Scorpa bikes ?

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On sunday we met this chap on a Scorpa trials bike, it looked a nice piece of kit and had a proper comfy seat which is unusual for a trials derived bike .
Does anyone knoow what these bikes are like, Carl, Johnny, you are a fountain of bike knowledge .

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Are you sitting comfortably? then i shall begin, Scorpa (pronounced Scorpa) are french and as you say mostly famous for making trials bikes but have also started making trials/trail hybrids by sticking bigger seats and tanks on thier trials bikes.
They've also made a fun/trail/enduro bike called the T Ride, a Yam WR250 motor in an enduro type frame but with shorter travel suspension to make it a bit lower and easier to throw around off road. Well rated bikes.

Do you know what he was on? they make 125/175s air cooled 4T's and water cooled 250's 2T and 4T in the big seated trials bike thingy.

:amen:

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It was air cooled and I think 175cc, it looks a good bike for those of us with little legs, very light weight too .

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I think it was one of these, am I right Warrior, you saw it too .

[secret solo]

Looks great as a green laner.
Have met so many serious riders who swear by the wr250 for green laning/enduros because its so light but powerfull.
they say its half trails,half enduro.(the scorpa)
Thanks for the info karl..

Here is a translated french page about it and a video clip too..

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.crazymoto.net%2Fnews-moto%2Fscorpa-t-ride-mi-trial-mi-enduro-bonne-pour-tout&sl=fr&tl=en

[warriorrider]

I think it was one of these, am I right Warrior, you saw it too .

thats the one mate

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Great video that Andy, that bloke can ride.

Those T-Rides look great fun.

ps its Carl with a C

[secret solo]

As you can see i dont care about spelling anymore , thats why i said honda 700 xx engine is based on yam...lol.. Doh.
Design a bike, put a world class rider on it doing stunts, it looks good, am sure that bloke could do the same on a proper wr too..
I know i couldnt but still really like the bike cos its low(er) and its the same hp as my old dr... but 35kg lighter.

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He definately made it look like a normal trials bike the way he was throwing it around. TBM did a test on one a year or so ago and said it was much easier to mess around on than a normal enduro bike, Scorpa have released one with a 280 engine too.

I think it'd be great for laning and the occasional enduro.

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The 3 numbers that interest me are;

30 - HP
95 - KG
850 - mm seat height

At last, a bike for those of us who are not over 6 foot tall :hug:

Just need a large sum of money now :mad:

[secret solo]

I noticed quiet a few comments thinking it great because it aint so tall.
I think to 280 is a 2 smoke.
Cant see any prices anywhere though...

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I would imagine they are quite expensive and remember they are french so they were probably on strike and never actually made enough for the UK, or refused to let them across the channel or were too busy banning burhkas !

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280 is a modified WR250 lump.

Price was 7200 euro on your link i think Andy.

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7200 euro, about £7K then, thats a lot of money for a small bike like that :mad: if it was in the £4-5K price range I would be interested in the future but that is mad .
Shame as its perfect for shorter riders .

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Be worth a look at the Scorpa importers web site, can't see they'd charge 7K for one but likely to be at least 6K........... dont get a lot for less than that.

[secret solo]

the date of the article was 2007 so 7k euro was a bit different then..
there appears to be two places in uk that sell them put poa.

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Try www.mrsltd.co.uk and click on "dealers"


Ignore this site unless your after a Sherco!!

Had a blonde moment there.

[Nogbad]

Shame as its perfect for shorter riders .

Quite right, I'd only want to take it to the paper shop and back

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Nothing to challenging then :rolleyes:

[secret solo]

Unfortunately scorpa has gone into liquidation.
A few buyers were interested including a front for gasgas on the condition that yamaha would continue to supply the engines. Yamaha refused so guess scorpa is no more :(

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Bugger, I was gonna sell my quad and get a Scorpa !!

[johnnyboy]

Unfortunately scorpa has gone into liquidation.
A few buyers were interested including a front for gasgas on the condition that yamaha would continue to supply the engines. Yamaha refused so guess scorpa is no more :(

Errrrrrrrrr didnt that happen in July last year??????????????????????????

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And the new Gasgas 250F has a Yam engine.

[secret solo]

Errrrrrrrrr didnt that happen in July last year??????????????????????????


EEEEEEEEEErrrm, yes it did but its taken 8 months for that info to get on this thread

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So its your fault Johnny, next time please dont delay :D

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[QUOTE]Unfortunately scorpa has gone into liquidation. /QUOTE]

Looks like they are back in business

http://birkettmotosportukltd.co.uk/?2010_model_range

I fancy an off road bike still, might look at one of these next year .

[Jagd-Quad]

Sod that with the ruts we are finding on the trails these days!!!

Guess I must be getting old, rode a KTM 400 today!
Sod it tooooo much like VERY Hard work and not as much fun as the quads!!!!!!!!!!

[secret solo]

I,ve been looking for a scorpa t-ride since this thread started.. A very rare machine it seems.
A new one is around 5-6k?? Bit much to justify when i already have 2 bikes and a quad.

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Depends how badly you want one I guess, I like the look of them, nice low seat and light weight, just right for all those restricted byway LOL

[Big Jim]

I,ve been looking for a scorpa t-ride since this thread started.. A very rare machine it seems.
A new one is around 5-6k?? Bit much to justify when i already have 2 bikes and a quad.

You only have to justify to yourself, and you know yourself very well, so you should be able get round yourself easily, & you know which of your own buttons to press... got one on order yet? !!

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Nice philosophy Jim, wish you were my dad LOL

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2008 Scorpa T Ride250 for sale in TBM this month £3100, if any of you are feeling flush PM me and i'll forward the phone number.

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Wish I had the money-dohhhh