Defying Gravity: The Wall of Death Indian Scout

The launch of the new Scout in Sturgis had to be more than a silly sheet-pull. So Indian Motorcycle looked to history for inspiration. Revealing the motorcycle on a Wall of Death was the answer—with the task of creating a one-off machine falling to Indian's own industrial design team, led by Greg Brew. Rich Christoph, the lead designer on the production Scout, is the main man behind the Wall of Death motorcycle. And it’s more than just a pretty paintjob. Indian called in Jay Lightning and Charlie Ransom of the American Motor Drome Co. to figure out what mods the...