This bike has 13,000 miles on it and sat with Stabilz in tank for the last 3 years. After reading through the forums here I think I have some work to do. This bike looks great and must have always been garaged. I think the maintenance was overlooked though.
I drove from Indy to the upper pen of Michigan to look at it. I looked at the oil in the window and it was clean. It started and after riding it about 50 yards I thought it would be a good purchase. So I ran some Seafoam through the tank and have let it run. The front valve covers were leaking oil badly and must have been for a long while as there was black goo all over the area... the thing smoked like crazy on the front pipes. I tightened the valve covers and the leaks all went away (for now). I unstuck the rear brake, cleaned the engine a bit, drained out the old gas, put in a little premium and more seafoam and have let it run each day for 2 weeks now. I rode it gently 3 times and it seems to run very well for a bike that has sat for extended periods and likely had no required maintenance. I added air to the forks and it looks like the left fork seal is leaking a little.
I have already read through a ton of info in the forums, but any suggestions are welcome.
Anyway I thought since I have an IR camera I would share some photos.
Todd
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