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Securing tap on a Scorpion plus 26
Opening the securing tab of the folding hinge
Grab the main tube behind the front boom
clamps with your right hand and the seat stay
of the swingarm with your left hand. Swivel
the rear part onto the front part until the
rubber buffer at the upper seat connection
quick release touches the cross tube of the
frame front part.
While folding take care that the handlebars
are in a position where they will not crash in-
to the frame rear part. On tricycles with long
handlebars, please use the quick release at the
stem clamp to fold the left handlebar side to
the front (see page 31). On Scorpion plus 20
and Scorpion plus 26 fold the handlebar to the
back.
Make sure that after unfolding the frame the
handlebar is set back into its original position
and the quick release lever is closed com-
pletely.
Move the chaintubes besides the folding hinge
Attention!
Make sure all cables
and electric wires are long enough to allow
proper folding. The chaintubes are con-
nected by a flexible rubber joint positioned
in the area of the folding hinge.
Locking the frame with the hook-and-loop strap on the
cross tube
When the tricycle is folded, the frame must
be protected against unwanted unfolding. To
do so the Velcro strap attached to the seat
tube must be stripped away. Attach it to the
cross tube where its counterpart is posi-