Scooter Ski... The non-wheeled Reliant!

grifterkid · Post by **grifterkid** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 1:37 pm

Hello one and all.

I am keen to find out more about the Reliant constructed Scooter Ski...

I think it was produced from the mid-1960's to the mid-1970's but cannot be too sure on that!

It seems like it was a very popular craft if this article from 'Reliant Review' is anything to go by...

I would love to know more about it and I would dearly love to get my hands on one. As so many were produced there must surely be some survivors lurking around out there?!

If you know anything about these or know of one that I could nab give us a shout!

Post by **greeny** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 3:27 pm

This one pops up for sale every now and again.

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/332075215000?_mwBanner=1

Post by **tony.idle** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 3:32 pm

Also mentioned here:

http://www.sporting-reliants.com/Scooter_ski.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa_Ge__ ... Path%C3%A9

Post by **scimjim** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:52 pm

Mark and Sue Cropper (littlechicken) have one.

Archibald Tyre · Post by **Archibald Tyre** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 6:21 pm

the videos after the jetski one are worth watching too

drcdb15 · Post by **drcdb15** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 5:27 pm

Coincidentally I was reading about this product last night, in Elvis Payne's excellent book (only £18 or so.. go on, you know you want to)

Anyway, the book contains this brief section on the Scooter Ski:

Scooter Ski 01.pdf: (51.44 KiB) Downloaded 184 times

Scooter Ski 02.pdf: (43.32 KiB) Downloaded 174 times

drcdb15 · Post by **drcdb15** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:45 pm

I've finished reading Elvis Payne's book, and now started on Nick Wotherspoon's, "Lawrie Bond - Microcar Man", and to my surprise I find the Scooter Ski mentioned again on pp239-240, together with some photos I hadn't seen before. There is also mention of Bond's earlier version, the Power Ski, but no other details except the fact that Bond had this earlier product.

Post by **scimjim** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 10:03 pm

I think (like the Bug) Reliant just badged it as a Bond?

Post by **scimjim** » Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:59 am

Apparently Bond (or Sharp's) sold the Power Ski under a franchise agreement and the scooter ski was initially produced in Preston after the Reliant buy-out http://www.bondownersclub.co.uk/others.html

RichardTripod · Post by **RichardTripod** » Thu Jul 05, 2018 7:47 pm

I have just brought one

Henrik.V · Post by **Henrik.V** » Wed Aug 14, 2019 10:25 pm

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Hello everybody at Scimitar.

My name is Henrik and I live in Sweden. I have recently bought an "British Scooter Ski" ( picture) that was standing by the road with an "For sale" sign. I have now discovered that I have bought a piece of motor history in ok condition.

I am now desperatly trying to find more info on these machines. The info I have managed to get so far is that it left the factory in dec 1969 and was 1 of 700 who was built in Preston. This I found out from the Bond owners club. http://www.bondownersclub.co.uk/types/o ... erski.html

It is in ok condition with one problem. I am missing the exhauts pipe that was lost by the previous owner. He also did the big sin of cutting a hole in rear and mounted a wooden piece for an outboard engine, but that I can repare.

Are there anyone out there who knows somebody that also have one? I want to restore this Scooter Ski into original condition and would really like to find a manual and some pictures of the exhaused pipe. Does anybody know where I can get any parts for it.

The engine is an Rotax 185cc twostroke and its propeller driven.

I hope I can get some help here.

Bets regards / Henrik.
email: henke_vallin@hotmail.com
mobile: +4670 341 00 31

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Post by **TrevorG** » Wed Aug 14, 2019 10:52 pm

http://www.sporting-reliants.com/Scooter_ski.htm

Post by **TrevorG** » Wed Aug 14, 2019 11:12 pm

Looking at the differing specs and prices on the sporting reliant and bond sites, I can only assume that they were originally with the aspera engine and then later the larger rotax.

Good luck, at least rotax spares are a bit easier to find than aspera/tecumsah

Henrik.V · Post by **Henrik.V** » Mon Sep 16, 2019 1:26 pm

Thanks for responding Trevor

And I agree, it should be easyer to find Rotax parts

drcdb15 · Post by **drcdb15** » Mon Sep 16, 2019 7:48 pm

Henrik, the people to speak to regarding all things Reliant like this are probably Elvis Payne and Mark Cropper. They run the Reliant Motor Club website: http://www.reliant.website/

This aims to be a focal point for interchange between all of the various Reliant-oriented clubs, forums and websites - of which there must be as many as types of vehicle that Reliant ever produced !! I know several people who are prominent on the RSSOC forum are also actively involved with the Reliant Motor Club too.

But before you leave *this* Forum, you might want to look at this thread: viewtopic.php?f=30&t=35892 I understand from this that Mark Cropper has (or had?) a ScooterSki.

Mods: should these threads be combined?

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