The Classic MotorCycle

Keep on Scotting

One such Scott enthusiast was David Kirby, here pictured on his pre-Second World War Scott-based special, at Oliver’s Mount, Scarborough. In fact, the same Kirby Scott picture was used twice; once in the May 12, 1960, edition of Motor Cycling, then again in the November 3, 1960 number, when it was the subject for John Griffith’s Built for Speed series, being number 54 in the run.

Griffith began his Built for Speed write-up: “Almost since motorcycling began, the name

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