Indian Motorcycle closes out its six-part Forged video series with a custom Indian Scout chopped by Ronna Norén of Unique Custom Cycles for legendary Motörhead and Scorpions drummer, Mikkey Dee.  

Featuring three unique interpretations of the all-new 2025 Indian Scout inspired by the stories and personalities that have made the Scout such an icon for more than a century, the Forged series highlights how customizers were always in the minds of Indian Motorcycle’s design and engineering teams when developing the all-new Indian Scout.

In the sixth and final episode, series host Roland Sands joins Ronna Norén and Director of Design for Indian Motorcycle, Ola Stenegärd, as they meet up with Mikkey Dee in Prague to hand over the custom Indian Scout during Dee’s busy touring schedule.

A key design choice for the new Scout platform was a return to a steel tube frame, a much more approachable prospect for customizers than cast or alloy frames. Norén, a highly respected builder from Sweden, took full advantage of the new frame by cutting and modifying it to achieve a look inspired by the bikes of Stan Dishong.

“Dishong was one of the pioneers of the chopper scene in the sixties and one of his Scouts had many of the cues that Ronna has picked up on,” commented Stenegärd. “When you look at the bike, there’s no jarring elements, it’s totally consistent. The stance sits right, totally clean.”

“The plan from the beginning was to strip down the stock bike and make it as clean as possible,” said Norén. “I started by stretching the frame, making a smaller tank and using bigger spoked wheels to give the bike a lighter look. It has a little bit of a longer fork like Stan’s bike, this is a twist on that.”

From a family of drummers, Mikkey Dee had an early start in music setting him up for a career playing with some of the biggest names in rock. As a drummer, Dee feels that motorcycles go hand in hand with drums.

 “I am the engine,” said Dee. “We’ve got to ride these guys and push [the band]. The thing with a bike, just the torque, the vibration, the power! And that’s what I’ve got behind [the drums].”

On seeing his Forged Scout for the first time, Dee exclaimed, “How stylish is that? Wow, that’s clean,” and on hearing it run, “it’s very loud. Louder than my drums!”

“I wanted it to look light, and this bike has got that. Riding it the whole day was another experience. It’s got really light handling. It has a great balance, and I enjoyed that.”]#

Mikkey Dee’s Indian Scout marks the final build in the Forged series that saw three very different builds. From Roland Sands’ West Coast performance style to Brittney Olsen’s old school look with a girder front end to Ronna Norén’s New York chopper twist, Forged showcases how the all-new Indian Scout is the perfect canvas for self-expression.

Roland Sands reflected on all three builds of the Forged Scout series saying, “Some bikes legitimately have soul. You can see evidence of that when you give it to someone to work on, to customise, to put their own love, energy and design into a machine. With this iteration of Scout, I think you’ve seen how different you can make the bike, and how much you can bring your own soul, your own style, your own spirit into the machine. Yeah, Scout’s got soul. That’s what’s up.”

Ronna Norén, Unique Custom Cycles Indian Scout

Custom upper frame:

– Built around a Trask Powerflow air filter
– 4-inch stretch
– 33 degrees on the neck
– 37 degrees on the fork

Swingarm:

– Shock mounts moved back

Fork:

– 8-inch over Tolle Engineering fork legs and hydraulics
– One-off billet triple trees with 4-degree rake

Shocks:

– Black anodized Indian Motorcycle/Fox

Wheels:

– Front: 80/90-21″. Cerakoted hub and rim. Stainless spokes
– Rear: 180/55-18″. Cerakoted hub and 5.5″ rim. Stainless spokes

Brakes:

– Front: Radial mount, monoblock ISR 6-piston. ISR prototype billet adapter kit for Scout. 320 mm full floating disc. ISR master cylinder
– Rear: Radial mount, monoblock ISR 4-piston. ISR prototype billet adapter kit for scout. Indian Motorcycle master cylinder

Bodywork:

– Stock Scout tank shortened, narrowed and sectioned. Custom tunnel with repositioned fuel pump. Tolle Engineering Pop- Up fuel cap.
– Modified front and rear fenders

Exhaust

– Full custom one-off headers and mufflers in stainless steel

Ergonomic:

– One-off steel seat base. Silver Machine upholstery
– Heavily modified stock handlebars bars with integrated risers and one-off speedo housing
– Modified Scout footpegs and foot controls

Paintwork:

– Custom paint and gloss black frame/swingarm by Hakan Lindberg

All six episodes of Forged are available to watch now on the Indian Motorcycle YouTube channel: YouTube.com/@IndianMotorcycleEMEA

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