Jules’ favorite bike 1928 101 Scout

[Steve Slocombe]

Dear All, I also have a 1928 Indian 101 Scout on the bench and am looking for striping information Here's the 'before' picture of the machine:

[Steve Slocombe]

The 101 Shop Manual shows a rectangular striping pattern on the front mudguard, with no striping under the bracket mounting the mudguard, and a left to right stripe in front of the forks. What happens at the rear of the front mudguard? Is there a second left to right stripe behind the forks, or does the striping just go along the mudguard edges at both sides to join at the lower rear? Any help appreciated, particularly with pictures of original paint or accurately restored examples.

For the rear mudguard I'm the same as the bike under restoration, with the fender tip as the 101 Shop Manual and then the striping terminating as the mudguard is drawn in at the front, so no left to right horizontal bar behind that frame crossover tube.

[pisten-bully]

Steve, the pictures of the original paint 101 in the Shop Manual are your best guide! The 1/16" stripes go all the way around each fender, on the top surface ~1/2"+ from the bend where the top meets the side skirts. Sorry for the thread hijack!

[FLFD7]

Here are some pictures of an original paint 101 from the 101 R & O manual….

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All photo credit to the 101 Association

I’m pretty sure there is an original paint 101 front fender in my father’s stash, I’ll try to get some pictures of it this weekend.

Joe

[Steve Slocombe]

Thanks Joe. In the third picture you can see the left to right stripe in front of the forks, and that there is no striping between the fork legs, but I'm still unclear if there is a left to right stripe befind the main fork leg. Any original paint guidance will be appreciated.

[FLFD7]

Steve,
If I’m reading you correctly you think there is a pinstripe going across the fender in front of the fork body? There is no stripe there, I think you are seeing a mark on the paint. I’ve never seen a stripe go across like that.
The original paint fender is actually an earlier 20s Scout? Chief? It has the dual pinstripes, but I think the pattern is the same.

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The last picture shows the area in question, and there are no stripes going across.

[Steve Slocombe]

Thanks Joe, very helpful. So you're suggesting that the horizontal line in front of the mudguard in picture 3 above from the 101 shop manual is some kind of artefact or trick of the light? I'll go with that as it means I don't need to restripe the mudguard.

[Steve Slocombe]

While we are in rivet-counting mode, I note the '28 on the bench has five leaves in the front spring, and so has mine, while the 101 shop manual shows six. Is this a one-year feature for 1928 or is there another explanation?

[pisten-bully]

HI Steve, six leaves are also listed in the Indian 1928 parts book, and my 1929 has six leaves, here:

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[FLFD7]

Steve,
Yeah, nothing across the fender.

As far as the leaf spring for the 101 it should have 6 leaves. From the 1928-1930 parts book…

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Notice it says sixth or bottom leaf. This 28 has 6…

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I believe that the springs with 5 leaves were for the early Scouts. They were lighter bikes, and no front brake. The 101 came along, 45 ci, heavier, with a front brake, Indian added a leaf.

The Chiefs (and 4’s I guess) had 7 leaves.

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My 25 Chief has a 7 leaf spring.