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Driving report Indian Scout Sixty
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Driving report Indian Scout Sixty

Driving report Indian Scout Sixty

Driving report Indian Scout Sixty

Driving report Indian Scout Sixty

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Indian rounds off its model range at the bottom. With the Scout Sixty, the Scout is being joined by a slightly cheaper sister model.

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… Grant Bester, General Manager EMEA, and Greg Brew, Chief Designer, both at Polaris for Indian and Victory Motorcycles.

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The engine is so much fun that you can easily imagine it in a sportier chassis. Could definitely come like that, say …

Driving report Indian Scout Sixty
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The engine sets a real pressure point. He already puts in a lot of work in the speed cellar and then marches briskly from medium speeds. The four-valve engine turns lightly and freely and, at least in America, with a robust, snotty sound.

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That’s the Hoover Dam, southeast of Las Vegas.

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The Scout Sixty is really good at corners. Far better than it should be for a cruiser.

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We escaped the cold, wet German winter and were on the move with the Sixty between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

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… beats an engine with sixty cubic inches in the Indian Scout Sixty, or 999 cm³. 22 HP less (i.e. 78 HP), one gear less (i.e. five), artificial leather instead of leather and black paint instead of chrome distinguish it from its big sister.

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Indian Scout: So far, the Scout formed with water-cooled
Four-valve V2 the entry into the world of Indian. While your engine can boast 1133 cc, 100 HP and six gears, …

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We are excited, but first of all we are also looking forward to the Indian Scout Sixty.

Indian Scout Sixty in the driving report

Beginner-friendly and straightforward

Indian rounds off its model range at the bottom. With the Scout Sixty, the Scout is being accompanied by a slightly cheaper sister model. We escaped the cold, wet winter and were on the road with the Indian Scout Sixty between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

If the message has not yet reached you: I.ndian is expanding. Polaris, global brand for quads and snowmobiles and blessed with deep pockets, brought the historic brand with the big name back to the living four years ago from the eternal hunting grounds. Since then, Wisconsin-based redskins have been poaching vigorously in you-know-who Milwaukee territory. In the huge US American cruiser market, the Indians recorded significant growth (see interview), and in Germany, too, the market share could just be doubled compared to the previous year, of course starting from a low level.

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Driving report Indian Scout Sixty

Indian Scout Sixty in the driving report
Beginner-friendly and straightforward

Black painted parts instead of expensive chrome

Then in 2014 came the Indian Scout. Partial aluminum frame, almost a modest 1133 cubic meters by American standards, four-valve technology and water cooling, easy turning, full 100 hp – a modern cruiser with a view of Europe, the best-selling Indian in this country. Now, a little below that, the Indian Scout Sixty. A bit less drilling is 999 cubic centimeters or roughly the eponymous Sixty Cubic Inches. The key performance data of 78 hp and 89 Newton meters are still above target for cruiser conditions. In addition, parts painted black instead of expensive chrome, five gears instead of six, otherwise technically identical. The new entry-level model is ready.

Exclusive to Germany, MOTORRAD accepted the invitation to present the Indian Scout Sixty in the far west of the USA. From Los Angeles it goes through the picturesque San Bernardino National Park down into Death Valley, over dead straight roads a few hundred kilometers through the desert into Las Vegas. A crazy trip, but of course not for the personal edification of the author, but everything in the service of gaining knowledge. Just for you, dear readers.

Very beginner-friendly motorcycle

As was to be expected, the Indian Scout Sixty drives pretty much like a Scout. Only with 20 percent less performance. That is to say: It is a fresh, comparatively agile and very beginner-friendly motorcycle. The seating position is moderate cruiser standard, only very tall pilots should feel a little out of place on the deceptively compact motorcycle. 246 kilograms dry is not a record low, but thanks to the extremely low center of gravity the handling is as good as it can be with such a bike. The Sixty turns in harmoniously and, thanks to the remarkable freedom from lean angles, is fun even on the handful of curves that have been found. 

The front telescopic fork of the Indian Scout Sixty works properly, at the rear tight springs have to compensate for the modest suspension travel. Robust, but not exactly comfortable. What the hell, authentico. The ABS-free disc brakes front and rear (US version, ABS as standard in Europe) decelerate crisply and with a fantastic pressure point.

Indian Scout Sixty modern and straightforward

The engine of the Indian Scout Sixty also sets a real pressure point. He’s already working hard in the speed basement, only to march briskly from medium speeds. The four-valve engine turns lightly and freely and, at least in America, with a thick sound. Load changes and responsiveness are absolutely exemplary, and the five-speed transmission is one of the kind where gear changes are simply a pleasure. The engine is so much fun that you can easily imagine it in a sportier chassis. Could still come like this, see interview.

So the new entry into the world of Indian is anything but sluggish entry-level goods in terms of driving performance. Like its sister, the Indian Scout Sixty is also a modern, no-frills, well-functioning motorcycle. In doing so, of course, it breaks with the cruiser cliche of the earlier-everything-was-better construction principle, you have to know that. It is, which also underlines the good workmanship, built like a Honda, and that is meant as a compliment. For a saving of almost 1700 euros, the question of which of the two scouts is the more sensible option is left to personal taste and budget. 

At the end we prefer to enjoy the endless expanse in the west of the US of A. 20 degrees, intense desert sun, open helmet and sunglasses, dust-dry air. A trek of eight bubbling Indian Scout Sixty. And Interstate 15 between Barstow and Baker disappears somewhere far back on the shimmering horizon. Well, wanderlust?

interview


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Grant Bester, General Manager EMEA, and Greg Brew, Chief Designer, both at Polaris for Indian and Victory Motorcycles.

In the interview, Grant Bester and Greg Brew, European manager and chief designer at Polaris, talk about the approach behind Scout Sixty and what to expect in the future from Indian and sister Victory Motorcycles.

"There is still a lot to come!"

How are business now?

Grant: Excellent! We had a very good year with three-digit growth rates at Indian. The Scout is a great success, especially in Europe. And the Scout Sixty is the next logical step for us to gain a foothold. We developed the motorcycle with the European market in mind. 

What does Indian stand for today?

Grant: We naturally want to maintain our legacy as one of the oldest motorcycle brands in the world. We have had a very rapid development with many new models in a short period of time, but we are not making any compromises in terms of quality. Our models are based on the prototypes, and we want to keep Indian’s good name.

What does the Scout Sixty mean for the brand?

Greg: The Scout has historically been an exciting, fun bike, and we wanted to see how much of that spirit, that good Scout DNA, we could pack into the new, little Scout Sixty. And of course at a lower price. Maybe for beginners or those who only want to spend a certain amount of money. The Chiefs are a very formal take on the Indians. Extensive fenders, very structured design of the engine, everything about them is very much based on the model. Scouts are younger, more progressive, more technological. But just as we believe the company founders would have done too. We asked ourselves: what would the Scout look like if Indian, this mythical brand, had never stopped building motorcycles. They too were fully competitive, competed in races and would have used the best technology available. That’s the Scout’s idea.

Where is the journey going in the future??

Grant: Our approach is to develop a platform with one motor and expand it into different models. This is how we did it with the Chief models, and this is how we do it with the Scout. We have a good engine that is suitable for different concepts and we will use that. Indian will participate in racing events. With the hooligan bikes you saw a foretaste of what is possible (Roland Sands converted five Scout Sixty for Indian for the Superprestigio Dirt Track race, Red.)

Greg: Our commitment so far shows how seriously we take this matter. We have invested a lot of money and we will take part in flat track races in the future. Of course we need a different motorcycle than the Scout for that. We want to make sure that our dealers can offer a good line-up of motorcycles. Also in order to bind younger customers to our brands and keep them here. The new, smaller platform enables us to build more models.

Can you reveal more details?

Grant: I can’t say too much about that yet, but it’s not just the cruiser business that interests us. We still have a lot in the pipeline! The Scout is an excellent base for customizers because the entire rear frame is bolted on. You can follow the current trend towards renovations so well. Indian will not become a full-range supplier. But the nice thing is that with Indian and Victory we have different brands that can serve different customer requirements. There will be a lot more to come in the future!

Technical data Scout Sixty


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The Scout Sixty differs from the Indian Scout not only in terms of displacement. Instead of chrome, various parts are painted black, and the seat is made of synthetic leather instead of leather.

engine

Water-cooled two-cylinder four-stroke 60-degree engine, a balancer shaft, two overhead, chain-driven camshafts, four valves per cylinder, dry sump lubrication, injection, 2x Ø 60 mm, regulated catalytic converter, 420 W alternator, 12 V / 12 Ah battery, mechanically operated Multi-disc oil bath clutch, five-speed gearbox, toothed belt, secondary ratio 2.357.

Bore x stroke
93.0 x 73.6 mm

Displacement
1000 cc

Compression ratio
11.0: 1

rated capacity
57.4 kW (78 hp) at 7300 rpm

Max. Torque
89 Nm at 5600 rpm

landing gear

Composite frame made of steel with screwed cast aluminum parts, load-bearing motor, telescopic fork, Ø 41 mm, two-arm swing arm made of aluminum, two spring struts, adjustable spring base, front disc brake, Ø 298 mm, double-piston floating caliper, rear disc brake, Ø 298 mm, single-piston floating caliper, ABS.

Cast aluminum wheels
3.50 x 16; 3.50 x 16 

tires
130/90 H 16; 150/80 H 16

mass and weight

Wheelbase 1562 mm
Steering head angle 61.0 degrees
Trail 120 mm
Suspension travel f / h 120/76 mm
Seat height 643 mm
Dry weight 246 kg *
permissible total weight 449 kg
Tank capacity 12.5 liters.

guarantee
five years

Colours
Black, red, white

price
13,650 euros

Additional costs
249 euros

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