Saving Old Seagulls

Its the Molyslip gearbox additive available in syringe form, from most branches of Halfords and car accesory shops. Its a black colloidal graphite ....no doubt mixed with a few magic chemicals .

Check my posting in general topics...........use a good dollop (about 1 egg cupfull )of Molyslip gearbox additive, mixed in with the 140, with each oil change. End of all gearbox lube problems.

Just thought you may be interested in an experiment that ive been conducting over the past thirty or so years . I bought a brand new silver century plus back in 77 and ive been running the box on the prescribed 140 grade oil . In addition ive been adding an eggcupfull of "Molyslip" at each...

Can anyone tell me the correct size and type of reamer to use for main bearing alignment........do all model seagulls have the same size mains ? Also what is the ignition timing (in terms of degrees) for the Silver Century Plus and Featherweight models...........

A few years ago i discovered a product called "corro-dip" (i have no connection with the firm that make it) Its mixed with water to activate. Rusty objects are 'dunked in it for 24hrs or so and come out of the bath , rust free. It gets down all the passageways , nooks and crannies that you...

Has anybody out there had one of these apart........Concerning the 'end caps' the bits with "Seagull " embossed on them , are these soldered on to the main body ?

A further point to the 10:1 25:1 debate........years ago when we were tweaking 2 stroke motorcycles for racing purposes it was a generally held opinion that if more oil was added to the mixture ,the fuel /oil/air mix would run leaner and hotter if the carb jet size wasnt compensated for.