Scrambler Motorcycles
The origin of the Scrambler dates back to the early twentieth century, in ancient England. A group of crazed Englishmen began to dabble in a new form of motorcycle racing. Instead of competing on a specific route, they were entrusted with the task of doing so from point A to point B, in the shortest possible time and by any necessary means. It is rumored that the phrase “Scrambler” came from a racing announcer who described the act that was unfolding before his eyes as “remove a scramble”. Those brave (or crazy) who accepted the scrambler challenge quickly found that their daily, serial and route bikes were not up to the task. Sliding, jumping and crossing the British countryside demanded something with a much greater adventurous disposition.
What these guys did was nothing less than a necessity: they cut, soldered, manipulated and modified their street bikes into barbarous devourers of dirt, rocks and hills. The list of changes was more or less as follows: higher suspension, fenders and tailpipes for more space, and some radial and knotty tires to help transfer their torque to the ground. When the dust settled, Scrambler bikes were born.
These Darwinian beasts evolved in the centuries to come and finally acquired a legendary popularity in the 1960s. Manufacturers like Honda started offering models directly from the warehouse ready, willing and able to have some fun. The exploits of Steve McQeen in his Triumphs of the first 60s helped to forge the image of the Scramblers from the movies. Here is the Scrambler, the patron saint of madness and invention.
