I never had an Indian, but my Dad did before I was born. We lived in the Canal Zone and he and three of his friends bought a crate of surplus military Scouts for ten cents a pound. His best friend was killed on it and that was it for his riding. He wouldn't let me get one, and I wasn't supposed to ride one, but of course I did. Once I was on my own fifty years ago I got my first. Have had many different ones since then.
