Topic: Sprinkler damage to bike sitting outside.

[754]

I have bought bikes before that had water damage inside.
Sontaday I looked at a 74 750. The chain side looked far worse than kicker side. Swingarm and chainguard, sprocket and wheel had a lot of rust., I suspect spinkler was on it for extended period of time.
No way to tell if it's got water inside without dropping the oil, or taking a few side covers  off.

 How many of you have had water inside a 750 engine? I suspect some types of motors are far more prone  to  letting water get inside.

[Yamahawk]

Are you sure it wasn't a large mammal-like animal with a leg cocked and a sprinkler engaged... That could cause a lot of corrosion from the 'sprinkling'... or, was there actually a sprinkler system active and in the vicinity of that side of the bike...?
Charlie

[754]

Well if not sprinklers , maybe elephant were passing on it.
I said looks like it was outside a long time, maybe sprinkler damage.
 She said Mom had it outside and is an avid gardener, so sprinkler sounds right..

[Don R]

 My brother drug home a 77F that sat in a boneyard with the plugs out. The clutch was a giant ball of rust. I didn't go any further and sent it home with him. On the other hand I got one that leaned against a clothes pole for years with no carbs. The intakes were stuffed with plastic bags and it had moss on the rocker cover. It was beautiful inside. That's the one that was 750, 836, 900 or 936 depending on how many beers the po had at the time. It was bone stock but I bored it and run it in my K0 now.

 I looked at one 750 that sat for years leaning against a leaky tractor tire full of chloride, it was ate the F, up. One of the worst I ever saw. $300 with a title and I passed on it.

[setdog]

him: "hey honey, dont let the sprinkler get water on that motorcycle, gonna sell it someday"

her: "ok, i wont"

[Bankerdanny]

Were the carbs and exhaust in place? Did it have an airbox on it?

Sprinklers don't usually run 24/7, so if the carbs were on with some sort of filter and the exhaust was also on then occasional sprinklers shouldn't have caused water to get in.

[BPellerine]

if the price is right take a chance,a guy gave me a k4 roller that was outside for years no carbs or tappet covers,there was not one usable part in the engine!bill

[Swoop]

I had one.....showed signs of considerable internal water....tore it down and cleaned it up and it ran great ...very little cost, mainly gaskets.
I wouldn’t run it without an internal inspection of sorts.

Steve

[Terry in Australia]

I bought my first (1970) K0 from a member here, it looked like it had been dragged out of a drain, but in fact, it was mechanically excellent. Turns out my K0 had been immaculate, but he'd found a sandcast that looked like it had been dragged out of a drain, so he'd just swapped the cosmetics across so the sandcast looked immaculate, then he sold the sandcast to another member here for big bux, and I got the rough looking diecast for $3K, plus shipping to Oz. Last I heard, the sandcast had some problems, and the buyer wasn't happy..........