My dad and uncle sold them as "Morrison Bros" and did their own tune-ups, etc. My dad's 440 crushed a 640 Ski-Doo from the factory. They were blown away and had my dad and uncle do their tune-ups from now on... Great times!
That announcer used to call our 3wheeler races in the mid 80s. Can’t remember his name, but he was fond of saying that he would be announcing from “the tilting Hilton”.
I owned a Scorpion and brand loyalty was high as they were the "underdogs" of the industry. I saw the "Scorpion Squad" race at Eagle river and the machines were just leftover Arctic Cat SnoPros with Arctic Cat and Skidoo powerplants (depending on the displacement class) painted in Scorpion livery. They were not really Scorpion race sleds. I remember when the "Sting" was introduced to much fanfare. I looked one over and the butterfly carburetor, primitive clutching and drum brake were giveaways that they were machines who's time had passed before they even made it to production.
The early Artic Cats ran Sachs and JLO power but switched to Kawasaki I think in 1973. The Kawasaki engines had a lot of problems with the chrome plating coming off the cylinders and seizing the engines so they switched to Suzuki power. Don't recall ever seeing anything but Sachs engines in Scorpions and neither Sachs nor JLO were overpowering race engines for sure. Never heard of a Rotax powered Scorpion either. Not saying it didn't happen but if it did they were just factory only race sleds and never production models i doubt.
Range whip when I was a teenager. 400cc was almost as lite as a yamaha Bravo! Very close in weight. It had 40hp. That thing was fast and incredible in deep snow! Loved it and would buy another one now if I find one.
Scorpion needs to start up again and make an affordable sled that doesn't look like something out of Star Wars! Had a Scorpion in the 70's and loved it. I raced a buddy of mine . He had an Arctic Cat. I beat him. He was upset. Too bad!!
I read or heard Scorpion was going to start building sleds again maybe 8 to ten tears ago then that was the last i heard. It is going to be tough for the 3 or 4 companies that still build sleds to justify to keep building them. Winters with snow are fading fast all over the US and with sleds costing well over 10 grand now the only people that will buy them are ones that live above the Artic Circle and actually need them to get around. Mostly ain't like that in the lower 48...
Those were the days! Sno Pro was a great series. Brad hulings was a hell of a racer even if it was a rebadged cat. Ted Otto without the hat. Lots of fan pride and brand loyalty.
l worked years ago at a Massey dealership , they sold and l worked on Scorpion sleds and also Massey Sleds back them , had my self two Sings and also a Storm all 440 cc engines were lots of fun , thanks for sharing
At 4.11 the lady on the scorpion by the creek. Is Kathy stotka originally from outing mn. I know this because she worked at scorpion and she took care of my twin brother and I. And we were best friends with kathy and Dennys son Bret stotka.. such great memories... I miss those days.. And fyi kathy is still a beautiful woman!!!😉😉
I have always been a Scorpion fan, but the cheerleading is a bit goofy. I wonder what Brad thought about it? Did the Scorpion team build and develop their sleds separate from the Arctic Cat team?
Scorpion built their own Race Sleds just before Artic Cat bought them .. Artic Cat filed Bankruptcy about 1 or two years after purchasing Scorpion.. They sold off Scorpion in their bankruptcy .. You can thank Scorpion for inventing the molded rubber track
I raced flat track motorcycles against Brad a round this time . I beat him in a pro 250 race in upstate NY one time and all he did was chirp at me about rough riding him. If anyone knows anything about Hullings and his motorcycle career he was one of the roughest riders around .
@@dennybarlau8065 Motors and suspension??? That sounds pretty dumb. Scorpion ran Sachs engines which anyone could and did buy and run of the mill boggie or slide suspension. Certainly nothing Artic would have cared about.....
Dad bought my first sled in November of 67 a scorpion, then for Christmas of 68 he got me a new 69 Scorpion mark 1 wow!! Nice dad.
Back in 1979 America was still Great ! At one time there was over 100 Snowmobile Brands now there is 3.5..
By 1979 most likely 3/4 of the sled brands were long gone
My dad and uncle sold them as "Morrison Bros" and did their own tune-ups, etc. My dad's 440 crushed a 640 Ski-Doo from the factory. They were blown away and had my dad and uncle do their tune-ups from now on... Great times!
I learned how to ride on a leaf spring sled. Actually kinda miss those days.
That is pretty dang 😎 cool!!!!! I love snowmoblies never knew they had snow mobile racing,,,,,how awesome 👍😎 thank you ❤
Those were some very fun years!
That announcer used to call our 3wheeler races in the mid 80s. Can’t remember his name, but he was fond of saying that he would be announcing from “the tilting Hilton”.
I owned a Scorpion and brand loyalty was high as they were the "underdogs" of the industry. I saw the "Scorpion Squad" race at Eagle river and the machines were just leftover Arctic Cat SnoPros with Arctic Cat and Skidoo powerplants (depending on the displacement class) painted in Scorpion livery. They were not really Scorpion race sleds. I remember when the "Sting" was introduced to much fanfare. I looked one over and the butterfly carburetor, primitive clutching and drum brake were giveaways that they were machines who's time had passed before they even made it to production.
The early Artic Cats ran Sachs and JLO power but switched to Kawasaki I think in 1973. The Kawasaki engines had a lot of problems with the chrome plating coming off the cylinders and seizing the engines so they switched to Suzuki power. Don't recall ever seeing anything but Sachs engines in Scorpions and neither Sachs nor JLO were overpowering race engines for sure. Never heard of a Rotax powered Scorpion either. Not saying it didn't happen but if it did they were just factory only race sleds and never production models i doubt.
Range whip when I was a teenager. 400cc was almost as lite as a yamaha Bravo! Very close in weight. It had 40hp. That thing was fast and incredible in deep snow! Loved it and would buy another one now if I find one.
Scorpion needs to start up again and make an affordable sled that doesn't look like something out of Star Wars! Had a Scorpion in the 70's and loved it. I raced a buddy of mine . He had an Arctic Cat. I beat him. He was upset. Too bad!!
I read or heard Scorpion was going to start building sleds again maybe 8 to ten tears ago then that was the last i heard. It is going to be tough for the 3 or 4 companies that still build sleds to justify to keep building them. Winters with snow are fading fast all over the US and with sleds costing well over 10 grand now the only people that will buy them are ones that live above the Artic Circle and actually need them to get around. Mostly ain't like that in the lower 48...
Those were the days! Sno Pro was a great series. Brad hulings was a hell of a racer even if it was a rebadged cat. Ted Otto without the hat. Lots of fan pride and brand loyalty.
I was a merc and Polaris rider but I rode with many scorpion riders nice machines
Classic! "Winning is more fun than losing"!
Also remember that
Scorpion flew them up tp the factory as top 3 sales in the country!
The old Stings were fast sleds! For bogies and leaf springs they moved butt!!
l worked years ago at a Massey dealership , they sold and l worked on Scorpion sleds and also Massey Sleds back them , had my self two Sings and also a Storm all 440 cc engines were lots of fun , thanks for sharing
@Dave Iaucco No. Built by Scorpion Snowmobiles of Crosby, MN. Mechanically identical with a few trim differences only.
At 4.11 the lady on the scorpion by the creek. Is Kathy stotka originally from outing mn. I know this because she worked at scorpion and she took care of my twin brother and I. And we were best friends with kathy and Dennys son Bret stotka.. such great memories... I miss those days..
And fyi kathy is still a beautiful woman!!!😉😉
Scorpion sled we’re fast and fun.
Great vid.
I have always been a Scorpion fan, but the cheerleading is a bit goofy. I wonder what Brad thought about it? Did the Scorpion team build and develop their sleds separate from the Arctic Cat team?
Scorpion built their own Race Sleds just before Artic Cat bought them .. Artic Cat filed Bankruptcy about 1 or two years after purchasing Scorpion.. They sold off Scorpion in their bankruptcy ..
You can thank Scorpion for inventing the molded rubber track
Scorpion never did win the I- 500 race in Sault Ste Marie Michigan. I watched it every year from 1969 to 1974 then I moved away.
I raced flat track motorcycles against Brad a round this time . I beat him in a pro 250 race in upstate NY one time and all he did was chirp at me about rough riding him. If anyone knows anything about Hullings and his motorcycle career he was one of the roughest riders around .
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@@stephaneracicot791des fois je fume un bat......... jai voulu ecrire en anglais surement legend
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00:35 .010 crank runout?
so what happened to the company??
www.trailasled.com/history-chronology
Saw Brad Hulings win world championship on a scorpion in1981 in eagle River WI
Artic cat bought them out for their motor
And suspension
@@dennybarlau8065 Motors and suspension??? That sounds pretty dumb. Scorpion ran Sachs engines which anyone could and did buy and run of the mill boggie or slide suspension. Certainly nothing Artic would have cared about.....
Don't know about their race engines but their production engines were Cuyunas, similar if not the same as the JLO fan-cooled engines.
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