- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: G T Foulis & Co Ltd (1 Mar 1990)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0854291644
- ISBN-13: 978-0854291649
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 17 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 358,234 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'celebrates the eccentricity of these fascinating machines' Motor Sport & Leisure
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Scott motorcycles never fail to draw a crowd. Conceived 100 years ago by an unorthodox Yorkshireman who invented the vertical two-stroke twin and then placed his engine in an open frame machine, the Scott motorcycle was at the time viewed as beautiful, well-built and smooth - but certain eccentricities meant it was not always easy to ride. Jeff Clew's authoritative and fascinatingly illustrated book, re-issued to meet continuing demand, tells the full story of the machine described as 'the Bugatti of motorcycles'.
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This review is from: The Scott Motorcycle: The Yowling Two-stroke (re-issue) (Hardcover)
Mr Clew has certainley done his homework here. The rise and fall of the Scott Motorcycle Company is covered with all the characters and competition wins and near wins that formed this special product. If you want to know the histoty, this is the book for you. There is also valuble information about frame and engine numbers in order to identify model type and age.
If you are lucky enough to have found an old Scott, long forgoten at the back of a garage and are embarking on restoring it to its former glory, you dont 'need' this book, you will enjoy the read but it does not contain the technical detail for your project. Further reading will be necessary.
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This review is from: The Scott Motorcycle: The Yowling Two-stroke (re-issue) (Hardcover)
A well written and informative history, particularly of the early days of this marque, and its founder, Alfred Scott, which I found interesting because I knew little of this period. The Scott motorcycle is inevitably a minority interest, but technically interesting as the book makes clear that some of the features of the contemporary two-stroke motorcycle were invented by Alfred Scott and produced in 1908, i.e. the telescopic front fork, often attributed to BMW in the 1930's. The author makes the book eminently readable, and the period photographs are wonderful. I have a particular interest as I grew up about 6 miles from where the factory used to be, and have spectated at the Scott Trial in November in the rain in North Yorkshire, fortunately close to a pub called "The Green Dragon" in the village of Reeth, in Swaledale, where a warm meal could be had. However, I think that this book will appeal to any motorcycle enthusiast who has an interest in how we got to where we are today, and where some of the ideas developed so well by present day manufacturers came from.
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