Hi,
I'm new here, and potentially thinking of purchasing a Scout.
I love the looks of the bike, but when I look at the specs it seems like a small bike.
The wheelbase is 61.5", whereas the Street Bob is 64.2" and even the Victory High Ball is 64.8".
I'm hoping to see the bike in-person within the next couple of months.
But for folks who have already seen the Scout, does it look small? I know it's a funny question, but I'm 6'2" and I don't want to look like a giant on it.
I've owned many different cruisers (e.g., Street bob, vtx1800, m109, etc), and the Scout will be next bike. Thanks
Hi phatjoe, I've seen it, sat on it, and fired it up - No Demo ride, though. Very sweet out of the box at that introductory stage. Mixed opinions about the stock exhaust. Isn't it always that way?
The bike is low like a Fat Boy Low but about an inch taller - balance wise, it is light as a feather due to the low CG - It's wheelbase and rake are very close to a Ducati Diavel.
Another member said he saw a guy as tall as John Wane sit on it, loved it and went gaga over it and put a deposit on it then and there.
John Wayne was 6'4" and he looked big on a horse. I am 5' 6" (or 7") and I measure about 36" from the seat to the top of my head my inseam is 29" - I weigh 220lbs. Proportionally, I am just right
for the Chief and the Scout. Put me on a sky high adventure bike and we have problems reaching the ground.
What you should do and this would help is to measure yourself sitting on flat surface, a chair, stool, or the steps and get the tape measure out and measure your sitting height - from the seat to the top
of your head (keep back straight) - Next with your riding boots on, measure your inseam - Pull your pants up tight against the family jewel(s) with the tape measure between the center seam and the ground that will
provide your inseam. You may be 6'2" but if your all legs, you might look like a midget on the bike. See my point? For me, even my 36" sitting height made me look big in the cabs of the Big Rigs I used to drive. It was dangerous
too because if I hit a deep hole on the off-road construction jobsites, the truck would drop then come right back up and if the mechanical or air-ride seat wasn't fully extended to lock position I would literally get launched and smash
the top of my head into the roof of the cab. - what I call the Inverted trucker's pile driver. It's a great way to break your neck if you forget to fully charge the seat. Unfortunately the flipside to that setting is buckboard riding.
about the same as riding a hard-tail with only a foam seat, if not slightly better. Worse when I was bob-tailin' and the pits when bob-tailin' a Hendrickson walker equipped rig. Sorry for driftin' off subject.
You should know that the Scout is not like a standard cruiser, though it could be ridden like one. - It's got a speed demon side to it. It isn't a Skirtster either. 5000 rpms is about the time it just starts waking up.
60mph top in first, 90 in second 110 in third and there's three more gears to grab. I haven't calculated top end yet. Peak (100) hp is around 8100.
When I first saw the Scout, the dealer also had 47 Chief - I'd say the new Scout is about the size of that vintage '47 Chief. The 47 was parked near 2014 Chief Vintage and it looked quite noticeably
smaller.
Remember, they have a 2" extended reach forward controls and bars for taller guys. So keep that in mind the day you get to sit on one.
