Re: Silk 98 in Derby Museum - who made the gearbox?

Posted by Smokey_Paul on Aug 11, 2021; 10:07am
URL: http://silk-motorcycles.221.s1.nabble.com/Silk-98-in-Derby-Museum-who-made-the-gearbox-tp5002225p5002229.html

Very interesting on how you find first gear as I too would have thought it too high but if it works it works.

Correct the gearbox was designed around the Venom but really had no interchangeable parts because of tweaks as you found on the mainshaft.

Some did have a couple of parts as you found that are similar but are not Velo parts they were made by Silk.

Later gearsets made by Roger Moss definitely do not have interchangeable parts as he tweaked the gears etc for better strength and fit.

It's a real.jumble and can be potentially different model to model and bike to bike.