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ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE

I’M A SUCKER FOR RESCUE PROJECTS, AND they don’t come much better than this amazing restoration story. Casting a casual glance, one might assume this all-American motorcycle to be a concours restored, 1936 Indian Junior Scout. But peer a little closer and you might just notice the modified primary chaincase and the Triumph dry clutch that lurks within; or perhaps the tell-tale Mikuni carburettor or the Indian’s unique tractor-style saddle has raised your appreciative eyebrow. Each has an extraordinary story to tell, as do a sack-load of other hidden mods that await discovery.

Hard to believe then, that this gleaming red machine was resurrected from a box of disassociated parts by CBG reader Tony Adams. Prised from the shed of one of Scotland’s best loved punk rockers, the box of rusted parts was secured from Indian Motorcycle guru *Alan Forbes – aka Eugene Reynolds of rock band The Rezillos fame. Looking at the picture of Tony’s original purchase, it’s hard to believe that he possessed the ability – never mind the belief – to create a living, breathing motorcycle from the box of odd bits that many might label as junk. But Tony is no ordinary chap...

Curiously, Tony is a vibration technology design engineer (retired). He’s also a modest chap, and you’d never guess he was tasked in building a vibration test rig that would test NASA’s Mars Landing Robotic Exploration Vehicle (see pic). Therefore one might assume that conjuring a rare Junior Scout from a rusting pile of old metal might be considered ‘small

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