General News
10 March, 2025
Great Scott! Bikes of the antiquity
THE oldest Scott motorcycle in Australia made its way to Inglewood on Sunday when Richard Blackburn joined the Antique Motorcycle Club rally. Richard said the 1911 motor- cycle, produced in his native Yorkshire, was among the oldest surviving...
THE oldest Scott motorcycle in Australia made its way to Inglewood on Sunday when Richard Blackburn joined the Antique Motorcycle Club rally.
Richard said the 1911 motor-
cycle, produced in his native Yorkshire, was among the oldest surviving pre-World War One bikes left in the world.
“The company started in 1908 and I picked this one up eight years ago - two-stroke, twin-cylinder and water cooled ... it runs like a Swiss watch,” said the expat Brit now living in Ballarat.
“I restored the mechanics of the bike and made a few of the parts that were needed.”
Richard and other club members stopped for photographs outside the town hall and had an extra taste of local history with a visit to Inglewood Emporium. Motorcycles owned by club members must be pre-1930.
Members based themselves at Llanelly last weekend and split into two groups for Sunday’s ride that also travelled to Bridgewater.