Its the small things that mean so much

Like when you get a genuine Indian 80" Stroker oil scraper in the post with all the bills and bad news. Cheap as chips from US ebay - thanks to Neil for pointing it out!

Junior progress

A bit more time at the Junior yesterday and this morning, tanks and seat offered up to see that it all fits together ok. Triumph gearbox set up on wooden blocks to work out height to keep primary level and get the rear chain run right, I'll make up a temporary bridge fixing to mount it to the frame casting above it so I can then fabricate a lower subframe, this will pick up fixings at the rear engine plates and the hand drilled and tapped bosses on the lower frame rails to stiffen the whole lot up.

Junior rolling chassis

I had an hour or so in the workshop this evening so I put a BSA front end and rear wheel onto the Junior Scout frame. I will need to make up one bearing adapter for the headstock and a couple of spacers for the back wheel but otherwise its all good to go!

19" Dunlop rims front and rear will be fine for the 4.00x19 dirt tyres I plan to go on there.

Next on the todo list is to fit the tanks rear guard and seat, then I have to make up plates to fit the Triumph 4 speed box in the space where the Indian 3 speeder used to sit.

Love this pic

From Church of Choppers via the JJ

Blatantly nicked pic for today!

"Found" on the Vintagent blog - more info there

Techno Scout

Cant remember where i downloaded this Scout pic from but the bike is loaded with hi tech modern upgrades

Twin carb Scout Cylinders

These Scout cylinders pictured on Ironwigwam's Indian Race parts pages have been fabricated to allow the inlet ports to come in from the side and take twin carbs, a similar setup could be produced with Chief cylinders.

Alloy Chief Cylinders

Stumbled across Breed's Flathead Motors yesterday, these guys are in Oz and putting together some really hot Chief Motors, they are working on alloy cylinders at the moment

We got gears!!

Transmission arrived this morning for the Stroker Chout

A bit more legroom

Took the SU off to sort out the timing hole plug which was chewed up, while the carb was off I changed the long belmouth (which sits just where my knee should be!) for an SU embossed pancake filter, had a seat to try it for size and theres a bit more legroom now, also looks so much better!

What the fork!!!!!!

Sport Scout fork just turned up from the US, must have been feeding em Baby Bio!!!!
They're about 8" over stock, red primered one is standard 741 length.

Sam Pierce Scout

Grizzy sent me this scan of an old magazine article about Sam Pierce's twin carbed '27 Scout

Postie's just been

Scottish Indian Riders

This is Bert McCall's Sport Scout, Bert puts serious miles on his Scout, this is a pic of it in Glencoe


This is Charlie Haggerty's Sport Scout, outside The Studio Cafe at Achnasheen last summer, Charlie put 3000 miles on his Scout last year.


Neil fettlin "Two Face" his 741 bobber at the Traquair Rally

Scout frame headstock ????

I recently bought a frame headstock casting (on ebay) the seller had it listed as a Scout neck, year unknown. This morning I took some comparison pictures with a badly hacked about 741 frame and a Junior Scout frame - not so sure its Indian? Anyone know what its from?

Steve from The Stockers has just got in touch, turns out its a late 50's Triumph frame neck, cheers Steve

Love this 101 Hotrod on the GKM blog

Hope Guy does a full write up on it ;-) Greasy Kulture Magazine

Sport Scout SU conversion

I decided ages ago I wanted to use an SU carb on the Sport Scout Stroker. I got an old carb from Chris Ireland and rebuilt it with new parts and fitted a long bellmouth to it, problem cropped up when I fitted the footboards and clutch pedal I found that the bellmouth hit my knee and would make clutch operation a job for a contortionist!
Just found an aesthetic solution with this SU embossed pancake filter from Burlen Fuel Systems

1933 Chief motor arrives at the Speedshop

The '33 Chief motor arrived on wednesday, all crated up in a solid plywood box, opened up the box and pulled out the motor and laid it on a foam cushion to check it over. All looked fine til I turned it over and found that the rear cylinder has broken at the flange due to vibration during transit, this may have been caused by a hairline crack that seems to have been there for some time (judging by the rust on the faces of the break) . This will be welded back together then I will have both cylinders sleeved and bored to suit std pistons.

Wall Bikes

I love the stripped down and built for purpose look of the Wall of Death bikes
found this interesting Blog with some real nice Wall bikes

This weeks ebay haul

New in the box Morris magneto for the Junior Stroker, a pair of cams (see post below) Jerry Hatfield Indian resto guide, and one of a pair of 74" Chief flywheels the other one got caught by customs on the way in from the USA and I got hit witha £17.50 charge!!!

Can you help identify these cams?

Two sets of cams bought as 1940's Scout but I'm not so sure - any ideas???

Just Aquired ..............

This 1933 74" Chief motor

Wanted

looking for a set of 741B cylinders and cylinder heads must be in serviceable condition not to bothered if they need a rebore so long as theres a bit of meat in the sleeves

Junior Scout Stroker - the leftovers build!

Quite a lot of Scout bits lying around the shed, mainly 741 engine parts, a pair of tanks from Chris Ireland's old Bela a Junior Scout frame from my mate Myles' stash and I have the makings of another Scout. Plan is to use a 4 speed gearbox from a rigid Triumph T100 mated to the Scout motor using a Triplex primary chain driving a T140 clutch basket from a modified Indian front pulley using a T140 crankshaft sprocket



The pitch of the Indian primary train is different from the Triumph one






Some other new arrivals to help the build along, a set of HD WLA flywheels and rods will stroke the motor to 45"


Newly rebuilt oil pump, timing cover, cams and followers


741 transmission internals

648 Big Base Racer

For Sale through Mid America Auctions

http://www.midamericaauctions.com/showvehicle.asp?VehicleID=18129

Neil's 741 Bobber start up

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Dreamcatcher

"You'll Never Wear Out an Indian Scout"

Just finished reading this book, the history of the "Wall of Death" and its association with the Indian Scout, brilliant book with some fantastic pictures. I bought mine direct from co author Allan Ford

the ultimate Sport Scout

1948 648 Big Base Sport Scout recently sold at Auction

The dream team

what a find, not one, not two, or three but four!!!! all in the same matching livery too 8-)

read all about them here

Back in the shed

Up on the bench, I decided to get the tanks mounted closer together, there were a couple of dowels coming out of the RH side of the frame near the headstock getting in the way, must have been to locate the standard tanks. Out with the grinder and they're gone! now the tanks fit together nicely just need a strip of leather or a rubber trim to fill the 1/8th gap.

Having the tanks closer in means the gearchange lever can be closer in on the RH side and I can do away with the spacer I had on that side, still need to make a bush for the frame hole to take out some of the slack though.

Took a trip to the tool store today and treated myself to a set of taps n dies including a few NPT ones so I can resolve some of my oil line plumbing issues.

More soon!

Old Indians Never Die Rally 2009

well..... the deadline to get the Indian up and running was frideay 24th, about a week ago I had all the big bits boted together, just had to get the clutch and primary fitted, sort out the oil pump and check the motor over. So last monday I had a day off from the shop and headed over to my mates workshop and got tore into the bike, rebuilt the oil pump with new gaskets, checked the valve timing, timed the oil pump and fitted it up.
Did a mod to the oil sump pick up and used a late chief scraper (scrapes the excess oil off the flywheels) which should help the oiling along. Also got hold off a Moto valve to gegulate crankcase pressure.
so... engine bolted up tight, gearbox boted in tight, fitted the gear selector lever, and feckkk........ only selecting 2 gears, turns out I have only ever had 2 RH engine/trans engine plates and the LH one has a larger cutout for the gear selector
so after PULLING THE MOTOR AND BOX OUT AGAIN, bluntening all of my drill bits on the nice stainless plates and attacking it with a drill burr I can now get all 3 gears 8-)>
monday just wasnt enough, back over on tuesday night to build up the clutch, all went fine tilI found that I had the wrong nut to lock the clutch driver onto the mainshaft, straight hme and emailed Moen at Indian Parts Europe (BIG THANKS TO MOEN) who posted ayet another LAST parcel of bits the next morning. meantime I got on with making up a new T bar for the seat, I wasnt happy with the way the cheapo universal mount moved around so much, fitted the seat and got the brakes sorted on the front end.
Parts arrived from Denmark on Thiursday while i was at work so basck to the workshop on friday morning, still to fit the tanks up plumb them in and fit the primary. So I set to and fitted the tanks, went to fit the breather and the return fitting and found that the Junior Scout bosses ar different sizes from the 741 pipes and fittings I have. tanks off, into Inverness to the plumbers merchants. Indian plumbing fittings are US NPT, nobody in Inverness has any thing NPT so eventually I ended up in B&Q at the plumbing section and tried every fitting they had untill i found a 22mm stop end that tightly threaded onto the boss for the feed pipe.
Back to the workshop heated the 22mm fitting to anneal it and then screwed it carefully into the tank boss, the steel boss thread re tapped the thread as it went ... perfect, took it back out drilled a tapered hole to suil the Indian oil feed fitting and the jobs sorted.

By this time I realised that I wasnt going to get the primary side built or all the oil lines fitted and still get to the Indian Rally at Traquair, so I fitted all the cvers and the footboards the tanks and the gearshift and loaded the Indian up ready for the off on Saturday morning
Nearly there but not quite!!!!!

trying the Scout for size

my son trying the Scout for size