INDIAN c1929 Scout “101” 600 cc V-twin “Wall of Death” SHORT COUPLED RACER ORIG

Indian Indian 1929 Scout101 "WALL OF DEATH" RACER

Price: US $16,500.00
Item location: Goulburn, NSW, Australia
Make: Indian
Model: Indian 1929 Scout101 "WALL OF DEATH" RACER
SubModel: WALL OF DEATH RACER
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Description

AMAZING MACHINE... See description from YESTERDAYS MOTORCYCLES BELOW.. This Indian has the rare short coupled race frame & is the most desirable LATE 20's INDIAN 101 SCOUT MADE.
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The “Wall of Death” is a carnival sideshow featuring a silo- or barrel-shaped wooden cylinder, anging from 20 to 36 feet (6.1 to 11.0 m) in diameter, nside of which motorcyclists, r the drivers of miniature automobiles, ravel along the vertical wall and perform stunts, eld in place by centripetal force.
Derived directly from United States motorcycle boardtrack (motordrome) racing in the early 1900s, he very first carnival motordrome appeared at Coney Island amusement park (New York) in 1911.
The following year portable tracks began to appear on traveling carnivals, nd in 1915 the first "silodromes" with vertical walls appeared and were soon dubbed the "Wall of Death."
This attractive form of amusement soon spread to fairs in Europe and other continents and from the 1930s hundreds of Wall of Death artists were performing all over the word.
The motorcycles most widely used were the first generation Indian Scout models that were famous for their stability and dependability.
After WW2 most shows disappeared; In the 2000s, here remain only few touring Walls of Death (source: Wikipedia).
A notable show is that of Dutchman Henny Kroeze.
On a historic wooden wall-of-death dating from 1936 Henny and his team are performing breathtaking manoeuvres on the steep wall, mong others with three Indian Scouts.
The machine is essentially a 1929 model but it has been fitted with early 20s fixed head Scout cylinders
THIS GENUINE WALL OF DEATH INDIAN IS VERY EXPENSIVE.

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