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Scott Motorcycle Company
Fate
Voluntary Liquidation
Founded
1908
Defunct
1969
Headquarters
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Key people
Alfred Angas Scott
Products
motorcycles
The Scott Motorcycle Company was owned by Scott Motors (Saltaire) Limited, Shipley, West Yorkshire, England and was a well known producer of motorcycles and light engines for industry. Founded by Alfred Angas Scott in 1908 as the Scott Engineering Company in Bradford, Yorkshire,[1] Scott motorcycles were produced until 1978.[2]
Contents
1 Development
2 Pre-War Competition Success
3 First World War
4 The Scott Squirrel
5 The Second War
6 The Flying Squirrel
7 Birmingham Scotts
8 The Bulmer workshop
9 Silk Scotts
10 Stationary engines
11 See also
12 References
13 External links
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Development
A gifted engineer, Alfred Scott was a pioneer of the development of the two-stroke engine and after some experiments with one of his engines fitted to a Premier bicycle, Scott designed and patented a vertical twin two stroke engine in 1904 and developed a complete motorcycle from scratch featuring a 450cc two-stroke twin cylinder engine mounted in a triangulated frame. Innovative features included a two-speed chain transmission in which the alternative ratios were selected by clutches operated by a rocking foot pedal and a kick start, which he is credited with inventing. The first few machines to his design were produced by Bradford based car firm Jowett in 1908 and soon after he set up as a manufacturer in his own right at premises in Grosvenor Street Bradford.[1]
Pre-War Competition Success
While Scott's production machines were marketed as a kind of luxury 'wheeled horse' for the Edwardian Gentleman,[3] there was valuable publicity to be had in competition success and the early Scott motorcycles were so powerful that they often easily beat four stroke motorcycles of the same capacity. So event organisers deemed the Scotts to be "overly efficient" and penalised them by multiplying their cubic capacity by 1.32 for competitive purposes, which of course resulted in good (free) advertising for Scott.[4]
Scott made several appearances at the Isle of Man TT Races between 1910 and 1914 with specially built racing machines.[5] In 1910 a Scott was the first two-stroke motorcycle ever to complete a full TT course under race conditions and in 1911 a Scott ridden by Frank Phillip gained the TT lap record of of 50.11 mph continuous average speed. This winning streak continued with Scott's being the fastest machines in 1912,1913 & 1914 as well as winning the event in 1912 and 1913.[4]
First World War
The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 halted production of civilian Scott motorcycles. Alfred Scott developed a three wheeled machine gun carriage which was not taken up by the military and in 1919 he left the company he had founded to develop the vehicle for civilian use as the Scott Sociable. This did not prove to be as successful as the Scott motorcycle but Scott never returned to the Scott Motorcycle Company.[4]
The Scott Squirrel
1923 Scott Squirrel 486cc
After the war production restarted with the 532cc 'Standard Tourer' and in 1922 Scott introduced the famous Squirrel, its first sporting model to be offered to the general public. This had a slightly smaller 486cc engine to bring it within the 500cc competition limit but, with aluminium pistons and careful preparation, it produced more power. In addition, many heavy accessories such as foot boards and leg shields which had been fitted to the touring models were dispensed with, making it a very light and competitive motorcycle. It was followed by the Super Squirrel, with a further revised engine of 498cc or 596cc, which was the mainstay of production in the mid 1920s.Although they never regained their pre-war form, Scotts continued to compete successfully in sporting events scoring a 3-4 in the 1922 TT and a third in 1924. A three speed gearbox with conventional clutch was offered from 1923 and in this form the machine had some success as a trials motorcycle.[2]
The Second War
In 1935 the Scott Three cylinder motorcycle was launched as a water cooled 750cc in-line machine. This was superseded by the 1000cc version and proved to be another example of innovative engineering by the Scott company. Neither made it into qualtity production, however, due to the outbreak of the Second World War and the failing business finances.[4]
The Flying Squirrel
Main article: Scott Flying Squirrel
Shortly after the end of the Second World War (1946/7) Scott relaunched the Scott Flying Squirrel. Available with 500 or 600cc engines, these were even heavier than the pre-war versions and expensive for the performance offered....(and so on)
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