Not the best conditions and, as far as I know, there was no fuel stabilizing or battery tending going on. Here's when I brought it home.
After getting through holidays and initial can't wait house stuff, I started to tear into the bike. First thing was to remove the gas tank and drain whatever is in it. I found a well-aged '92 pinot seca with a dry finish.
I can't get the gas cap off because (I'm assuming) the latch won't recede far enough to open. I'm going to have to go in through the petcock hole and push it back. Speaking of petcock; think mine needs a rebuild?
I'm pretty sure the inside of the tank looks the same. I'll pick up some phosphoric acid and etch it sometime soon. Hopefully I don't spring any leaks!
After pulling the carbs off, all but one slide moves easily. I was thinking about only doing a Pine-Sol soak until I removed the float bowls...
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So first order is to rebuild the carbs. I'm putting together a parts list and it looks like, hopefully using draco751's help, I may be able to do this somewhat cheaper than buying OEM parts. If nobody does it first, I'll probably pick up a 100-pack of the needle valve seat o-rings from McMaster and distribute them as needed.
Also, a big thanks to draco751 for letting me know of a good eBay deal. I was able to do a local pick up of a Seca engine for $50. So, I'll also have that for extra parts, assuming it isn't junk. I'll get a picture up here soon. I'm pretty excited about getting my first bike running and hopefully for relatively cheap! :leak: