Recomendation for a sitting bike.

[Vmass]

My 1980 GS1000S is being dismantled for various improvements.

It is in good running condition. It will most likely not be ridden again until the spring, are there some steps I should take to protect the engine?

I fired it up and ran it until it ran out of fuel.

Drain the bowls?

Aything else?

 

[Guest]

"I fired it up and ran it until it ran out of fuel."

What exactly does that mean? you drove it until you ran out of fuel or you sat it in the drive way until it ran out of fuel?

 

[Nessism]

I'd remove the float bowl drain screws to get all the gas out. I'd then spray some carb cleaner spray down the fuel feed line to flush them out before storage.

 

[Souske]

run stabil through the carbs, then drain float bowls.

What about fogging oil through the plug holes?

Oh and throw a battery tender on it

 

[chuck hahn]

As Ed said, drain the bowls. The carb cleaner down the fuel line is an awesome idea as well. I think I would take the fuel cap off for an hr or so and let the gas evaporate out of the tank as much as possible and then fog the crap out of it with WD40.. and do this every few months or so. If its only gonna be down for the winter, theres really no need to worry about the jugs and rings till your ready to restart in the spring. Then just shoot each cylinder with some PB blaster and hand crank it around a few times to relube the cylinder walls.. put some gas back in her and fire it up.

 

[Vmass]

"I fired it up and ran it until it ran out of fuel."

What exactly does that mean? you drove it until you ran out of fuel or you sat it in the drive way until it ran out of fuel?

Tank was off, and fuel line disconnected. Sorry, thought that was unnecessary to say.

Thanks for the tips.