Siba recoil start

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:00 pm

I am not a fan of these having had one once and got fed up with the number of washers needed to get it to sit level enough to work properly. Then it always seemed abit dodgey that the spinning flywheel was now enclosed in a cage, ready to break your finger off got anywhere near it. I am amazed therefore that one of these had just fetched Â£73 on ebay! I paid Â£60 for a cracking little featherweight - Â£13 less for a complete engine.

Post by **charlesp** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:52 am

Completely agree with you - and besides they're ugly.

British Seagull refused to have anything to do with the caged SIBA recoils because they were (rightly) concerned about fingers getting caught in the cage. It was only in the later years that you could buy a Seagull complete with recoil and complete with enclosed mechanism.

Prices are a little unbalanced recently!

CatiGull · Post by **CatiGull** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:58 pm

Ive actually taken my recoil starter off my EFNR as I think a rope starter is much less apt to give me trouble. Of course, the flywheel in this series is somewhat covered than my Forty and Forty Plus collection.

philj · Post by **philj** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:09 pm

Hi,
I love my recoil starts, I have both the cage and the enclosed versions. Very handy to have when you are starting a seagull that is hung off an aux bracket and you have to pull up rather than out.
Regards
Phil