Ask Indian Motorcycle’s design director, Ola Stenegärd, which part of the new Indian Scout he’s most proud of, and he’ll most likely point to its tubular steel frame. So imagine his delight when Indian gave Ronna Norén at Unique Custom Cycles a brand new Indian Scout—and the first thing he changed was the frame.
That’s not sarcasm, by the way; Ola is genuinely happy that Ronna took an angle grinder to the Scout. For Ola and the entire team at Indian, the potential for customization was baked into the refreshed Scout platform from day one. Yes, the Scout is a modern bike with modern trappings that make it inherently chunky—but Indian wanted to make sure that customizers could work around all the frou-frou with minimal fuss.…