Thought I would do this bike a little different and post some stuff here and keep track of some of the work I'll be doing to it to get it on the road. If you've missed the other thread let me give you a quick summary. Low mileage(5291) original bike I bought at a Estate Auction sale a couple weekends ago. Got it from the second owner who had bought in 1976 from the original owner. In 1984 he parked it in his basement and forgot about it after putting only about 3000 miles on it. His doctor told him to stop riding it because of a back problem he had. Being inside all this time bike is in good shape. But it was parked with some gas in it so of course after all this time throttle is stuck and carbs gummed up. Engine was stuck (again from sitting so long) and would not kick over, but have since got free(rather easy)and kicks over smooth after putting some ATF down the plug holes. So I think engine is ok. I hope.
First thing I did today was remove carbs so in the next few days I can start the process soaking, cleaning and getting them back in shape so I can see if she'll start up. Here's some pictures. Have you ever seen carbs in such a mess as this. This explains why the throttle was stuck
Knew it wouldn't be pretty but this is worse than what I thought. So this is what happens to gas after 30 years
Ok who as experience with carbs in this sad shape and condition and what would you say is the correct way to tackle this that will give the best results.
