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It appears to be like like America’s oldest bike model is considering shoving a souped-up Thunderstroke 122 into some sort of new Chief variant.
Indian Bikes has barely simply revealed their new 2025 Scout vary, and already we’ve received new filings suggesting a brand new sort of horsepower is mendacity in await the model’s Chief bagger line.
Why is Indian calling this bike a “Colt?”
Findings at present are credited to the incomparable Dennis Chung (Motorbike.com), who, by all counts, has outdone himself with these current paperwork.
To grasp what Indian is doing, one should have a look at the model’s earlier filings for different bikes. Internally, we’re instructed that the corporate refers to all their chief fashions as “Mustangs;” this means moderately closely that the “colt” placeholder denotes a brand new sort of steed that’s nonetheless within the preliminary phases of creation.
Add to this the truth that “Tremendous Chief,” “Chief Bobber,” “Chief” and “Sport Chief” are positioned above “Colt” within the European VIN decoder papers, and we’re fairly positive this new bike might be in step with the nip-happy nickname.
What do the filings say in regards to the coronary heart of Indian’s “Colt?”
Apparently, Indian Bikes has linked a 122ci V-Twin platform to the “colt” code title, although the selection of engine for the foal is but to be finalized. Chung additionally factors out the next:
- Indian has typed “TBD” for each horsepower and CC displacement
- The “colt” code title has been positioned below a “cruiser” class
Mix the above with a comparability of the Chief’s vary to Indian’s current Scout vary, and we see that the one bike lacking compared is an ample accomplice for the 101 Scout:
| Scout Basic | = | Chief |
| Scout Bobber | = | Chief Bobber |
| Tremendous Scout | = | Tremendous Chief |
| Sport Scout | = | Sport Chief |
| 101 Scout | = | (“Colt”)??? |
May this imply Indian’s engaged on a heritage-happy Chief with upticked floating duties and a extra highly effective engine tuning?
At this level we will solely guess; no matter it’s, you’ll be able to wager your backside greenback that Indian might be tricking the factor out with the 100+ equipment presently obtainable of their new Commuter, Overnighter, Stealth and Open Roads accent Collections.
Do you want the thought of Indian Bikes cooking up a brand new Chief for the approaching seasons?
