My friend Dawn has gone through a few trikes in her many years of riding. When she bought her current Catrike Dumont e-Cat, she handed over her well-worn Scorpion FS 26 to our friend Wayne to figure out what to do with it. Wayne’s project list was already very long so the Scorpion sat for a long time. He mentioned to me that he just wasn’t getting around to the Scorpion. He wanted to know if I wanted to do something with it. Of course I said “yes”.

The Scorpion is not really my kind of trike. I prefer, low, long narrow racey trikes but I thought I might fix it up and find it a good home. It was in pretty sad shape. I did a deep cleaning and installed a new padded seat cover, chain, rear derailleur, bar end shifters, tires, and hydraulic brakes. After it was done, I realized this might be a better trike for my wife than the Trice Special. If she were to take over the Scorpion, I could re-configure the Trice for my own use. That’s a win-win. So I decided to keep the Scorpion in the family. Here are some photos after the restoration.