Scott Squirrel

Scott Squirrel 1922

An official Scott team took part in the fifth edition of the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy in 1911. Scott motorcycles were famous for their two-stroke, two-cylinder engines with water cooling.

The 1911 Scotts were ridden in the race by Frank Philipp, Eric Myers, and Frank Applebee. All three drivers had to withdraw from the Senior T.T., but Philipp did chalk up the fastest lap in the 500 class.
In 1912 the motorcycles built by Alfred Angas Scott were back at the Isle of Man. This time only Philipp and Applebee were there. Both men did extremely well during the trials. In the hardest race in the world Applebee crossed the finish line ahead of Philipp.
Scott won again in 1913, thanks to the skillful driving of Tim Wood. But in 1914 Wood had an accident while leading the field at the Senior T.T.

When war broke out in Europe Scott devoted all its energies to the national defense effort, but Scott motorcycles won several races after the war. Scott went back to the Isle of Man for the second postwar edition of the Tourist Trophy, which was held in 1921. Scotts were not successful that year, but the following year they took third, fourth, and ninth places, thus winning the trophy for the manufacturer of the best motorcycle in competition.

Motorcycle: Scott Squirrel Manufacturer: Scott Engineering Co. Ltd.,
Shipley, Yorkshire Type: Racing Year: 1922
Engine: Scott two-cylinder, two-stroke, rotating-valve distribution. Displacement 488.7 cc. (70 mm. x 63.5 mm.)
Cooling: Water
Transmission: Two-speed separate Power: 5,000 r.p.m. Maximum speed: About 85 m.p.h. Chassis: Open, tubular. Front, elastic
suspension Brakes: Front and rear, expansion

Scott Flying Squirrel 1928

Early in 1923 Scott had to its credit two British Tourist Trophies, three Spanish Tourist Trophies, and eight national championships.
The company founded by Alfred Angas Scott had won these impressive victories with models that had been directly adapted from production models available to any motorcycle fan through his local dealer.

Norton, Sunbeam, AJS, and Triumph—Scott's main competitors— had done much the same. But when the first special racing motorcycles began to appear on the rough terrain of the Tourist Trophy course, the company was immediately at a disadvantage, becaue it continued its policy of racing production models that were improved on the basis of experience on the racecourse. Nevertheless Scott remained in racing.

Langman rode a "racing" version of the Squirrel to a brilliant second place in the 1924 Senior Tourist Trophy and the following year he came in a respectable fifth. In 1925 Scott put on the market a production model that was derived from the version at the Tourist Trophy. Scott racers rode this motorcycle, known as the Flying Squirrel, in trials, speed races, and cross-country races.
The official Scott racer Tommy Hatch rode a racing version of the Flying Squirrel to third place in the 1928 Senior Tourist Trophy.

Motorcycle: Scott Flying Squirrel Manufacturer: Scott Engineering Co. Ltd.,
Shipley, Yorkshire Type: Racing, derived from production
model Year: 1928
Engine: Scott two-cylinder, two-stroke,
rotating distributor Cooling: Water
Transmission: Three-speed separate Power: About 24 h.p. at 5,000 r.p.m.
Maximum speed: —
Chassis: Tubular, open. Front, elastic
suspension Brakes: Front and rear, side drum