Manufactured at a purpose built factory in Yorkshire the Scott Flying Squirrel was one of the models that made Scott motorcycles famous. The pioneer responsible for founding the marque, was Alfred Scott.

The first Scott 1910 motorcycle were manufactured under contract by a Bradford-based car firm called Jowett. Thereafter production moved to the famous works at Yorkshire in about 1910. These first Scott were two-speed models utilising an innovative rocking pedal foot-operated gear change which also doubled as a type of clutch.