Old Bike Australasia

Indian Scout into an AJS

It all started when my old mate Pilks was writing up a bit of his family history and came across a blurred photograph of a man seated astride a motorcycle with a hand-written note attached – “Rex Pilkington Big River January 1936”.

Knowing that his mates Simon and I were interested in motorcycles, Pilks asked us to confirm if the bike in the photo was an Indian and if so what model it was, as it was known that a) Rex was the name of

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