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.
?It was like, well, OK, what would Ed build today"? asks the shop’s founder and namesake, Roland Sands. ?A rowdy race bike.?
Built on Indian’s brand new Scout platform, the Indian Sport Scout adds some West Coast performance style with 6? risers and a nose fairing. RSD aimed to maintain that general vibe, but ramp up the performance aspect and crank the visual attitude to eleven. Or, as RSD lead fabricator Aaron Boss puts it, build a ?Dyna killer.?

To get there, RSD decided to hybridize the Scout and FTR, while sprinkling some Super Hooligan magic on it. The first step was to scalp the forks, yokes, and twin...