The Scott Motorcycle

By: Jeff Clew .

A Scott motorcycle is special, very special.
Conceived at the beginning of the century by a single-minded Yorkshire inventor, they have never failed to draw a crowd. Alfred Angas Scott invented the vertical two-stroke twin, and then placed his engine in an open frame machine; thus the Scott motorcycle was born. From then on, for nearly seventy years, men have held these motorcycles in high esteem. There is no other motorcycle like a Scott.

There are definable and indefinable qualities in a Scott. It is beautiful, well built and smooth but it also has this aura, a certain mystery which brings out a love/hate relationship in any owner. Nevertheless, once `bitten' by the `magic', a Scott enthusiast never wavers. Whatever one's standpoint, this motorcycle cannot fail to induce some reaction. `The Bugatti of Motor-cycles' perhaps does most justice to an understanding of the marque.

This is a book about the man, the machines, the factory – its successes and failures, the racing results, the Scott Trial and the efforts of dedicated men today to keep alive this `special' thing that is a Scott motorcycle.

Jeff Clew is undoubtedly one of Britain's leading motorcycle historians. An enthusiast throughand-through, he has not only written many books on the world's classic motorcycles and characters from the industry but has also been a contributor to several magazines, a concours judge and lecturer. Still an active rider, he continues to work as a freelance journalist and writes regularly for Old Bike Mart.

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