Indian introduced the Scout in late 1919 as a 1920 model. Designed by Charles B. Franklin the Scout would continue in the Indian line up until it was interrupted by WWII as one of their most popular brands. Indian didn’t resume the Scout after the war, opting instead to give the name to an all new parallel twin model in 1949. After one year the company re named the parallel twin model Warrior, but by any name it was a lemon and the whole parallel twin fiasco contributed to the failure of Indian Motorcycles in 1953.
The 1924 Indian Scout used a 37 CID (610 CC) air cooled four stroke side valve V-Twin motor mated to (actually bolted together) a three speed hand shifted (toe clutch) transmission. Front suspension was a parallelogram girder, the rear was rigid and it came with a sprung seat and rear brake only.
This particular 1924 Indian Scout ( Motor # 52X799) is in Union, Illinois and is listed as a very nice older restoration. Bike is being sold without a great deal of information but lots of very nice pictures. The Scout is on a Make an Offer/Buy It Now auction with a BIN price of $32,000