BIKE TEST: Twenty 20 vision
By John Dickinson on 23rd Sep 15
LAST year, Scorpa launched a brand new model and named it the Twenty series for a very good reason, the model name was to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the the Scorpa brand
The short story of Scorpa is all about company founder Marc Teissier.
Marc and then-business-partner Joel Domergue, started Scorpa back in 1993 in a small unit on a motor-sports business park in Ales, in the south of France.
Initially they used the unwieldy but bullet-proof Rotax engine, before Scorpa really hit its stride in 1998 when the factory signed-up with Yamaha to use the equally trusty but physically smaller TY250 two-stroke motor.
The chassis sported a unique linkless rear suspension, with a long, centrally-positioned shock absorber and Scorpa gained cult status in the Clubman ranks as a solid, reliable, fuss-free mount that could also really perform in the right hands.
Along the way, though, Teissier had left Scorpa in order to begin again with Sherco, in 1999 in Barcelona. Sherco would be under his sole control and he has grown it into a major off-road brand, expanding into enduros, with a second factory in France.
Scorpa continued at Ales under a succession of management teams, until declared bankrupt in 2009.
FOR FULL TEST AND PICTURES SEE TMX NEWS SEPTEMBER 24
2016 model
Scorpa Twenty Updates for 2016
Aluminum Marzocchi fork
New frame design
Opening of the air filter inlet modified to improve air flow to the filter
New handlebar shape
New control thermostat sensor
Reprogrammed CDI
New reed petals support
Redesigned silencer interior
New kickstart mount
New radiator support bracket
New thermal insulation for the interior of the filter box
New 2016 neon graphics
2016 model
ScorpA Twenty
Updates for 2016
n Aluminum Marzocchi fork
n New frame design
n Opening of the air filter inlet modified to improve air flow to the filter
n New handlebar shape
n New control thermostat sensor
n Reprogrammed CDI
n New reed petals support
n Redesigned silencer interior
n New kickstart mount
n New radiator support bracket
n New thermal insulation for the interior of the filter box
n New 2016 neon graphics
