Indian
Black Bullet Scout
The
Black Bullet Scout was built by the hotrod guru Jeb Scolman, the same man
responsible for the "Spirit of Munro" bike to celebrate the launch of Indian’s
new Thunderstroke111 engine last year.
Jeb
was delivered an engine, and the simple instruction to build what he wanted to
out of a new 2015 Indian Scout engine. Jeb’s flawless 100% custom metalwork
picks up on the designs of pure speed motorcycles from the late 50’s and early
60’s with a fork mounted bullet fairing and the most minimal frame possible.
Bikes with this silhouette took to land speed and drag racing tracks across the
country.
The
post-war hot rod crowd was using airplane drop tanks for race cars, and the
motorcycle racers started to adapt nose cones to help them cut through the
wind. As the bike took shape we started calling it the “Black Bullet”. The
minimal body and stout but seemingly simple frame are wrapped around a 1200 cc
Indian Scout engine as tightly as possible.
The
all-custom, all-metal, and all hand-made bike features a custom windscreen that
wraps around the front of the bike to fair in the headlight. Tight clip-ons and
footrests mounted to the rear axle makes for as streamlined a riders position
as possible. The minimal seat, controls and shapes all lens themselves to the
single mission exploring this bikes top speed. It was created to be beautiful
and fast. Scolman even cast a custom intake manifold to turn the throttle body
sideways and allow for an even tighter engine packaging.
The
Black Bullet Scout has been displayed in Sturgis at the company display on
Lazelle St between July 31st and August 8th, and is destined to see the salt.
It was built to race and continue the tradition of an Indian Scout ripping
across the Bonneville Salt Flats.
