"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
08/09/2017 at 22:56 • Filed to: two wheels good
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"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
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Here’s a short breakdown/historical overview/etc. of a 1928 Scott Flying Squirrel. The Scotts were made up until the ‘60s virtually unchanged, and can still be had for prices favorably comparable to a used Harley. One of the most unique Anglo bikes, very light and fast.
Kiltedpadre
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
08/09/2017 at 23:17 |
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I have been in love with the Flying Squirrel since someone shared a picture of one as a response to an article on FP. Maybe that was you? It immediately found its way onto my wish list.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Kiltedpadre
08/09/2017 at 23:25 |
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Probably wasn’t me because I rarely front page, but they’re definitely something more Americans should have on their wish list. I first heard of them in a short story called “The Fantastic Horror of the Cat in the Bag”, in this collection:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Peter
In the story, there is an informal race/not-a-race between a Norton and a Scott. The story takes place in 1925.
punkgoose17
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
08/10/2017 at 09:18 |
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Now I want the bike and the book.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> punkgoose17
08/10/2017 at 09:30 |
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Dorothy Sayers spent time learning about modern tech of the day. One novel has a plot point that hinges on someone arranging an alibi by renting a Morgan... because they know they can disable it by sticking a pin through the two plug wires. The story above describes what the Scott and the Norton sound like, and another novel has a plot point involving tire patterns and something called a tire gaiter - which is something that was so fleeting in automotive tech there isn’t even a Wikipedia article on it.
Lord Peter, the protagonist of the books, has a Daimler Double-Six (V12).
I think there’s a books-on-tape version of the short story up on Youtube.