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Road test: Indian Scout Buber Twenty
The Twenty version of Indian Scout requires you to leave at home most of the practical and sensible considerations when buying a motorcycle, go for a ride, and pick them up when you return
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Keenan Cohen
Friday, 15 October 2021, 14:31 Updated: 14:46
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Less than 10 minutes after I picked up the Indian Scout Buber Twenty and a scooter rider at the traffic light asked me one simple question that would accompany me throughout the ride on it "but what if you want to ride?"
Because the Buber Twenty is not a riding motorcycle, it is a riding motorcycle, it is a personal toy of human-machine interface in the basic simplicity of the custom and cruiser motorcycles, such as those that separate from the rationale at a very early stage of their formation.
In this world of custom motorcycles, Indian which is a kind of young but very old company, is at a point where it can basically produce any tool it wants based on its existing models, and reinvent itself while at the same time connecting to some old legacy that is just there.
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Scout, Buber, Twenty Each of the elements of its name has meaning (Photo: Keinan Cohen)
So first let's dismantle this motorcycle into its components, "Indian" - we already know, the American motorcycle manufacturer that came back from the dead in the previous decade under the wings of Polaris.
"Scout" is a kind of entrance ticket to this brand, a user-friendly motorcycle, in non-threatening dimensions and a weight of 244 kg, reasonable in the worlds of costumes. A wink to the rural dirt paths and even the "flat track" tracks dominated by the manufacturer, the wings are chopped off, the round headlight is replaced in the unit as if cast and the seat is single.
The Twenty "" changes some of its design features such as a high handlebar, floating seat and pointed rims.
There is not much to see here ... (Photo: Keinan Cohen)
In fact his outward appearance is actually the go / no go moment of this motorcycle.
If he caught you in that second, you will survive all the criticism that is going to be written here.
Settle down to negotiate the 114,000 shekels it costs (before additions).
On the other hand, if he did not stare at you and leave you staring at him with his mouth open, it probably will not become an affair - that simple.
The environment by the way stares wide open, does not remain indifferent when he glides everywhere, it starts of course long before his appearance - responsible for the optional 2-to-1 manifold that makes him a simply stunning noise, it's like the devil did this trick of putting a card on the wheel of The bike.
If you do a test drive on it - a must pass in a tunnel and strong gas!
The sights can be turned back to those who are not fans of the genre (Photo: Keinan Cohen)
Its seat height and overall structure require a moment to get used to the hands up and legs forward of its riding position. It would have been much more disturbing had it not been for the discovery that despite the non-brilliant angling angle and fork that is sent forward it is not an absolute nightmare to run with in the city. It is lighter than the dry data sheet implies. Those who find the inverted mirrors very disturbing are told that they can be rotated to a normal position.
The one that does bother is the manifold that despite the great music it produces, is required to twist around and above the gearbox so that the attachment of the heel meets the sole with the manifold. In any case, this arrangement will probably make any standing at a traffic light make you want to look for a recipe for a roasted market.
On the whole issue of control and controls there is nothing to linger, mainly because they are simple and efficient and also because there are not many things here.
A speedometer where up to 120 digits are large and from there they move to the size of clauses in a dubious legal contract of the kind that knocks you to the bone.
A screen with a simple alphanumeric display will show you kilometers, reset distance, temperature, RPM and that's about it. Fuel gauge? Average consumption? No, you will have to count kilometers.
Pleasure of an engine.
Smooth, flexible, with lots of thrust in every gear (Photo: Keinan Cohen)
Pulling the paddle button turns its 1,133cc into a rough pump, and you can't help but give two small throttle strokes to hear it climb. Pull the clutch and press the gear foot and engage first click. His are already starting to push us by force "Come on, let's go already". So we're leaving already.
Later in the test, the clutch was found to require full traction to produce smooth combinations, especially in low-torque gears and also to find neutral. It may be the direction of the cable or simply its nature. We'll be back to check and update.
When getting on the highway and at the first two or three interchanges, the initial feedback is of a lot of confidence from the front wheel and good damping of the bumps.
The rear shock here that has been replaced with an optional design for this model made by FOX is adjustable, and as far as the rear shock of a custom can - does not do a bad job at all at this stage.
I end the 40 km home with the feeling that in contrast to the initial appearance of this seat, the business was actually quite comfortable. But tomorrow we go out for the long continuous ride where it will be really tested.
Makes you want to sew the side roads endlessly, not for the sake of speed but for peace (Photo: Keinan Cohen)
Getting started on a highway reveals a flexible engine that knows how to both push a very low RPM and also give what its 95 horses have to offer at intermediate accelerations. But in the absence of a real possibility to hug him with my feet, above this pace already need all the fingers on the handles of the handlebars to hold the body against the wind that wants to rip me off of it.
In general, if you are thinking of riding more than 100 km in one direction at a time, I highly recommend trying it before buying the motorcycle. Because with a significant portion of the body weight resting on the tailbone, with no option to change position or move on the seat The trigger and the frequent shocks he snatches, at some point after about 120 km start to run at the top of clichés of dropping soap in the jail showers.
And with all that, there were moments that few motorcycles could give you.
With its pleasant steering, torquey engine, on a winding and shady mountain road between the pine tops, when I'm right at an angle to the wind, and the low sun comes from the side flashing from the trees and it's clear to me what would make this moment perfect put Don McLean's American Pie on headphones.
And all I wanted to do when I finished the road was just start it off from the beginning.
The chopped wing, the floating chair and these exhausts - they got this tool hunk (Photo: Keinan Cohen)
The Indian Scout Buber Twenty has a list of objective flaws that have nothing to beautify.
Its riding position is not ideal, it lacks some of the equipment we know from other tools, it is not ideal for long rides and more.
It cannot be a first, single or multi-purpose motorcycle.
But somehow when you stand and look at this tool, the first thing that comes to mind is "come on, let's get on it and go on a cruise we forget a little about the routine. From work, arrangements, planning, worries - one person and one motorcycle. We will drive until the disease passes ".
He's kind of on wheels for this secret hideout we had as kids, to which you flee alone.
A place where you do not have to explain why at all, because to you the answer is clear, but to others on the side it just seems like an irrelevant answer to a question that no one has asked.
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Technical in small: Indian Scout Buber Twenty
Engine:
V Twin, 4 valves, Cooled liquid
Volume:
1,133 cc
Power:
95 hp at 8,000 rpm
Torque:
9.9 kg at 5,600 rpm
Gears:
6
Brake speed:
76 mm
Brakes:
K - single disc, two pistons, 298 mm. A - single disc, one piston, 298 mm
Tires:
K - 130/90 16, A - 150/80 16
Weight:
244 kg "c
seat height:
680 mm
volume fuel tank:
12.5 liters
Price:
114 thousand shekels (a)
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