Description
This motorcycle is Lot 58 of Bonhams Motorcycles Online – The Summer Sale; open for bidding 5-15th June 2026. This Lot is available for public view and eventual collection from Bonhams Motorcycle Department, Milton Keynes.
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Auction Timings:
Bidding on all Lots commences Friday 5 June, 12:00 noon.
Bidding closes Monday 15 June, 12:00 noon, starting with Lot 1
Each subsequent Lot will then close one minute apart unless bidding remains active.
Public Viewing (BY APPOINTMENT ONLY):
All Lots:
Wednesday 10 June, 9am - 5pm
Thursday 11 June, 9am - 5pm
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Lot 58
1931 Scott 498cc Super Squirrel
Registration no. XXS 514
Frame no. 8577
Engine no. Z3678A
Bradford-born inventor Alfred Angas Scott's experiments with two-stroke motorcycle engines began in the closing years of the 19th Century, leading to the grant of a patent in 1904. Scott's original design for a vertical twin two-stroke engine incorporated the central flywheel with 180-degree overhung cranks and slim connecting rods that would characterise his products from then onwards.
Although recognisably derived from Alfred Angas Scott's earliest designs, the Scott motorcycle of the 1920s gained steadily in both complexity and weight. A three-speed countershaft gearbox had been introduced for 1923 and, as a result of the racing programme, there was a new duplex fame and bigger brakes for 1927. For the traditionalists, the old-style, lightweight, two-speed model soldiered on, remaining in production into the early 1930s.
The sporting Super Squirrel was first introduced for 1925, benefiting from the new 'square' (68. 25x68. 25mm) bore/ stroke engine based on that of the 1924 works racers. There was a choice of two-speed or three-speed transmission.
A two-speed Super Squirrel first registered in 1931, this example is said to have run recently and to have participated in the Banbury Run in recent years. The private vendor advises us that although the two-speed gear works, it will need some fettling to get it functioning correctly. Sold strictly as viewed, this motorcycle is offered with a V5C Registration Certificate and an old-style continuation logbook for the original, removed registration. The current registration number is age-related and non-transferable.
£3, 000 - 5, 000
All lots are sold ‘as is/ where is’ and Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding. Visit the Bonhams Motorcycles website for all pertinent auction information.
