • Tejas-Rigid
  • Outlaw-Softtail
  • Bandera-Softtail
  • Classic Chop-Softtail
  • Judge-Softtail
  • Ironhorse Ranger


In Spring 2008, American Ironhorse ceased production on all cycles and most company assets were liquidated at auction. The company now seems to exist in name only.
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