this is the indian scout and a lot of our subscribers have been asking us
to review this bike for some time so here we are we've been very kindly lent this by
motorcycle world of northampton and we're going to give you a full honest and thorough
review
now the first time you set eyes on this bike it's one of those bikes you go wow look at that it's
very good looking and it's low and long and lean getting on the bike for the first time it's easy
to ride and height wise i'm six foot three and the bike is actually quite roomy you've got forward
controls and the handlebars are well spaced so there's plenty of room and the handlebars as you
can see quite swept back so if you put them further forwards if you were very tall you'd
have plenty of room so this is another bike that would fit taller riders so the same as the indian
springfield dark horse which we reviewed a few weeks ago make sure you check that video we'll put
a link in there somewhere at the end this again is another good bike for tall people the scout
is fitted with a 1133 cc liquid-cooled v-twin and what a lovely looking engine
it's a work of art it really is before we carry on with the video we want to get to 20 000
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this indian produces 97 newton meters of torque at 5600 rpm and 94 brake horsepower so unusually
um i say unusually for a v-twin like the harley-davidsons have a lot higher
torque than they do power this is fairly equal but riding it it feels very lively and very responsive
and you can feel that power and it delivers it very well so from low revs it pulls nicely
and throughout the rev range there's plenty on tap so it's got a lot of grunt and it's very
responsive one of the things i did notice is the timer cover on this side it's a very nice
design on there a lot of bikes you just get a plain bit of chrome basically but that's a
nice intricate design that they've done on there the wheelbase is 1575 millimeters and it's got
16 inch rims on the front and the rear the rake that's the angle of the headstock is 29 degrees
and the trail is just under 120 millimeters so that gives you the combination of stability
and good turning because it's quite a short trail so it does turn easily you've got quite a fat
front tire um which sort of dampens if you like the nimbleness of it if you had a narrow tyre like
the street bob you'd find it would turn a little bit more nimbly but it does ride the bumps nicely
with all that rubber it's got a genuine leather seat and a seat height of 649 millimeters
and again to give you a comparison i'm six foot two ish and this is a very nice feeling riding
position
the brakes are very good you've got a single disc front and rear but the stopping power
is good for single discs and no complaints there whatsoever now the handling on this is excellent
you can throw it around the corners nicely it's a firm ride so if it's a very bumpy road you
do feel the bumps but nothing to complain about it is a cruiser so it's not a mutual spike but it's
it's a very nice ride and i'd say if you're a beginner if you've just passed your test
i'd say it's a little powerful you'd have to take it very easily at first
but once you got used to it it's a fun bite to ride and it's got more than enough power for
everyday roads in the real world so it's a good bike to have so there's various different
color options with this bike this is obviously black which costs eleven eight nine nine you can
get it in maroon and crimson which is 12 299 or there's two other options there's blue and silver
which is twelve four nine nine and there's gray and black which is also twelve four nine nine
rearward visibility in the mirrors is okay i can see about half of the road behind me
they're not properly adjusted for me anyway so i mean we could improve it a little bit but if
you're a bit shorter than me i'm six foot three so if you were five foot eleven or so
you'd probably find it'll be fine the front suspension scored 120 millimeters of travel
and the rears got 76 and as the old man said it's it's a firm ride but a secure ride
the gear change on this is very good indeed it's ever smooth um unlike the harleys you don't get
that clunk as you change gear it's nice and smooth and it goes up and down the gearbox
very easily indeed it's got a 12 and a half liter fuel tank and with the tank fully filled up it
weighs 256 kilograms which for what sort of bike it is isn't really that heavy um it's quite a bit
lighter than a lot of the harley range and it is noticeable as well now another thing i really like
is it hasn't got any modes we're not big fans of modes because the problem with modes is if you
are in a normal mode and you get used to the bike and then you change to say sport mode it
suddenly becomes more lively which can catch you out so we like the fact you get used to it one way
and it stays that way the controls are lovely and simplistic just what i like you've got an
on and off switch here and the starter switch there and on the other side you've got your
headlights your indicators your hazards and the horn and there's a little button on top there
to go through the menus and even that is quite minimalistic which is good you've got an analog
speedometer which is good easy to read traveling along the road at 70 miles an hour in sixth gear
it's doing um 3600 rpm so there's plenty of grunt left to overtake if you need to but at that sort
of rpm it's not struggling it's just going along effortlessly which is what cruisers are all about
so
there's a usb port just here fitted to the bike so if you want to plug in your phone or a sat nav
if you can bring it up somehow you can do that the stand on this bike um it feels nice and firm when
you put it down um but if you are if you do push it forward slightly you will notice that it will
it will come up um that's not very good example of it but um if you were say facing downwards
on a slope um you definitely want to put it in gear to take the slack off of it
um because it is a bit worrying that you bite you don't want your bike to fall over initially
the mud guards are well designed and they come down quite low on the front and the back so for
weather protection that's pretty good you're not going to get the bike too dirty or yourself too
dirty but they are a nice shape as well a nice little sort of slick swooping effect to them
i like the amount of black and chrome that's on this bike it's split up very well especially on
the engine it's very well thought through and just the general design of this bike
is a very pretty bike you can see the lines of the designer the way they've designed it in is
very very nice you've got twin shock suspension at the rear and conventional forks on the front
so if you were looking at this bike you're most likely going to be looking at one of the harleys
as well and with the price point that would put you with the street bob or the soft tail standard
now if you were choosing between the two this bike's more refined i'd say the engine and the
gearbox are a bit smoother and it's a lighter bike this has got more power but the street bob
has got more torque i think the street bulb's a bit more of a raw experience as well but
both of the engines are going to sound just as good as each other if you've got a good exhaust
on them so it's it's mainly down to styling really so our verdict on the indian scout
is that it's a beautiful looking bike i love the retro styling it's ever such good quality
um it really is a bike that you turn up somewhere on and people go
look at that so it's a beauty change the pipes and it will sound just as cool as well
so it certainly ticks the cool box the engine and the gearbox are all very refined it handles nicely
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