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one important exception: in the earliest years of British
motoring, the Scott Motor Cycle Company produced the fastest and most
sophisticated two-stroke machines of the period. Seventy years later, in the
waning years of the British cycle industry, George Silk would take that same
engine and attempt to build one of the ultimate road-going British two-strokes
that would offer a far more refined alternative to those cheap and fast Japanese
‘smokers.
devices: he designed a clever ratchet and pawl mechanism driven by a
foot-operated lever for starting a motorcycle engine. That’s right, Scott helped
design the kickstart, which would become the most elegant and masculine way to
break your own foot outside of a bullfighting ring.
most advanced designs of the Edwardian era: aside from kickstarting, a
well-braced frame and liquid cooling, the Scott featured telescopic front forks,
and his machines were the first to incorporate a multi-speed transmission – only
two speeds, but still twice as many as the competition.
