New Scott owner

[Greg]

Hello all, new Scott owner here and hopefully I’ve posted this in the correct section! I have managed to purchase a 2 speed super squirrel of confusing age and hopefully will gain more information from this forum as I’m sure previous owners have been members on here. Its reg number is LMC 758 and was originally owned by a mr William Chaney fox who undertook quite a few alterations some of which have been documented in editions of yowl in the early 60’s. I’ve acquired this machine fairly recently and the chap bump started it and rode around his yard, so I know it runs. The kick start spring is broken and the chain link from the kickstart is detached. I’ve acquired a new kickstart spring from the spares dept and am hoping for advice on fitting it but I’m a little wary as I’m not sure what caused the breakage of the previous one as there doesn’t appear to be enough room for the toothed gears to disengage and wondered if this could have caused it. Other than this I think the bike is generally in good order but as a new owner with no experience of this age of bike ( I currently ride a Ducati panigale which is totally at the other end of the spectrum!) I’m hoping for much advice. I’m near malmesbury in north wilts. Regards Greg webb

[Barrie]

Go and have a look at this site ,plenty of reading, this should give you a bit more knowledge

https://www.scotttechnicalities.com.au/

[richard norris]

Hi Greg, welcome to the club, there are some very knowledgable members who should be able to help. If your bike gives as much pleasure as my 2-speeder you are in for a treat albeit with some angst as well at times.

The outer ratchet engages with the inner one using a bendix type of arrangement. Adjustment is via the chain tension and it is very important to have a little clearance between the two sets of teeth. Get “The book of the Scott” which will explain it all, also in “Scott Technicalities” which is on line and brilliant.

Once the bike is properly sorted out it should give very little trouble but if not it can be a bit of a nightmare. If I am passing en route to my sister’s in Devon I might be able to drop by in a month or two if that would help,

Richard

[Greg]

That would be fantastic Richard,thanks for the offer and I may well take you up on it. As I said in my first posting the machine has had a few alterations. I have some photos from 1984 showing the bike with a clutch lever on the left hand side and a cable down to a lever on the near side gearbox shaft just behind the left hand footrest. All of this has now been removed by a later owner with a view of maybe turning it back to more original spec. There are some writings from yowl in 1964 where the then owner (w c fox) wrote of his fitting of a hand clutch and its improving of its ‘ride ability’ hopefully I can learn a bit more about this very interesting machine

[chris wastell]

Hello Greg. Welcome to the frustrating and satisfying world of Scotts. Have you been along to the Chippenham VMCC (Rugby Club 2nd & 4th Thursdays) We are a small section but six Scott owners, some very knowledgable. We need a two speeder to complete the set! You’ll be V. welcome, member or not. 😀
Chris

[Dripfeed]

Hello Greg
is your machine the one with the single top tube removed and replaced with two smaller tubes to allow the fitting of a carb without using the induction stub ,If so I suspect that it is a very well known bike . the last time that I saw it the machine was wearing a darkish red coat . I hope you enjoy as much pleasure from it as I do from the two speeders that I have owned .Regards D F .

[Greg]

Thanks df for your remarks and yes i think it has had a tube removed from under the tank as I can see where it’s been cut off. It’s now black with gold pin stripes which doesn’t look particularly new. Any information about its past would be most welcome. Greg

[Greg]

@chris wastell wrote:

Hello Greg. Welcome to the frustrating and satisfying world of Scotts. Have you been along to the Chippenham VMCC (Rugby Club 2nd & 4th Thursdays) We are a small section but six Scott owners, some very knowledgable. We need a two speeder to complete the set! You’ll be V. welcome, member or not. 😀
Chris

Thanks Chris for your kind invitation and I shall definitely be taking you up on it. Yes I have joined the vmcc and hope to make a meeting very soon. I have the agenda for the year and it looks like the first meeting I can make is the agm on the26th oct, so hope to meet you then. Greg

[BRIAN MARSHALL]

All these comments are ringing a few bells, and I can remember being offered the bike perhaps 25 years ago, and I think it was then on the Isle of Sheppey or somewhere like that. At the time it did have a hand control of the two-speed gear, a 1948-1950 type Lucas MC45 dynamo on the L/H crankcase door, and bracing tubes added to the front forks to stiffen them up, frame mods, etc.. I would like to see some photos to refresh my memories, but perhaps a lot of the mods have been removed since I last saw it.

[Greg]

Brian, I have been trying to upload photos but it keeps telling me they are too large but I will persevere! I actually purchased it from near Norwich a few weeks ago. From the records I have, it’s had five or six owners in the last few years and I don’t think any of them has managed to sort the gearbox/clutch/kickstart out probably because of all the alterations done under its previous owners. My dilemma is whether to try and reinstate the hand operated clutch or to continue with turning it back to original. According to ‘yowl’ June 1964 w c fox lists the alterations he has made to the gear box and I don’t know if it will work without a hand clutch. Greg

[chris wastell]

Greg wrote:

chris wastell wrote:

Hello Greg. Welcome to the frustrating and satisfying world of Scotts. Have you been along to the Chippenham VMCC (Rugby Club 2nd & 4th Thursdays) We are a small section but six Scott owners, some very knowledgable. We need a two speeder to complete the set! You’ll be V. welcome, member or not. 😀
Chris

Thanks Chris for your kind invitation and I shall definitely be taking you up on it. Yes I have joined the vmcc and hope to make a meeting very soon. I have the agenda for the year and it looks like the first meeting I can make is the agm on the26th oct, so hope to meet you then. Greg

Look forward to it. We are a very friendly little section, no cliques, your’e as welcome on your Paningale as on the Scott or a moped! See you there 🙂

[Dripfeed]

Greg get onto Scott technicalities there I think you will find an article by Mr Fox probably amongst the two speed gear gen .As for leaving your gear as is or returning it to standard I find the normal Scott pedal gear change ok if a bit touchy pulling away on hills but with practice it becomes less of a prob . Your machine was modified a long time ago and was one mans idea of what a Scott super should be, At the end of the day it is your machine to do with as you think fit. To end I have not seen as yet a bog standard Scott and have certainly never owned one. Regards DF.

[Dripfeed]

Greg get onto Scott technicalities there I think you will find an article by Mr Fox probably amongst the two speed gear gen .As for leaving your gear as is or returning it to standard I find the normal Scott pedal gear change ok if a bit touchy pulling away on hills but with practice it becomes less of a prob . Your machine was modified a long time ago and was one mans idea of what a Scott super should be, At the end of the day it is your machine to do with as you think fit. To end I have not seen as yet a bog standard Scott and have certainly never owned one. Regards DF.

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