I knew several Scott enthusiasts many years ago as a member of the vintage motorcycle club - The bikes had a number of interesting characteristics - the ignition timing was close to TDC and it was not unknown for the engine to reverse its rotation whilst running at Tick-over - There were stores of people who had a nasty shock when sitting at a traffic lights to find that they set-off in reverse on the change of the traffic lights !
As kids over the fields in the early 70's we managed to get my mates Bantam running backwards. As you can imagine we as young boys found this incredably funny and would bump it backwards until one day the crankshaft snapped and the magneto fell off!
Very true, in the 60s I had 197 Francis Barnett and this happened to me, the bike started OK but sounded different and made a large crunch when I put it in gear on letting the clutch out it went backwards and caught me out and ended up in a heap much to the laughter of a group of teenagers that was close by
In 1988, I had the honour of riding a Flying Squirrel, belonging to RAF Lancaster Flight Engineer, Charlie Emmonds, in the opening scene of a movie about WWI. The Scott easily climbed a muddy, rutted hill and sped across the cratered battlefield, putting Steve McQueen's "Great Escape" performance on a modern replica to shame. The low end torque and acceleration were surprising and the low centre of gravity made for solid handling on the mucky terrain.
All good stuff here!! I,ve owned a ,49 Shipley & a ,60 Brum Scott in my time, great memories!! Thanks for posting, greetings from England.😄😄
I knew several Scott enthusiasts many years ago as a member of the vintage motorcycle club - The bikes had a number of interesting characteristics - the ignition timing was close to TDC and it was not unknown for the engine to reverse its rotation whilst running at Tick-over - There were stores of people who had a nasty shock when sitting at a traffic lights to find that they set-off in reverse on the change of the traffic lights !
As kids over the fields in the early 70's we managed to get my mates Bantam running backwards. As you can imagine we as young boys found this incredably funny and would bump it backwards until one day the crankshaft snapped and the magneto fell off!
Very true, in the 60s I had 197 Francis Barnett and this happened to me, the bike started OK but sounded different and made a large crunch when I put it in gear on letting the clutch out it went backwards and caught me out and ended up in a heap much to the laughter of a group of teenagers that was close by
In 1988, I had the honour of riding a Flying Squirrel, belonging to RAF Lancaster Flight Engineer, Charlie Emmonds, in the opening scene of a movie about WWI. The Scott easily climbed a muddy, rutted hill and sped across the cratered battlefield, putting Steve McQueen's "Great Escape" performance on a modern replica to shame. The low end torque and acceleration were surprising and the low centre of gravity made for solid handling on the mucky terrain.
A real nostalgia trip for me, many thanks
your welcome...
When I started riding in 1981 you could still buy a new Silk 700S. That's quite a legacy.
What about the innovative early use of struts on the front forks?
They don't circulate coolant within the cylinders. In fact, it is very important to keep coolant out of the cylnders.
50mph lap average means he was kissing a ton if not passing it...that's FAAAAASSSTT for 1910 holy geeeeze
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