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OIL / Petrol mix 175cc bike?

How much 2 stroke oil in a BSA 175 cc 1967 bike that I am doing up please. The petrol filler suggests 4 measures of the filler cap per gallon. seems a bit much to me.
The bike model is silver D10 may 1967.
Ben Millward, December 2009
The filler cap measurements were correct for the type of Two-Stroke oil available at the time,they were,Shell 2T Two-Stroke Oil,BP Zoom or Energol Two-Stroke Oil,Regent Motor oil 2T,other oils...Castrol Two Stroke Oil & Castrol XXL,Esso Motor Oil and MobilMix TT all required a mix of (1:16) which is actually a 5 cap measure,because of technology new oils may require a different mix as they are fed by pump to the cylinder with the petrol and not mixed together prior to use,it should tell you on the bottle,but it MUST be 2 stroke oil as it mixes more freely,to much will only foul your plug to little could cause siezure.

Rich, December 2009
link Click here to see other fixes for BSA D10.