SCORPION BONUM
The Scorpion Bonum first appeared in the 1985 catalog, but examples are known from 1983. It featured Spyder lugs, tangs on the fork crown, and a plain bottom bracket and brake bridge. It may be considered the heir to Spyder from the 1970s. The deluxe version featured tangs on the brake bridge and/or bottom bracket, and was virtually indistinguishable from the Magnum Bonum Spyder.
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Above, Scorpion Bonum as displayed at the 1985 Long Beach, California trade show.
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Above, Scorpion Bonum from the
1987 catalog. It is generally plainer than the Magnum Bonum Spyder, which it appears to have replaced in the Hetchins line-up.
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Below: 1985 Scorpion Bonum. variations
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Below: ca. 1985-6 Scorpion Bonum, in black;
1987 Scorpion Bonum, in torquoise, Jackson build.
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Below: 1983 Scorpion Bonum Deluxe;
differs little from the Mag. Bonum Spyder.
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Below: Scorpion Bonum,
special order ca. 1986.
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Below: by the 1990s, the Scorpion Bonum Deluxe had lost its spydery lugs; note the short tang on the down tube and seat cluster (the MO & Novus Ductor had longer ones).
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