Topic: Can I let rebuilt motor sit before installing? How long?

[Jerry E.]

I am in process of rebuilding my 750 motor; getting machine shop work done and buying parts. How soon do I need to install it , after completion, to ensure proper lubrication on startup? Should I wait before assembling it, until ready to install in bike to start? It may be awhile before I have the rest of the bike ready. Will it hurt the motor to sit for a month or two (who knows?) before startup? Any excess oil would run off, seems to me, but would the residual be enough?  What do you think?

[lucky]

It does not hurt for it to sit for a couple months.

Just turn it over once in a while by hand.

[Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er]

You may want to close all the valves to seal the cylinders from humidity. If it's properly lubed time shouldn't matter.