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Indian Scout. Model G-20. Designed by Charles B. Franklin, [1] [3] the Scout was introduced in October 1919 as a 1920 model. The Scout had a sidevalve V-twin engine with its transmission bolted to the engine casing, allowing a geared primary drive - the only American v-twin to use this maintenance-free system. [4]
The Indian Scout was introduced at the 2014 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally as a 2015 model. The 2015 Scout is a cruiser with a 1,133 cc (69.1 cu in) over head cam V-twin engine and a frame formed by multiple aluminum alloy castings bolted to each other and to the engine. [63] The Indian Scout was named 2015 Motorcycle of the year by Motorcycle.com. [64]
A replica of the 1920 Indian (with half the exterior removed to show detail) that Burt Munro used to set his record in 1967. Munro's Indian Scout was an early model, the 627th Scout to leave the American factory. [7] The bike had an original top speed of 55 mph (89 km/h), [2] but this did not satisfy Munro, so in 1926 he began to modify the bike.
A bobber, originally called a bob-job from the 1930s through 1990s, is a style of custom motorcycle. The typical construction includes removing the front fender, shortening the rear fender , which is "bobbed" (as in bob-tail ), and stripping excess bodywork as well as all superfluous parts to reduce weight.
Triumph Bobber 2017. Related to the chopper motorcycle is the bobber, a solo bike which is created by "bobbing" a factory bike by removing superfluous weight and bodywork from a motorcycle to reduce mass and increase performance. A common element of these motorcycles is a shortened rear fender that creates a "bobbed" look.
Victory Motorcycles was an American motorcycle brand based in Spirit Lake, Iowa, United States.It began selling its vehicles in 1998, and began winding down operations in January 2017 to be succeeded by the revived traditional American motorcycle brand Indian, which are both (since 2011) owned by parent company Polaris Industries.
Indian Scout (motorcycle), a motorcycle built by the Indian Motorcycle Company; a boy scout or girl scout who is American Indian, see American Indian Scouting Association; a boy scout or girl scout from India, see Scouting and Guiding in India; Ladakh Scouts, an infantry regiment of the Indian Army; Davy Crockett, Indian Scout, 1950 Western film
Japanese companies began producing models evocative of the early cruisers in the mid-1980s, and by 1997 the market had grown to nearly 60 percent of the US market. [1] A number of motorcycle manufacturers including BMW, Honda, Moto Guzzi, Yamaha, Suzuki, Triumph and Victory have currently or have had important models evocative of the American cruiser.