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The Indian Scout is a motorcycle built by the Indian Motocycle Company from 1920 to 1949.
The most common Indian motorcycle made for military in World War II was the Scout 741, specially developed for army use. Indian sold more than 30,000 units of the 741 and these were primarily used by British and Commonwealth forces.
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The Indian Scout is a motorcycle built by the Indian Motocycle Company from 1920 to 1949. The 101 Scout, made from 1928 to 1931, has been called the best motorcycle Indian ever made. A second line of Scouts, with heavier frames, was introduced in 1932 alongside the Standard Scout. The small-displacement Scout and the Sport Scout, introduced in 1934, were continued until the end of civilian production in 1942. Military versions of both models were used by US and other Allied forces during World War II.
The most common Indian motorcycle made for military in World War II was the Scout 741, specially developed for army use. Indian sold more than 30,000 units of the 741 and these were primarily used by British and Commonwealth forces. The 741 carried a 30.5-cubic-inch flathead V-twin based on the civilian "Thirty-Fifty" version of the Scout. Less powerful than Harley's 45-cubic-inch WLA, the 741 was used mainly by couriers and scouts, as what it lacked in performance it made up for in durability.
Apart from fifty examples of the 648, a special racing version of the Sport Scout, the Scout was not continued after World War II. In 1949 an all-new motorcycle, with an overhead valve straight-twin engine, was called the Scout; it was enlarged and renamed the Warrior in 1950.
Between 1962 and 1967, New Zealander Burt Munro, character played by Sir Anthony Hopkins, used a modified 1920s Indian Scout to set a number of land speed records, as dramatized in the 2005 film The World's Fastest Indian.
This fully restored 'civilianized' 741 Scout comes equipped with additional instruments, rear luggage rack and fringed panniers.
