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was the British Scott 3S triple of 1936. The
Scott company, which began in 1908, was
plagued with financial difficulties in spite
of the fact that the founder Angus Scott
was one of the great motorcycle innovators.
As early as 1897 he had patented a form
of caliper brake, rotary induction valves,
and the first motorcycle kick-start.
Scott died at the age of 48 in 1922, a few
years after his motorcycles had won two
Isle of Man Senior TTs in 1912 and 1913.
The first two-stroke, 746cc, liquid-cooled
triple was built in 1934. The capacity was
later increased to 996cc. The machine
weighed 222kg and had a top speed of
SUSPENSION HISTORY
BRITISH V-TWINS
159km/h. Very few 3S models were built, and
the growing popularity of parallel twins, and
the advent of the Second World War, put an
end to production. The engine did however
surface briefly in 1959 for marine use.
When, paradoxically, Edward Turner, the
prime exponent of parallel twins with his
ground breaking pre-War Triumph Speed
Twin, visited Japan in 1960 he returned
with new ideas on how to counter the
might of the Japanese factories. Bert
Hopwood and Doug Hele then designed
a three cylinder engine for Triumph in
1965. The Trident Triple was released in
September 1968, a month Honda’s CB750.
MV Agusta 500cc triple 1970
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