Ten British dealers were given just 90 days to create Indian Scout custom bikes before the recent Motorcycle Live show in Birmingham where visitors voted for the best. The winner has now been revealed to be THUG by Thor Motorcycles.
Over the course of the show 1905 visitors placed votes, with THUG taking more than 20% of the total.
The only rules were that the bikes had to be based on Indian Scout or Scout 60 models, they had to use at least three genuine Indian accessories and one part from either Custom Chrome
Colin Treleaven, the dealer principal at Thor Motorcycles said: “We didn’t want to build a handbag, fashion statement bike, it had to be something that hadn’t been done before and it had to be a rideable bike, not a show pony.
“Most of the components were sourced by rooting through our stores and parts bins, aiming to keep the build as cost effective as possible. With the exception of the lighting, exhaust and a handful of official Indian accessories, anything that couldn’t be found in our shop was hand fabricated. One of hardest tasks was creating a machined spline assembly that extended the front sprocket to convert the final drive to a chain. THUG goes as well as it looks and we’ll definitely be riding it on the road.”
In second place was Midwest Moto’s MWM-115 and in third place was Moore Speed Racing’s Beach Tracker.
Indian Motorcycle’s UK national sales manager Lee Frankish said: “We’re overwhelmed by the public response to Project Scout UK at Motorcycle Live. This contest has been a great opportunity to celebrate the talent in our growing dealer network, while showing the personalisation potential of the Scout platform.”
The full list of entrants was as follows:
Tribute, built by Alba Customs
Frame: Standard Indian Scout with mesh in-fills
Front forks: Standard with heavier oil
Front brakes: Standard
Shocks: K-Tech Bullit
Rear brake: Standard
Final drive: Standard
Engine: 1133cc, US-spec fuel map
Exhaust: Bespoke 2-into-1, wrapped
Bodywork: In-house at Alba Customs
Paint: Stripped, grained, painted and lacquered
Price: £14,995
Brian, built by Blade Motorcycles
Frame: Indian Scout Sixty standard
Front forks: Standard with gaiters
Front brakes: Standard
Shocks: Standard
Rear brakes: Standard
Final drive: Standard
Engine: 999 cc, standard
Exhaust: Vance & Hines Grenades full system black
Bodywork: Custom low bars, powder coated black, custom seat, custom fender work
Paint: Indian wildfire red
Price: £9,995
Foundry Scout Sixty, built by Robinsons Foundry
Front forks: Standard
Front brakes: Harrison Billet 6 pot calliper
Shocks: K-Tech black on black shocks,
Rear brakes: Harrison Billet 4 pot calliper
Wheels: standard wheels with rear cut and widened to take a 200 rear tyre
Tyres: Michelin Commander 2
Final drive: standard
Engine: 999cc; stage 1 tune
Exhaust: Trask 2 into 1
Bodywork: standard bodywork with slightly reprofiled fenders, converted to hand gear shift
Paint: hydro-dipped bodywork, wheels, handlebars etc
Price: £15,995
Wild Horse, built by HBC Motorcycles
Frame: Indian Scout Sixty with Redmax rear subframe
Front forks: K-Tech cartridges, K-Tech uprated fork springs
Front brake: Standard
Shocks: K-Tech Razor piggy back
Rear brake: Standard
Wheels: Optional Indian Scout 16″ spoked wheels stripped down to the hubs & modified with Hagon 19″ (anodised black) aluminium rims with stainless steel spokes
Tyres: Goldentyre GT267, GT268 FIM and “e” marked flat track tyres
Final drive: Standard
Engine: 999cc; standard
Exhaust: Trask 2-1 high level performance exhaust
Bodywork: Handcrafted, underseat fuel-tank
Paint: Belmont metal finishing
Price: £18,995 – bespoke builds to order
Green Manalishi, built by Krazy Horse
Frame: indian scout sixty standard
Front forks: standard
Front brakes: Harrison Billet, six piston, custom finned caliper.
Shocks: Custom CNC hardtail struts
Rear brakes: Harrison Billet, four piston, custom finned caliper.
Wheels: Krazy Horse/Talon hubs with 21″ x 1.85 front and 16″ x 3.50 rear rim
Tyres: Avon Speedmaster 3.00×21 front / 5.00×16 rear
Final drive: Standard
Engine: 999cc; foam air filter and O2 sensor delete
Exhaust: Krazy Horse/ojz shotgun pipes
Bodywork: In-house at Krazy Horse. Custom machining by Fastec and Demeanour Customs
Paint: Pageant Paintwork
Price: £27,500
KH163, built by Krazy Horse London
Frame: indian scout sixty – rear subfame removed
Front forks: K-Tech KR2, custom yokes by Harrison Billet
Front brakes: Twin disc Harrison Billet radial mounted calipers
Shocks: K-Tech Razor piggyback shocks
Rear brakes: Harrison Billet 4 pot calliper
Wheels: Billet Talon front dual disc hub with stainless steel spokes and black Excel rim. Rear, custom billet Talon hub (intergrated cushdrive) with stainless steel spokes and black Excel rim
Tyres: Michelin Power slick
Final drive: Standard scout with polished pully
Engine: 999cc; with Power Commander
Exhaust: custom made high-level 2 into 1 system by OJZ
Bodywork: GSX-R front fender, custom solo tail unit and subframe
Paint: hydro-dipped fenders, polished fuel tank
Price: £24,995
Otekah, built by Motorcycle Centre Orrell
Frame: Indian Scout Sixty
Forks: standard painted
Front brake: standard
Shocks: standard painted
Rear brake: standard
Wheels: Indian accessory wire wheel 16”
Tyres: Avon white wall
Final drive: standard
Engine: 999cc; standard
Exhaust: Remus slash-cut
Bodywork: None
Paint: Sunburst Indian Navajo Sunset
Price: £13,495
Beach Tracker, built by Moore Speed Racing
Frame: Indian Scout, modified
Forks: K-Tech and black nitride coating
Front brakes: Harrison Billet
Shocks: K-Tech Bullit
Rear brakes: Harrison Billet
Wheels: Indian aftermarket 16” spoked wheels
Tyres: Firestone
Final drive: standard
Engine: 1133cc, Power Commander 5, Trask air filter, MSR retard valve
Exhaust: custom made by MSR; CNC machined billet ends
Bodywork: all fabrication and CNC parts made in-house at MSR
Paint: Ducati 916 yellow by Screaming Customs in Poole
For sale: £16,000 to this spec
MWM-115, built by Midwest Moto
Frame: Indian Scout Sixty – new rear subframe
Forks: Showa USD, new billet yokes
Front brake: Floating disc, 4-pot caliper
Shocks: Nitron
Rear brake: Floating disc, standard caliper
Wheels: Billet hubs, 17” alloy rims
Tyres: F:120/70/ZR17 R:180/60/ZR17 Continental Contrace Attack Endurance
Final Drive: Belt, with tensioner
Engine: 999cc; standard
Exhaust: Custom made by MWM
Bodywork: All fabrication, composite bodywork and seat unit made in-house at mwm
Paint: AP Customs
Price: £POA – limited build run – built to order
THUG, built by Thor Motorcycles
Frame: Indian Scout Sixty standard
Forks: In house from old projects – made to fit
Front brakes: modified billet 6 ( found under bench)
Shocks: Hagon- made to order
Rear brake: modified standard
Wheels: Rick wheels from old project – greatly modified to fit
Tyres: old second hand stock
Final drive: chain and sprocket made in house
Engine 999cc; stage 1 – pipes and filter
Exhaust: Freedom Performance
Bodywork: all fabricated in house from used parts
Paint: Gloss black
Price: Not for sale yet