I'd chatted on the phone with the head designer while he told me how important it was to make an true Indian and not simply a motorcycle with an Indian badge.
I'd read our earlier first ride where we said the engine was so good we wanted to hug it. In my head, I knew the Scout was going to be a good bike. I'd reached a point where I knew I couldn't be happy on a cruiser any longer, and I was ready to take the plunge. It offered all the power I could want, enough comfort that I wouldn't completely hate myself every time I rode it to the store, and didn't cost nearly as much as it probably should have. Last year, the bike calling my name was a Triumph Sprint ST. You know you could buy something faster this year, right?" Yet even as a broke college student, there was always that voice in the back of my mind whispering "this bike isn't as exciting as it used to be. I don't regret my decision, but I ended up trading standards for cruisers out of a need to ride between school and work. I got my start on a $600 Kawasaki KZ305, and with that, I was hooked. I've fallen victim to that new-bike wanderlust myself, more times than I care to admit. And who cares how much it costs if it makes more power? Sure, the old bike is great, but there's always going to be one that's nicer and faster. Yet inevitably, once the snow begins to melt, we will pull our bikes out of storage, and the thought will cross our minds that maybe it's time to get something else. Some riders may still choose to brave the elements, but for most motorcyclists, this is the time our bikes sit, waiting for spring. Yes, we are fully in the winter of our discontent. With temperatures rarely above freezing these days and more than a foot of snow, it feels safe to say that warm days are over here in Boston. Based on an earlier ride of the Indian Scout, we think we understand why. Instead, it plans to focus on building the Indian brand. ģ7 or 45.Polaris recently announced it will immediately cease production of all Victory motorcycles. In early 1928, a front brake was added to the Scout. The engine size was increased to 745 cc (45 cu in) in 1927 in response to the popularity of the Excelsior Super X. The Scout engine initially displaced 606 cc (37 cu in). The Scout had a V-twin engine with its transmission bolted to the engine casing. Franklin, the Scout was introduced in October 1919 as a 1920 model. In 1949 an all-new motorcycle, with an overhead valve straight-twin engine, was called the Scout it was enlarged and renamed the Warrior in 1950.īetween 20, the Indian Motorcycle Company of America, based in Gilroy, California, built a Scout model using proprietary engine and transmission parts.ĭesigned by Charles B. Military versions of both versions were used by US and Allied forces during World War II.Īpart from fifty examples of the 648, a special racing version of the Sport Scout, the Scout was not continued after World War II. The small-displacement Scout and the Sport Scout, introduced in 1934, were continued until the end of civilian production in 1942. A second line of Scouts, with lighter frames and reduced engine displacement, was introduced in 1932 alongside the Standard Scout, which replaced the 101 Scout and shared its frame with the Chief and the Four. The 101 Scout, made from 1928 to 1931, has been called the best motorcycle Indian ever made. It rivaled the Chief as Indian's most important model. The Indian Scout was a motorcycle built by the Indian Motocycle Company from 1920 to 1949.
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