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Dealers had just 90 days to create customs

THUG wins UK Indian Scout contest

Written by Ben Purvis , Date 6:03 PM
Indian Motorcycle Project Scout. Build a Legend.Motorcycle Live 2016, NEC Birmingham, UK. 22 November 2016.

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:

 

 

Indian Motorcycle Project Scout. Build a Legend.Motorcycle Live 2016, NEC Birmingham, UK. 22 November 2016.

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

 

 

Indian Motorcycle Project Scout. Build a Legend.Motorcycle Live 2016, NEC Birmingham, UK. 22 November 2016.

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

 

Indian Motorcycle Project Scout. Build a Legend.Motorcycle Live 2016, NEC Birmingham, UK. 22 November 2016.

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

 

 

Indian Motorcycle Project Scout. Build a Legend.Motorcycle Live 2016, NEC Birmingham, UK. 22 November 2016.

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

 

 

Indian Motorcycle Project Scout. Build a Legend.Motorcycle Live 2016, NEC Birmingham, UK. 22 November 2016.

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

 

 

Indian Motorcycle Project Scout. Build a Legend.Motorcycle Live 2016, NEC Birmingham, UK. 22 November 2016.

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

 

 

Indian Motorcycle Project Scout. Build a Legend.Motorcycle Live 2016, NEC Birmingham, UK. 22 November 2016.

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

 

 

Indian Motorcycle Project Scout. Build a Legend. Motorcycle Live 2016, NEC Birmingham, UK. 22 November 2016. Beach Tracker

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

 

 

Indian Motorcycle Project Scout. Build a Legend.Motorcycle Live 2016, NEC Birmingham, UK. 22 November 2016.

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

 

 

Indian Motorcycle Project Scout. Build a Legend.Motorcycle Live 2016, NEC Birmingham, UK. 22 November 2016.

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

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