Eagle Craft

There was a new Eagle Craft Verano sitting outside the door to my work this morning. What is it, you say? A scooter, manufactured by the Taizhou Zhongneng corporation in...China! One of our fellow distribution employees bought one recently, she had to assemble it as it as it came in a box, $1800. Low price!

So my HD riding coworker and I were outside commenting on the bike. He's biased because it's not a Harley. I'm biased because it's Chinese. The front plastic emblem was crooked; that was the only thing we could find fault with, but that's apparently enough. "A piece of shit," we both collectively muttered under our breath.

I'm struck by the name, Eagle Craft. This implies some American manufacturing ethos built into this scooter. I can see it now; a bibbed, mustachioed Midwestern steel worker, sweat on the brow, hand forging intake valves for an Eagle Craft street machine. Bold, American detailing, custom built in the heartland where legends come to life. Born of fire and freedom, the Eagle Craft will take back the streets!