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Last minute advice or precautions? Sun Aug 20, 2017 2:21 am
FreyZI
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Gentlemen:
Many thanks for all the advice on the '85 K100 project, "Alda" (I rescued her last year from PO in inoperable condition).
I'm a day or two (and a battery) away from trying to start her up after a significant rejuvenation. I'm curious if there's any advice for running her for the first time in three years.
I had the bike completely apart -- except the engine -- to have the frame powder coated and to clean and inspect everything else. In the process, I did spline lube (splines looked great), oil and filter change (no metal flakes or any other signs of engine damage), new rear rotor and rebuilt front and rear calipers, and many other things. Transmission and final drive fluids, as well as coolant, were changed and nothing untoward noted in the old.
Side note: Today's project was brake fluid. Front filled and bled quite straightforward. Rear was not so easy. I consulted the forum and found that syringe or vacuum pump was the ticket. Having no syringe and no obvious way to make a mechanical pump for suction, I was inspired by Apollo 13 (the CO2 scrubber fix) and created a slip for the end of an actual vacuum (i.e., for floors), attaching it to a length of hose and to the bleeder nipple. Turned on vacuum and, viola, brake bled.
Anyway, I replaced fuel pump and filter; checked air filter, replaced vent hose. I examined fuel line from tank to fuel rail, which looked fine. I did not remove the fuel rail and otherwise haven't touched engine internals. Based on everything else I've done on the bike it seems to have good bones, so I didn't feel the need to start making the project more difficult.
So, bike hasn't run in several years. Anything you'd do to prime for first start? Squirts of oil, fuel, turn over, checks, etc.?
Many thanks,
Frey
Many thanks for all the advice on the '85 K100 project, "Alda" (I rescued her last year from PO in inoperable condition).
I'm a day or two (and a battery) away from trying to start her up after a significant rejuvenation. I'm curious if there's any advice for running her for the first time in three years.
I had the bike completely apart -- except the engine -- to have the frame powder coated and to clean and inspect everything else. In the process, I did spline lube (splines looked great), oil and filter change (no metal flakes or any other signs of engine damage), new rear rotor and rebuilt front and rear calipers, and many other things. Transmission and final drive fluids, as well as coolant, were changed and nothing untoward noted in the old.
Side note: Today's project was brake fluid. Front filled and bled quite straightforward. Rear was not so easy. I consulted the forum and found that syringe or vacuum pump was the ticket. Having no syringe and no obvious way to make a mechanical pump for suction, I was inspired by Apollo 13 (the CO2 scrubber fix) and created a slip for the end of an actual vacuum (i.e., for floors), attaching it to a length of hose and to the bleeder nipple. Turned on vacuum and, viola, brake bled.
Anyway, I replaced fuel pump and filter; checked air filter, replaced vent hose. I examined fuel line from tank to fuel rail, which looked fine. I did not remove the fuel rail and otherwise haven't touched engine internals. Based on everything else I've done on the bike it seems to have good bones, so I didn't feel the need to start making the project more difficult.
So, bike hasn't run in several years. Anything you'd do to prime for first start? Squirts of oil, fuel, turn over, checks, etc.?
Many thanks,
Frey