The 2018 Indian Scout Bobber Brings Indian Into The 21st Century

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I know what you’re thinking, ‘how can a motorcycle styled and named after a trend made popular in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s usher a motorcycle brand into more modern times’? The answer, at least as I see it, is far simpler than one might expect: the bike may be a little retro, but it’s aimed directly at a young audience.

The Scout dropped like an atomic bomb into the cruisersphere. Headlines both inside and outside motorcycling praised it for proving that cruisers didn’t have to be heavy and make little power and for making cruisers exciting again.

As has become all the rage lately, the Indian Scout Bobber is more of a new derivative of the Scout platform than a new model for the brand. That means it has the same 69ci, liquid-cooled, 60-degree, V-twin engine producing the same 86 hp and 63.8 lb.-ft. of torque (per our dyno). Compared to its brother, the Bobber has been altered to look more muscular, stripping away some of the excess frills and chrome for a more subdued appearance.

The Bobber is available in Thunder Black for $11,499, Star Silver Smoke, Bronze Smoke, and Indian Motorcycle Red for $11,999, and Thunder Black Smoke (matte) for $12,499.

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