Next Saturday July 12th Cadwell Park will host the Beezumph Rally and Track Day. It has long been a Moss family tradition to put our Scotts out on track against the Triumph Tridents and BSA Rocket Threes of the TR3OC club. (“The Little Dog Laughed to see such Fun”) My Scott has become such a fixture as to be considered a mascot similar to the Regimental Goat! Richard is making the long trek up from Ivybridge with his 1930 Single down tube Tourer based machine, now running on methanol with the avowed intention of beating his ageing father. We will only do one other event this year, that being the final BHR event at Cadwell and possibly a Classic track day if they run one immediately before the BHR event as they did last year. Last year I had a trial head gasket that was 20 thou thinner than usual and the piston clouted the top and broke up a little end bush. The first time I have had this problem, but my head is non standard. For your information, the piston / rod assembly stretches about 0.027″ at 4600 and 0.030″ at 5000rpm. I am always careful to allow a bit above Scott clearance when making new heads for road bikes, but the contour makes them more efficient. Other than this, we are planning to take both Scotts to the late Stafford Show to be part of the BHR display in the GP paddock outside. You can talk yourself horse given all the interest in Scotts and as Richard’s bike looks more “Vintage” than mine, I expect it to be well admired. I was at the Morini Riders Track Day at Cadwell last Friday and enjoyed an engineering chat with Alan Noakes who lives nearby. I wanted to settle down my rebuilt engine before the Beezumph and it went well, but I was disappointed in the decline of my stamina. My hips, back and shoulders ached badly at the now rare duty and I suppose I should accept that this can happen as we get older. I do, however, get some pleasure showing some youngsters how quickly a 73 year old on a Scott, can get round the track. The spirit must always be the last thing that expires! Kind Regards Roger
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