As part of a dear customers estate. This is an extremely rare opportunity to own a completely original, un restored British Built Two Stroke Sports Bike. One of only 138 built, and one of the last, it has been in a private indoor collection for the last 30 years and started regularly up until 2021, when it was drained of coolant and has not been started since. Frame number 700S/2/132 Engine number 700S/2/134.
Magazine featured, Comes with original handbook and owners manual, V5c and it's original factory paddock stand. Showing only 7714 miles on its original speedometer

The Silk 700S was launched in 1975 and featured a new engine based on the two stroke engine from the Scott Flying Squirrel in a specially designed steel tubular frame made by Spondon of Derbyshire, who also made the forks. Right from the start the Silk 700S featured state of the art electronic ignition and had a power-to-weight ratio combined with excellent handling that enabled it to compete with some of the best road bikes of the time. Claimed power of 54BHP @ 6,500 RPM and top speed was an impressive 110 mph. Silk made the piston port twin cylinder engine in-house at their Derbyshire workshops. The pressed up, four roller bearing crank had the primary drive taken from the crankshaft centre. When you open the throttle the oil flowed faster, ensuring best possible lubrication. The engine has no water pump, using instead a thermo-syphon cooling system. Coolant in the cylinder jackets absorbed engine heat and rises convectively via a rubber tube to the radiator. The cooled liquid was denser and returned through another tube to the base of the cylinders