128 | AUSTRALIAN ROAD RIDERWASN’T US!
It has been brought to my a ention that
in your latest magazine, where the Indian
Scout is reviewed, there is a sidebar
which suggests that owners of the 2014
Indian tan leather were neglectful in
their care of the leather (see a ached).
This is absolutely not correct and it
has been admi ed by the company both
here and in the USA that the fading
problem is a factory fault, being dealt
with under warranty. My seat has been
conditioned from day one using the
Indian-supplied conditioner, but even
over winter it still faded, until spring
came and then it really faded.
“Almost no-one lavished care and
a ention on it” needs to be corrected,as it blames owners. The real story is
that early on, Indian recognised that
their leather supplier had fallen down
on the job, and so now the 2015s have
“Desert Tan” and, as your magazine quite
accurately states, has been treated with a
be er sealer and be er dying process.
There are many Indian Vintage
owners who are very unhappy with this
situation, so blaming them just rubs salt
into the wounds. I saw mine fade a few
shades in just one day — literally! The
a ached photo below shows how the
front part of the seat faded very quickly
when exposed to the winter sun, and the
second (le ) shows my seat a er being
restored.
At least Indian in Australia took a
long time to come up with (what seems
like) a good solution, one in which a
professional leather restorer is doing the
job that should have been done originally.
I pity the US owners as all they were
given was a kit to apply themselves over
several days and the instructions are to
do that twice per year. It takes days to
complete so that gives you a further idea
that the fault is in the original leather
process.
Robert, Indian owner
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