Ian ” Gus ” Scott
1964 — 2005
On Friday 10th June 2005 the Motorcycle Industry lost one of the nicest, most loyal, genuine and entertaining characters. Ian ‘Gus’ Scott was killed in the Senior TT after a collision with a lady Marshall. Gus was renowned throughout the Motorcycle Industry as an inspiring road tester and Journalist for various publications and was also an accomplished Racer, competing in British Superbikes, Supersport, Superstock, Macau and for the first time in 2005 the TT, where he sadly lost his life.
Gus left behind his 10-year-old daughter Yasmin Levi Scott and now a tribute website has been set up by Yasmin http://ian-gus-scott.gonetoosoon.co.uk/my_index.php.
I first met Gus back in 2001 when DJ told me he wanted to introduce me to a rider in the Superstock Class. I met Gus at the Bank Holiday round at Oulton Park and between the pair of them they managed to convince me it would be a good idea for me to be Gus â„¢ brolly girl. How I got roped into this job I â„¢m not sure, but I ended up on the grid with Gus for the remainder of the season, we had some right laughs.
He was certainly a character and extremely amusing, some of the stories he told me were highly amusing and could not be repeated on a public website! He spoke fondly of his little girl, Levi and proudly displayed a small picture in a frame of her on his bedside table in his caravan.
I â„¢d say it was Gus that really pushed me into the Press/PR angle of things and I happened to mentioned to him that I was working for Dirt Bike Rider and that I would love to pursue something in the Road Racing Paddock along those lines. He always told me that everything was possible if I wanted it. But he always made a point of saying, It â„¢s a tough old world in the bike business and make sure you get paid for any work you do, and if they don â„¢t pay you, nag nag and nag them until you do! 
With this in mind Gus set me thinking as to what to do, I also found out that he knew EVERYONE in the racing industry or they all knew him. If I happened to be in the awning at the time he would introduce me to everyone that happened to walk past, thanks Gus for those opportunities, I’ll always be grateful.
I last saw him at Thruxton 05, he was McGuinness’ lodger for the weekend in his motorhome. Once again he was making sure I was getting paid seemed really pleased that I had carried on doing what I loved. He was so so excited about going to the TT and was looking forward to it like you wouldn’t believe, I couldn’t believe he never came home.
My long lasting memory of Gus was back in 2001 when we were sat in John McGuinness’ motorhome at Knockhill. It was bouncing down and freezing cold, next minute there was a knock at the door and with me being closest to it I opened it up to find a Monk stood there. Well ‘Bulb’ and ‘Bulb’ decided they wanted to buy everything from this Monk ¦ ¦badges, tapes, pens you name it! They must have spoken to him for an hour, the poor guy was like a drowned rat and we came away from it with one word, Gouranga - meaning be happy! That summed Gus up!