Before Indian created the FTR, hooligan flat track racers were modifying their Indian Scouts to go fast and turn left. One of the pioneers of that ‘run what ya brung’ attitude was the legendary Ed ‘Iron Man’ Kretz. Famous for winning the first-ever Daytona 200 in 1937, Ed was known for riding his Indian Scout to the track, stripping off everything that made it road-legal, and racing it.
It’s that spirit that Roland Sands Design set out to capture with this custom Indian Scout. The Californian shop has been tight with Indian for eons, and currently fields Indian race bikes in America’s Super Hooligan and King of the Baggers championships. So when Indian Motorcycle commissioned RSD to customize a brand new Indian Sport Scout as part of the brand’s ‘Forged’ custom series, the path ahead was clear.…