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Old 19-04-2014, 07:27 PM   #20
spacemonkey
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Sounds good! I've been pumping brakes and clutch fairly regularly so 'should' be ok, but how much was the master cylinder? Mine had new clutch and tyres within the summer before I stopped riding. I took it off the road as the chain was shagged but never got around to doing it as we had a bloody cold winter that year (09/10) and it sat in the garage since. I have to do a minimum of drop the engine and remove heads for new oil seals (shagged) and do desmo while they're off, then new dynojet jets in the carbs then new chain and sprockets as well as a lick of engine paint. That should be the min I can get away with. I have everything good to go including zinc plated bolts for the chassis and A4 for the engine, thanks to your list! I just need to get the chain and sprockets and the jets from dynojet. They reckon about £1.50 each and the needles are guaranteed for life, so they'll check them for me and replace or return as needed. The battery is an Odyssey that's had a charge every now and then so that's `100% too. In fact, there's not really a lot to do is there? Hmmm....

Tyres might be flat spotted, but they have less than 1000 miles on them (Bridgestone 021s IIRC) so they'll have to be ok whether they are or not! I have heard running ythem under pressure to warm them up then riding a while can soften them into shape but we'll see. They've been covered so no UV exposure and they have air in them fine.

I was just talking about my bike, and yours, with my mate next door and I reckon I must have been using Pro FST in the tank before I stopped riding it, and it has about 5l of fuel so although it needs to come out 'hopefully' the tank might be ok. Think I'll go for a quick look...

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