You now have your Scout/Chief and want to know were the conrod fits in your engine this can be any model from 1940-2016, well if you’re a financial member of the Iron Indian Riders its all easy with most manuals including some Clymer manuals, all the Springfield and Gilroy manuals in the Members Only Area. I have just finished putting the Polaris parts manuals for all Victory/ Indian / Sea Cat and Snow Cat and lots of other Polaris stuff in this area. Also the 2016 Scout Riders manual as well as some others all for your conrod finding mission you will only need your current Smoldering Embers password to access these free gems.

The Christmas party at Gisborne was a great success with some folks Gary and Bev Hogg travelling miles to join in the festivities, a few people especially need a mention here for preparing food etc for our enjoyment, Peter & Pat Kime, Daryl Colt, Phil Nuskie, and Richard Onyon with Sam Vella all arriving hours earlier preparing for us today. Also a grateful mention here to Mark at Zorro’s for contributing with Polaris Indian to our raffle, also thanks for those who stayed back and helped clear everything away it made it a very memorable day for all that attended members Chris Knoop & Laurie Keenan in Lauries R.A.N outfit were another good thing to see out & about. I’m looking forward to our next years events already starting off with the Midnight Express on 16-01-16

New prices on Scout ride away $19,999 with the price rise of $1,200 from $18,799, which is what I warned over a week ago, this brings the Scout a full $2,000 above the new Scout Sixty (1000cc) which has one gear less and no ABS and is 1133cc smaller. For the Members Only Area I have placed the copy of our current constitution and also the Model Rules from the Victoria Government at the time of our incorporation, this is what we use along with 90% of other Victorian Clubs or is also used as it was submitted at that time. The picture above is from the “booming” Indian Springfield factory in the early teens, it would be a good comparison with a Polaris Indian photo today I think

Hard to believe now but as a young teenager I was a God Fearing Catholic lad and an altar boy to boot, and thinking back to those heady days I believe damn or bloody was my idea of severe swearing times changed at 15 years & 9 months when I decided that I wouldn’t be a teacher, lawyer or a doctor as my teachers were hoping for & seeking career I opted out of school to start a 5 year apprenticeship at Cottrell’s Garage in Fairfield. We used to do motorcycles, cars, & trucks and my boss David Cottrell was a Australian Championship speedway sidecar rider needless to say every word started with a F and the ones that didn’t started with a C and a lot in between that involved biology of both sexes, to say I learned a whole new vocabulary in in the first months is an understatement, but I never swore until I started working on Leyland products then I found it helped immensely and so the cycle started. After I finished my tenure I started at Victorian M/cycle Wreckers and then onto F Mussett the Triumph importers where I have honed my linguistic talents working particularly Tridents to the standards reached today. So remember the next time you hear me swear I have 48 years of skill behind me and Indian’s have helped along that journey

Daryl Colt beside being our President and owning the Indian Price has recently started covering a few seat pans initially I believe because his Prince had a bare seat pan, he is doing the “raw edge” versions at the moment in natural or bees-wax finish, if you need your seat pan recovering contact him or approach him at the next meeting. I reckon they have come up as good as new.