Indian Scout

Indian Scout, Charles Franklin for Indian
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A light, easy-riding V-twin that became one of the best-loved American motorcycles between the wars.

Charles Franklin gave the Scout a low centre of gravity and an engine with the gearbox joined to the crankcase. Burt Munro later set speed records on a modified Scout.

Materials: Steel frame, V-twin engine with unit gearbox

Manufacture: Made in Springfield, Massachusetts.

The low saddle and the red paint.

Indian’s name in script on the tank.