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QUICKSPIN I 2022 Indian Scout Rogue P116 It's fun to ride fast, as we did down Cali- fornia's Highway 33 in Ventura County–a sinuous stretch up a canyon, then over a mountain range. But when, inevitably, you catch a car, it's also happy to lope along at a sedate pace. Aside from my aforemen- tioned issue with soft foam seats, which is easily sorted via the aftermarket, it was a comfy perch to take in California's stel- lar scenery for a while until a passing lane revealed itself. Unlike some attitude cruisers it doesn't feel inherently impractical, with fists in the breeze, but good wind protection. An engine that screams past 8000 rpm, but will putt along at 2000 without stumbling. As a continuation of the Indian's Scout lineage, most current Scout parts and accessories (as well as aftermarket parts) will fit the Rogue. So, with its identical frame geom- etry, it means this and the other Scouts can be parts swapping buddies across the board. Not only do you get all of the acces- sories in the catalog, but you could also have a very unique looking Bobber, for ex- ample, by swapping some front-end parts. If you want to look for a dark side (pun intended) here, it's just that the style itself is extremely derivative. It's got Indian's propri- etary funky slab-sided tank thing going on, but when you get past that, it's another extra on a One Percenter TV show. The cast 19- inch front wheel seems a lot like what Har- ley put out through the '80s and '90s. That said, it was only a couple decades ago that 90 percent of cruisers looked like a Fat Boy knockoff, so maybe I'm just old and grumpy. Maybe, at the rate that the manufacturers ape (pun also intended) TV shows, some- time in the 2030s, we'll get a resurgence of the '90s Chrome Pony, with ape hang- ers and long fishtails, as shown on Mayans M.C. CN SPECIFICATIONS 2022 INDIAN SCOUT ROGUE ($11,499) ENGINE 4-stroke, 60° V-twin VALVETRAIN 4-valve COOLING SYSTEM Liquid POWER (CLAIMED) 100 hp (rpm N/A) TORQUE (CLAIMED) 72 lb-ft at 5900 rpm DISPLACEMENT 1133cc BORE X STROKE 99 x 73.6mm COMPRESSION RATIO 10.9:1 FUEL SYSTEM EFI EXHAUST 2-2-2 TRANSMISSION 6-speed CHASSIS Aluminum backbone FRONT SUSPENSION 41mm inverted cartridge fork, non-adjustable REAR SUSPENSION Twin-shock, spring preload adjustable FRONT BRAKE Single 298mm disc, 2-piston caliper, ABS REAR BRAKE Single 298mm disc, 2-piston caliper, ABS FRONT TIRE Metzeler Cruisetec 130/60B19 61H REAR TIRE Metzeler Cruisetec 150/80B16 77H WHEELBASE 62 in. SEAT HEIGHT 25.6 in. FUEL CAPACITY 3.3 gal. WEIGHT (WET, CLAIMED) 545 lbs.