The THUG wins top spot at Motorcycle Live

Indian Motorcycle dealerships across the UK were invited to build a customised Indian Scout or Scout Sixty in just 90 days in a partnership with the UK’s national motorcycle show, Motorcycle Live.

Ten dealers took up the opportunity to show off their creations to an audience of 113,172 visitors, with 1905 of these voting for their favourite Project Scout by visiting the Indian stand during the nineday-long event.

There were no rules or restrictions on the bike theme, cost or build style, but entrants had to use a minimum of three genuine Indian Scout accessories from the range of more than 200 items, plus at least one part from the following three leading aftermarket suppliers – Custom Chrome Europe, MAG Europe or Harrison Billet.

Commenting on his winning build, dealer principal at Thor Motorcycles Colin Treleaven said: “We didn’t want to build a handbag, fashion statement bike, it had to be something that hadn’t been done before and it had to be a rideable bike, not a show pony.

“Most of the components were sourced by rooting through our stores and parts bins, aiming to keep the build as cost-effective as possible. With the exception of the lighting, exhaust and a handful of official Indian accessories, anything that couldn’t be found in our shop was hand fabricated. One of the hardest tasks was creating a machined spline assembly that extended the front sprocket to convert the final drive to a chain. THUG goes as well as it looks and we’ll definitely be riding it on the road.”