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Indian Motorcycles Announces Special Scout Series, Leads with Awesome Military Scout
A Ride Apart via Yahoo Autos ^
| 5/11/15
| Gary Ilminen
Posted on 05/11/2015 12:13:27 PM PDT by Kartographer
Indian Motorcycle has announced that through 2015, it will roll out a series of custom Indian Scouts designed and built by some of Americas top custom bike builders. Each will be designed to celebrate an important Indian Scout milestone since the models orignial debut in 1920. Each of the custom Scouts will be accompanied by vignettes to share the legacy of the Indian Scout.
Leading off the series is the the Custom Military Scout, which will be accompanied by a vignette narrated by Mark Wahlberg. The Custom Military Scout was designed and built by custom builder Klock Werks Kustom Cycles of Mitchell, South Dakota.
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KEYWORDS: automotive; manufacturing; motorcycles
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The company says the Custom Military Scout recalls the companys nearly 100-year history of supporting the U.S. Military and to celebrate Indian Motorcycles partnership with USO.
To: Kartographer
Does the Scout series come with the Thompson????
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posted on
05/11/2015 12:14:44 PM PDT
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: rjsimmon
From the article:
"A custom gun scabbard mount holds a Thompson sub-machine gun with a custom gunstock by Boyds Gunstocks of Mitchell, SD etched with both the USO and Indian Motorcycle logos."
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posted on
05/11/2015 12:16:12 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: rjsimmon
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posted on
05/11/2015 12:16:39 PM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: rjsimmon
... but can it jump a concertina wire fence between Germany and Switzerland?
To: Resolute Conservative
“... but can it jump a concertina wire fence between Germany and Switzerland?”
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If it does, I’ll take two!!
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posted on
05/11/2015 12:21:54 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanAbroad
(It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
To: Resolute Conservative
Only if Steve McQueen is riding it!
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posted on
05/11/2015 12:23:25 PM PDT
by
gr8eman
(Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
To: rjsimmon
In the '60s I had a bicycle based on the Indian Scout. It came with a plastic Thompson that lit up and made noise. I loved it as a bitty boy. ;)
/johnny
To: Kartographer
Be advised. This isn’t the original Indian Motorcycle company. It’s a company that bought their name from them to get instant street cred.
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posted on
05/11/2015 12:31:35 PM PDT
by
MNnice
To: Resolute Conservative
It’s about about the same weight as the fake WWII bike and has twice the horsepower. So I would say it’s good to go.
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posted on
05/11/2015 12:34:38 PM PDT
by
Durus
(You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
To: MNnice
Harley isn't the original company either, or Colt, or S&W, or Ford, or GM. No company can be the "original company" if it's going to be around very long.
Indian Motorcycle company has original engineering along with the heart and soul of the original Indian, unlike the last couple of owners.
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posted on
05/11/2015 12:38:35 PM PDT
by
Durus
(You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
To: Kartographer
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A step in the right direction for a change!
.
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posted on
05/11/2015 12:44:17 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: Kartographer
I gotta say that is one ugly junkwagon.
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posted on
05/11/2015 12:47:17 PM PDT
by
IronJack
To: Kartographer
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posted on
05/11/2015 12:47:59 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: editor-surveyor
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posted on
05/11/2015 12:53:33 PM PDT
by
syriacus
To: rjsimmon
I’ll bet they’d work it out for you-—or me. What I’ll never understand is why they quit putting scabbards on them. Just seems necessary to me. Even my mountain bicycle has a rifle rack. Just part of being fully dressed.
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posted on
05/11/2015 12:59:45 PM PDT
by
cherokee1
(skip the names---just kick the buttz)
To: Durus
Working in Springfield for many years I am familiar with the original Factory Plant some of the original buildings still survive. There was a Indian Motorcycle Museum there also in but I am not sure if it is still there. Funny how they are bringing back a military bike, it was part of Indians downfall that they were so intertwined with military production that they lost a lot of their Dealers because they could not supply Bikes for the civilian market, and of course H-D was able to. One regret I have is when a friend offered me a upright trade, his Chief for my BSA Royal Star! I turned him down and have kicked myself everafter.
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posted on
05/11/2015 1:00:34 PM PDT
by
ABN 505
To: Kartographer
My father was an Indian rider in his younger years.
This bike looks great.
To: syriacus
And then Sammy Pierce took over, My father and his friends were all friends of his. When Sammy moved from Monrovia to San Gabriel, he opened up a store on San Gabriel Blvd, and bought the House across the street. The Indian Motorcycles from 1963ish to 1973 were built at 712 E Fairview Ave, San Gabriel, he then rolled them across the street to the showroom.
My Father Bought his House during the divorce and we ran our business there for 40 years til he passed and I sold it last year. Yep I sat in the Indian Motorcycles Office every day for 40 years. Both Garages out back was the production line.
And for a little more trivia, after Sammy closed up a young man moved in and took over the place next door also, he was an up and coming High Performance Engine Builder trying to make a name for himself. His name was Gale Banks.
I knew both of these people.
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posted on
05/11/2015 1:16:46 PM PDT
by
eyeamok
To: cherokee1
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posted on
05/11/2015 1:19:36 PM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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