A bit of a fantasy machine for me this one. An Indian Scout from the late twenties, if I were pushed give an exact year I would say 1927 though am happy to stand corrected.
Without wishing to be controversial, the Scout is from a period where America was still making innovative and world beating motorcycles before hitting stagnation in the thirties. A machine to rival anything produced in Europe in performance and quality. The handlebars on this particular example are a thing of beauty, were they a standard fitment, an option or aftermarket? They are certainly different from the more usually seen sit 'up and beg' bars. Alas, I'm not enough of an Indian afficianado to know.
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| Stunning Indian Scout in sporting spec. |
This is an early Scout, I would say 1920 with the Dixie magneto.
ReplyDeleteThe short handlebars, I have seen mosly on photo's from the UK, don't know if the UK importer liked them.
Many thanks, seems like I was a good few years out on my guess! Perhaps at that time Indian had a more sporting image in the UK hence the drop bars? Maybe folks wanted to be like Freddie Dixon.
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