From an interview: http://www.indianmotorbikes.com/features/wallofdeath/
Sam Morgan, “The 101 Indian Scout is the best balanced motorcycle ever made! The guy who created the frame was a genius. It’s perfect for the wall just by the luck of it’s design. The center of gravity is low, and the leaf spring front end is sweet! We flip the front end over to stiffen it up, but aside from that, the bikes are basically stock. They run forever, and love to work for a living! They hit the floor and keep on running! As the old saying goes, “You can’t wear out an Indian Scout!”
The only thing that’s bad is that they were only made for 4 years, and sometimes it’s hard to find parts. For some stuff, you can use parts from the other models, but some things are exclusive to these bikes. Luckily, people are repopping more pieces all the time.”
“The hot rod moto would interest you - it has a homemade upgraded oiling system (to change from the total loss system) - similar to later model Indians - only it has been entirely hand drilled and rigged - those old drome guys were way cool! My informants tell me it’s an ingenious design and will work just fine!”
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“We also have been working on the gas tanks. I have photo documentation of 3 of my friends who spent a day splitting one of my tanks, cleaning, and resoldering the baffles, and putting it all back together (with George Yarocki’s “how to” guide spread before them! They diverged from the guide from time to time, but the tank came out beautiful and non leaking! I also got huge Thank you’s from my friends for the learning experience!
Here she is as she appears today! Duffy redid her in 1998. He sure did make her pretty! I prefer a white frame, as it’s easier to see if there are any cracks! Paint cracks when the metal cracks... (We pull up to 3 &1/2 Gs in the Drome - under which these machines were never designed to operate...leading to cracked frames, front ends, etc...from time to time!)”.
“Live to Ride - a 101 Scout!” - Sam
Sam’s bike after
From an interview: http://www.indianmotorbikes.com/features/wallofdeath/