Just Purchased a 1999 Honda F4, sat for a year after being laid down, changed oil/filter drained the tank and put fresh gas in it. When I start the bike I'm getting an oil light and I cannot rev the back at all it dies as soon as any throttle is applied, also once it warms up it will only idle for 5-10 seconds than die. Could this be oil pressure related or possibly there was some gunk that wasnt loosened up in the engine til it warmed up?

I was looking around on the bike, the choke seems sticky as does the throttle what should I lube the parts with?

 

I had a stickey throttle also. Just open up the assembly and spray some liquid wrench (wd40) open and close the throttle when you do this and let it sit. Repeat a couple times till you have the snap back. Some pj1 cable lube after. Fixed er right up.

 

Might look in to cleaning your carbs to

 

def clean your carbs. It is the cause of half the issues in this section

 

Okay where can I get new Orings for everything or is it safe to reuse the old if theyre in good condition?

 

FIRST and most urgent job is to find out if it is a faulty sender or if you have oil pressure.
The carbs should be the least of your worries if the oil light is staying on.


Then worry about if the bike runs smooth.

Favorite possibility for the rough running is the carbs.
The low speed jets tend to block easy with crap from old fuel.

I would drop the carbs off and use a good carb cleaner to shift all the crap that is probably in there.
You shouldnt need o rings if your careful - the major one is the float bowl seal but that is quite tough by seal standards.
Non of the jets have seals aroind them
the pilot screw o-ring is usually good to reuse.

 

I am almost 100% positive that there is water in the vacuum lines, how do I remove the water?

How I know there is water in the vacuum lines is on the left side of the air cleaner housing right where the left side ram air intake is there was a nice puddle of water in there where theres a vacuum tube right underneath it, can this damage the engine or is there a drain for the vacuum lines?