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P120 RIDE REVIEW I 2025 INDIAN SCOUT LINEUP common complaints—ergos or throttle mapping or something, but here, everyone just sat and enjoyed their meal. There were grumbles of clutch feel. We walked out into the park - ing lot, and it was finally time to test the new 101 Scout. Inverted forks from ZF suspension and higher-performing piggyback shocks, paired with Brembro calipers on larger front rotors— this model was set apart from the others. A special tune gives you an added six horsepower, which was noticeable as you reached the peak rev range, but the biggest difference in ride- ability was the ability to load up the brakes and ride out the suspension. Front brake input on other models could be a bit abrupt, easy to upset the chas- sis with an aggressive input, as the brakes were quick to bite. With the Brembos, brake input is much more consistent, and the fit me a little better, which was nice, but I knew I was next up on the 101, so I tried to focus on the stock braking and suspen- sion components before experi- encing the up spec'd model. We stopped for lunch at Al- ice's Restaurant, San Francisco's premier petrol-head destina- tion for the last 70 years, also known as the "Four Corners," as it's at the end of four beautiful roads. Supermoto riders with scraped-up knee pucks sat next to families cruising the road in their Suburbans, and we, all filling the back patio, moto journalists from around the U.S., shedding all the latest helmets and jackets over the furniture as we begged for our Arnold Palm - ers. Typically, we hear some release one model with mids, as mid-controls are offered as an accessory and require no modification to mount. I am 6-foot-4, so the forward controls still provide something close to a 90-degree angle for my knees, and I was comfortable through- out our test, but mid-controls are a theme throughout sport- oriented cruiser models, so making this a fifth model with forwards just seems like a miss. That said, the 19-inch wheel was more stable and consistent through the turns, without the sensitive "twitchy" inputs that come with a chunky front tire on a 16-inch wheel. We carried a good pace through some of the same terri- tory we covered the day before, but everyone was on Sports or 101s, so they had a little more giddy-up. Risers and straighter handlebars on the Sport pro- vided more direct handling and The new chassis design leads to a 10 pounds lighter Scout compared to the previous model.