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    BRAVE HEART RSD INDIAN SCOUT

    Oct 12, 2016 5 minutes
    WORDS GEOFF SEDDON PHOTOGRAPHY RSD DESIGN
    “MADNESS IS AN INHERENT PART OF MANY OF OUR PROJECTS. WHO ELSE WOULD RIP APART A PERFECT BRAND-NEW MOTORCYCLE?”

    SOMETIMES it’s not all about cubic inches, and less really is more. Here’s a case in point. RSD’s Indian Track Chief we featured back in issue #19 blew us away with what Roland Sands could do with the gargantuan 1800cc Indian Chieftain. This time he’s performed equally radical surgery on the much leaner 1100cc Indian Scout, and lifted his game to a whole new level.

    In both cases, Roland reached back into Indian’s rich pre-WWII racing heritage for his inspiration, and how apt that the more compact Scout, always the sports/race model in the line-up, should come out on top.

    Common to both builds was a completely new tubular cradle chassis. Roland admits he built the big rigid-framed Track Chief more for looks and was

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