Shade: use your terms literally. "turn over" means did the engine turn over. That is, would the kickstarter go down with the result being that the crankshaft turned over and the pistons went up and down. Or did the electric starter spin the engine.
Start, means start. Did the systems work and the spark plugs fired, and the engine caught and ran.
Rather than "nothing happened", it did in fact turn over but would not start.
If so, (sounds like it did) don't squirt anything else in the engine. It turned over so its not stuck and doesn't require further penetrants ..which... pollute the oil. So..
CHANGE THE OIL. After 8 years, condensation cycles will dilute the oil with water. Change it before the initial start and be prepared to change it again after starting, to get the gremlins out that starting will dislodge.
Not beating you up. You said you were new, just trying to help.
I appreciate the help, trying to learn the new language...
The Electric starter doesn't seem to work. I think the electrical system is a little messed up. The turn signals and brake lights come on when I turn the key to the on position, but that's it.
I wasn't going to change the oil yet, because it looked clean but I will do that tomorrow.
I did the spark test and all four sparked.
The kickstarter moves up and down when I kick it. I don't know about the crankshaft, but it seems like the pistons are moving and when I remove the plugs they are a little wet. Also I opened up one of the drain screws on the a float bowl to see if gas was getting in and it was.
Don't if that makes sense or not.
It is difficult for me to work on the bike because it is in the back of my building in New York City, there is no clean place to lay parts out and leave them over night. I already stunk up my apartment once and pissed my girlfriend off. Just explaining that I'm not being lazy just trying to do things in spurts so I don't have to keep starting and stopping.
Again, thanks for the help!
