That would be fun. If I find the winning lottery ticket I will loan you my Indian scout for 750
We know, it’s not a car but, still, it’s cool. What exactly is it? It’s the Scout FTR750, the bike raced by Indian Motorcycle team to the tune of seven victories and 20 of 24 podium finishes this year.
The manufacturer is now offering 50 of those bikes to the general public. Options include a front brake as well as custom finishes. Buyers also get a trip for two to an American Flat Track race, where they’ll receive a riding lesson from an Indian team member.
Price for all of this goodness? $50,000. Yeah, we know, you could buy a Corvette for that kind of money. Still, color us intrigued. So, anyone wanna loan us $50k?
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That would be fun. If I find the winning lottery ticket I will loan you my Indian scout for 750
If I order it without the front brake, I probably won't live long enough to have to pay it off anyway- but I'd be happy for the rest of my life! 
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ wrote: If I order it without the front brake, I probably won't live long enough to have to pay it off anyway- but I'd be happy for the rest of my life!
Yeah, same here. Something about that bike just looks so right.
I could buy a Corvette... or a couple of the Ninja 650s, Yamaha FZ-07s, HD XG750Rs or even KTM LC-8s that beat it to the top of the podium the other 17 times (presumably).
I don't get it. Why would I want a $50k Polaris with Indian logos on it designed to be ridden in 1/2 mile circles? It will only be dominant for the one season it takes the others to adapt.
It's not like the others aren't pretty too.
If I bought this bike, I wouldn't be able to afford the medical bills I'd rack up enjoying it. It looks like a blast!
On a (barely) related note, I can't be the only one who wants to see flat track bikes race on other venues, right? Can you picture these beasts pulling sliding wheelies down the corkscrew at Laguna Seca? Or backing it in around a street course in a city somewhere? No front brake, of course...
I think my dislike for that price and bike stems from Polaris itself. It's a fine bike.
This is a marketing company looking to create a link to a history that never was. Instead of selling excellent, modern American made road going motorcycles on their merit or success in actual road racing this another attempt to peddle contrived authenticity. It wreaks of all those 2 year old whiskey distillers peddling backstory on 12 year old stock they bought from Seagrams. Afterall, why flat-track? Because back a million years ago the company that used to be a different company won some stuff. And there aren't huge factory efforts to compete with so sending good riders and a team of engineers in gets you instant success kicking the ass of Carver's BBQ Racing ridden by Jeffery Carver Jr.
But, they also have this bit of nonsense going on:
Land Speed Run Re-creation with "Burt’s great-nephew Lee Munro"
Jesus berkeleying christ. Could they atleast pretend not to be trying so hard?
I mean... why not go after a real land speed record for a motorcycle to show some engineering prowess? Oops. Not going to try that hard.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ wrote: On a (barely) related note, I can't be the only one who wants to see flat track bikes race on other venues, right? Can you picture these beasts pulling sliding wheelies down the corkscrew at Laguna Seca? Or backing it in around a street course in a city somewhere? No front brake, of course...
it is called SuperMoto
In reply to Rusnak_322:
Sure, now give them a bunch more power and remove the ability to slow down without chucking it sideways. Super-duper-moto?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ wrote: In reply to Rusnak_322: Sure, now give them a bunch more power and remove the ability to slow down without chucking it sideways. Super-duper-moto?
I like it.
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