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NorthernP, it may help if you know that Aaron has two Scouts that he and his wife have already ridden across country.
Sportster 1200S had really nice adjustable suspension, front and rear. Nice that the whole line is getting an upgrade, though.
So-10,000 miles in, on two Scouts.No issues of any kind at all. OEM tires still fine.the leather-trimmed bags (on mine especially) are showing some weathering.The seats look like new. Never a stall, stumble or anything else, and the performed fine from sea level too over 10,000 feet, with consistent MPG over 50.Since learning how to lean my body in during cornering, I have only dragged the pegs on low speed maneuvers, and I was pushing it a bit yesterday. Interestingly my friend with a Cali 1400 has the same experience!Suspension remains adequate and only suffers from expectations of bikes with more travel. It is so much like a vintage bike!We traveled quite a bit this year, and even did quite a bit on dirt/gravel recently. My very own adventure bike!This has been quite a year, maybe I'll write more in another thread. I just wanted to make an update for the Scout-curious.
I bought a "1st Run" 2015 Scout and took delivery in December. The engine is the best feature and the rest of the bike suffers from a weak suspension (too stiff shocks and too soft forks), Kenda tires that just didn't perform for me, POOR paint, questionable build quality (had to go over the bike to tighten quite a few fasteners), pricey accessories that are just now becoming available...the windshield I tried was returned because of poor fit and added turbulence (the aftermarket is now catching up), disappointing gas mileage which turns the bike into short trip machine (remember Sportster peanut tanks?), a brake system recall...I could go on, but I wrote a full review for the Indian forum if you want more details. The experience was so disappointing that my wife cancelled her order. If Indian is on your shopping list...my advice is to focus on the Chief's.Polaris mismanaged the whole launch and on more than one occasion, the CEO (Scott Wine) admitted they screwed up...an interview for the Wall Street Journal last month admitted the paint issue was because the new paint system they installed did not include the required final paint drying station. The tank fabricators were tasked with painting the tanks...horrible, paint missing, flacking off, fish eyed, thin to no clear coat. Funny, he expressed his surprise that motorcyclists were so particular about the paint! They also had a national search for a suspension engineer that hopefully will replace that person that messed up the Scout's suspension spec's. I could go on, but I think you probably get a sense of how one owner/rider judges his Scout experience.I have a 2015 Griso that is my preferred ride...it will ride circles around my Scout on the challenging roads in my part of Tennessee. I estimate that for the funds necessary to address the Scouts "issues", you would have more than enough $$$ to buy a Griso. I'm considering dumping my Scout at this point while they are still in demand.Interestingly, I see MG posts on both the Indian and Victory forums to a generally positive response.Ride safe!
Just saws these pics of a sweet-looking slightly customized '15 Scout. It looks like just a seat change and some paint. IMHO, it makes good looking bike even better!
Has anyone ridden a Scout back to back with a Cal 14?M