For Sale Bad Decision: Indian Scout Bobber W/O blessing

My dad was a L.A. county Sheriff. At 15 teen i took a poke at him after an argument. Looked up and was staring at the wrong end of a 45. Pointed at my nose with no breathing room. No joke. If i had gone to swing again would not be here. He and i nowadays are very close. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
Only in America ... :-/
 
OK my Rocketeer brethren. As one who traded his Touring for a Scout, I believe it is time for me to educate my friends on the Scout line. Well, I'll post some pics with explanation tomorrow since its 10:40 PM and way past my beddy time.
 
OK my Rocketeer brethren. As one who traded his Touring for a Scout, I believe it is time for me to educate my friends on the Scout line. Well, I'll post some pics with explanation tomorrow since its 10:40 PM and way past my beddy time.
I'm listening . We have owned both bikes and they are quite different.
 
I'm listening . We have owned both bikes and they are quite different.

Just kidding about "educating" Rocketeers. Have you had a Scout or Scout Bobber Dr. D? I never really paid attention to either until I wound up trading the Rocket for a Scout and discovered what a wonderful machine it is.

To me the production bobbers, all of them are unsuitable for touring, but touring is not why folks buy them. I want every modern bike I own to be used for touring. There is an active thread on one of the Indian web sites about whether or not even the Scout can be set up for touring. It can be and I am doing so. Rider magazine recently had a well accessorized Scout on it's cover.
Adventure Scout.jpg



As to the link Paul posted, there are a couple of significant differences between the Scout Bobber and Triumphs, one being forward controls on the Scout (which I have found to be extremely comfortable to my surprise) and the other is performance with the Scout/Bobber's V-Twin rated at 100HP and 72 ft pounds of torque right out of the box. With a stock 8100 RPM red line, power/torque enhancements are pretty easy. I have the Zippers intake, a Dynajet Power Vision CX controller and Stage 1 mufflers, the latter which I will replace shortly. I don't know what the current numbers on my Scout are but only that when I hit 5900 RPM it becomes downright scary because it is so light, but of course I scare easily these days. The first time I hit that RPM the bike almost pulled out from under me because I wasn't ready for it. I hold on tight now and am prepared for the significant power surge.

I'm not sure if the Triumph's vertical twin configuration and standard torque/power is easily enhanced. However, it is one beautiful bike to me. I sat on one at the dealership and it was pretty uncomfortable, but so is the Scout Bobber with the "tractor" style seat.

I continue to prep my Scout for touring with the 10 inch mini-apes, highway bars/foot pegs and rear fender rack. I'm awaiting new shocks so that I can mount my leather saddlebags. The very expensive Progressive 970 shocks the that our forum member Quickie69 mounted are coming off so I can mount my bags. After that, I hope to be back touring.

One other thing. I immediately discovered that, unlike this and other Triumph forums, the Indian forum is populated with some real jerks. One guy told me that "you think you know everything" because I posted a page from the factory shop manual outlining a maintenance procedure. What? It got worse from there.

Back to the Bobber in question; it remains one heck of a deal for someone and it's difficult to believe it hasn't sold.
 
This thread has gotten interesting.

@Sparky59 I would like to move this content to a regular forum.

I do NOT want to hurt your chances of selling the Indian.

What do you think ?

Could move this, and you open a new ad for the Indian -- same photo, anything you want to add, etc.
 
Just kidding about "educating" Rocketeers. Have you had a Scout or Scout Bobber Dr. D? I never really paid attention to either until I wound up trading the Rocket for a Scout and discovered what a wonderful machine it is.

To me the production bobbers, all of them are unsuitable for touring, but touring is not why folks buy them. I want every modern bike I own to be used for touring. There is an active thread on one of the Indian web sites about whether or not even the Scout can be set up for touring. It can be and I am doing so. Rider magazine recently had a well accessorized Scout on it's cover.
Adventure Scout.jpg



As to the link Paul posted, there are a couple of significant differences between the Scout Bobber and Triumphs, one being forward controls on the Scout (which I have found to be extremely comfortable to my surprise) and the other is performance with the Scout/Bobber's V-Twin rated at 100HP and 72 ft pounds of torque right out of the box. With a stock 8100 RPM red line, power/torque enhancements are pretty easy. I have the Zippers intake, a Dynajet Power Vision CX controller and Stage 1 mufflers, the latter which I will replace shortly. I don't know what the current numbers on my Scout are but only that when I hit 5900 RPM it becomes downright scary because it is so light, but of course I scare easily these days. The first time I hit that RPM the bike almost pulled out from under me because I wasn't ready for it. I hold on tight now and am prepared for the significant power surge.

I'm not sure if the Triumph's vertical twin configuration and standard torque/power is easily enhanced. However, it is one beautiful bike to me. I sat on one at the dealership and it was pretty uncomfortable, but so is the Scout Bobber with the "tractor" style seat.

I continue to prep my Scout for touring with the 10 inch mini-apes, highway bars/foot pegs and rear fender rack. I'm awaiting new shocks so that I can mount my leather saddlebags. The very expensive Progressive 970 shocks the that our forum member Quickie69 mounted are coming off so I can mount my bags. After that, I hope to be back touring.

One other thing. I immediately discovered that, unlike this and other Triumph forums, the Indian forum is populated with some real jerks. One guy told me that "you think you know everything" because I posted a page from the factory shop manual outlining a maintenance procedure. What? It got worse from there.

Back to the Bobber in question; it remains one heck of a deal for someone and it's difficult to believe it hasn't sold.


We had a regular Scout and it was a nice quick but smallish motorcycle. The suspension was absolute junk especially up front. If you are doing upgrades there and can fit on the small bike it will ok for touring is et with bags and a good windscreen.

Which Indian Forum? What was the thread title and what name did you use. I want to go over there and look at it. For sure this place is much more to my liking.
 
My dad bought us a Honda CT 70 when I was ten years old. Mom was not real happy and complained that it was a waste of money and it would sit idle like all our other toys. Boy was she wrong, we rode that thing to death.

50 rears later still riding and yes they are a waste of money.;)

Some people never waste money, no liquor, no fast women, no smoking, no travel, no boats, no bikes, no nothing, save it all and leave it to their children. When they dye the children go to the local Mercedes or BMW dealer and waste it all in one place and complain that you did not leave them enough.
 
Some people never waste money, no liquor, no fast women, no smoking, no travel, no boats, no bikes, no nothing, save it all and leave it to their children. When they dye the children go to the local Mercedes or BMW dealer and waste it all in one place and complain that you did not leave them enough.
Well I'm spending a plenty. I bought a new Paneria watch and get to pick it up Saturday.:thumbsup:
 
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