Scrambler (motorcycle)

Honda 300 Scrambler (CL77)

The scrambler [ ˈskræmbləʳ ] (German " Kletterer ", from English " to scramble ", roughly: to climb or climb up) is a very popular motorcycle category in the 1950s and 60s . The machines used, among other things, coarse tires, wide handlebars, a raised exhaust and mudguards to increase their off-road capability and robustness. In contrast to the motocross machines and enduros that replaced the scramblers in the 1970s, these were still very similar to road machines in terms of design and, for example, did not have special motorcycle frames . The motocross sport in general was initially called "scrambling".

Scrambler of the 1950s and 60s

Moto Guzzi V7 II Stornello

• BSA A65F Firebird (1968–1972)
• Ducati Scrambler 250, 350, 450
• Honda CL72, CL77, CL450
• Kawasaki 650 W2TT Commander (1968-69)
• Matchless G80CS, G85CS (1964-69)
• Moto Guzzi Stornello 125 Scrambler
• MV Agusta 350B Scrambler (1972-74)
• Norton P11 (1967-69)
• NSU Max S20 Scrambler
• Royal Enfield Scrambles Bullet
• Suzuki T 20 Scrambler
• Triumph TR6C 650 Trophy
• Yamaha YDS-3C Big Bear

21st century scrambler

The scrambler concept has been rediscovered by some motorcycle manufacturers, so Triumph, Derbi, BMW, FB Mondial, Moto Morini, Ducati and Fantic offer corresponding models.

photo	Manufacturer	model	drive	Sales period
	BMW	Xcountry	Single cylinder engine Displacement: 652 cm³ Output: 39 kW (53 PS)	2006-09
	BMW	R nineT Scrambler	2 cylinders, boxer engine Displacement: 1170 cm³ Output: 81 kW (110 PS)	since 2016
	Derbi	Mulhacén 659	Single cylinder engine Displacement: 660 cm³ Power: 35 kW (48 PS)	2006-08
	Ducati	Scrambler 800	2 cylinders, V-engine Displacement: 803 cm³ Power: 55 kW (75 PS)	since 2015
	Moto Guzzi	V7 II Stornello (limited to 1000 pieces)	2 cylinders, V-engine Displacement: 744 cm³ Output: 35 kW (48 PS)	2016
	Moto Morini	Scrambler 1200	2 cylinders, V-engine Displacement: 1187 cm³ Output: 86 kW (117 PS)	since 2009
	triumph	Scrambler	2 cylinders, in-line engine Displacement: 865 cm³ Output: 43 kW (58 PS)	since 2006
	Voxan	Scrambler	2 cylinders, V-engine Displacement: 996 cm³ Output: 63 kW (86 PS)	2001-06

Customizers also offer conversion kits for roadsters and travel enduros (such as the BMW GS model series).

review

“Scramblers are basically the ancestors of enduro bikes. Back then, around the middle of the last century of the last millennium, people scrambled through the terrain with slightly modified street motorcycles. The competitions mostly included a mixture of slow and fast cross-country passages, which had nothing to do with today's MotoCross events with their extreme jumps. SixDays & Co. certainly had at least as much fun. In the 1960s, scramblers could be bought "off the shelf", but with the appearance of the more specialized enduros, they died out. "

- Marcus Lacroix : motorcycle sheet

“[The motorcycle retro wave] has a fashion-driven attraction for younger people who individually spice up and remodel nostalgic motorcycles. You don't want an off-the-shelf bike, you want something unique. It's not about performance, but about individuality. "

- Florian Pillau : Heise online

Picture gallery

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  Honda CL160 (1966)

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  Ducati Scrambler 250 (1973)

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  Norton P11

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Florian Pillau: Easy climbing . In: Heise online . October 6, 2014.
2. ↑ Jürgen Schons: Climbing Max . In: Motorcyclists . No. 09 , 2010, ISSN  0935-7645 , p. 26 .
3. ↑ Roland Brown: Kawasaki W2TT Commander . In: Motorcycle Classics . November 2005.
4. ^ Road Motorcycles 1970s . In: glaagusta.org . (PDF).
5. ^ Greg Williams: Two-Stroke Scramble: 1968 Yamaha Big Bear . In: Motorcycle Classics . March / April 2014. (English)
6. ^ C3 marketing agentur GmbH, Bahnhofstrasse 3, 95643 Tirschenreuth: Home. Retrieved April 5, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Eva Breutel: New plant, revised models . In: motorcycle . No. 22 , 2014, ISSN  0027-237X .
8. ↑ Michael Schümann, Dina Dervisevic: 803 scrambler in four versions. (No longer available online.) In: Motorrad . September 30, 2014, archived from the original on October 6, 2014 ; accessed on February 12, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
9. ↑ Thomas Karsten: Soul Machines . In: Motorcyclists . No. 09 , 2010, ISSN  0935-7645 , p. 14-25 .
10. ↑ Wolf-Martin Riedel: Wunderlich Performance Scrambler . In: MO - The motorcycle magazine . No. 04 , 2014, ISSN  0723-2616 , p. 46-48 .
11. ↑ kradblatt.de of August 12, 2008, accessed on September 12, 2019