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Sands Design ( RSD ) Indian Scout build in the latest episode of the brand ’ s Forged custom video series as Roland Sands and his fabricator , Aaron Boss , present the bike to its new owner , Joshua Dun , drummer for the American band Twenty One Pilots . The first of three creations by renowned builders creating unique customs around the all-new Indian Scout platform , the RSD Indian Scout is a perfect example of what Roland Sands Design does best , taking cruisers and turning them into high-performance bikes . “ What makes an RSD bike is taking a machine and elevating it ,” said Roland Sands . “ We ’ ve always taken cruisers and made them into sport bikes . This bike has that RSD silhouette , but the cool thing was how easy it was to make the new Scout fit the RSD mould .” With each Forged build rooted in a historical figure , machine , or era of inspiration taken from Scout ’ s storied 100 + year history , RSD quickly selected Ed ‘ Iron Man ’ Kretz as the inspiration for their build . With his attitude of never giving up , which led to his nickname , and as a builder of many high-performance Indian Motorcycle race bikes , the RSD team felt a natural affinity with Kretz . “ It was like , well , OK , what would Ed build today ? A rowdy race bike .” Sands commented . Bringing the ‘ Iron Man ’ racing spirit to the 2025 Sport Scout , RSD took advantage of their vast experience of making Scout and FTR flat track racers to build a performance street bike Kretz would be proud of . For enhanced ride and handling , the Sport Scout ’ s front end was adapted and upgraded to FTR front forks and triple clamps with highperformance braking achieved with the switch to dual discs and radial-mount Brembo brake calipers . Similarly , the rear end was modified to accept an FTR swingarm mated to Indian piggyback shocks and a Brembo rear caliper . Connecting the performance suspension and

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