I still feel like the concept to build a bicycle was sound, just not a cheesy replica of something they already did.
I remember guys saying how they should build a Knucklehead replica for their 100th anniversary, and I would cringe at the thought.
Why do, what you've already done?
Build something groundbreaking and new, using que's, from the old styling if nostalgia is what your after, but manufacture it from the ground up.
I realize that production cost is always a factor, but in this case, their plan was to build an extremely low number of units, and charge up the wazoo for each one.
So, it seems to me, that they could have done anything the imagination conjured up.
Oh, well!
What's that old saying, about not being able to go home again?
It'll never be like it was.