Saving Old Seagulls

I don't have a Landrover or a Morris Minor, but I bet I'm not the only Seagull owner to have an old British bike languishing in the shed keeping the Seagull company!

I guess most of us know, but there might be some members or guests who don't know where to buy their Seagull parts and may succumb to unscrupulous dealers. I myself have been burnt twice. First time was with a local dealer here in Tasmania. I ordered two prop springs and got him to mail them to me ...

I tried the water and greasegun trick but couldn't seal the cap or fuel tap thread properly. How do you get all of the air out when both of these threads go a little way into the tank? :idea: Has anybody tried filling the tank with water and freezing it to let the natural expansion of the freezing ...

Gentlemen, I accept your answers as truth and thank you for your time. I know nothing of hydrodynamics and find it hard to understand how a longer (and therefore heavier) hull will go faster than a smaller one when both are pushed by the same motor. On a similar subject, I have read that a long ...

Thanks Guys. Carbie was fine, made up a new cable for it. Cleaned and set the points (they were set to about 10 thou). Started and ran great but no change in speed. From what I can find out the potential top speed for my hull is about 4.5 knots, which felt about right , I don't have a knotometer so ...

Hi All. I have an old (1964) 102 that I bought from a local market for A$80. Great little motor but I can't get it to rev past half throttle under load. I have cleaned out the carb but not much has changed. It is only pushing a 9 foot flat bottom dinghy, so it should get along OK. Any ideas?