bought a friends bike 13000 miles almost mint condition, never had problems with the bike , but its been in storage for 3 years , drained the fuel , took carbs off and cleaned them jets and all, took the plugs out they were oil fouled but not to bad cleaned them good , bought new battery , the bike turns over fine and is trying to start but just wont catch, the clutch lever is not working like it should its kinda stiff and i have to push it for it to b all the way out , anybody have any ideas how to get this thing to fire up , thanks anthony

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Not going to fire up until you get the choke fully functioning - clean and lubricate - imo

and you'll probably need to pull a clean your plugs again if they are partially fouled
make sure battery is charged 100% and 100% fresh gas all the way through it

 

Bike's been sitting for three years!

In addition to below:

1. Replace the plugs (or at least ground to see if it ignites).
2. Replace all liquids, oil, brake fluids, coolant...
3. Replace gas filter, oil filter & air filter (or clean ) but gas filter is must after sitting for 3 years, if it's clog, ain't starting.

 

thanks , i plan on changing every fluid in the bike before it gets warm , i am going to change the plugs and the gas filter this week , just bought the shop manual yesterday , so now i can find my way around the bike easier, i will let you know how i make out thanks again

 

Sprock and estate pretty much covered the basics. Just gonna add, get a cable-luber
and first..hose the clutch-cable with WD-40 then use a cable-lube. That will, most
likely, fix the 'gorilla-grip' problem. Be sure and check it for fraying/kinks/routing
issues, though. From your description, it might need to be replaced, if so you'll still
want to maintain it with the above procedure to keep it pristine. I'm a slacker,
but I try to do the lube about every 1000 miles, even so.

Here's a picture of a cable-luber, MPro makes some quality tools, but there are
lots of others out there, as well...

Motion Pro - Cable Luber

Good luck, Ern

 

ok, cleaned the carbs , cleaned out the fuel tank, took apart the petcock and cleaned it , changed the plugs, lubed the choke , cleaned air filter it wasnt that bad, put it all back togrther, got a tank full of premium and it started right up , the throttle response was great sounds awsome , now i will change all the fluids, brake, coolant , probrobly run this oil for a little than change it again , and i am ready for the spring , thanks for all the help , i will post pics soon

 

Nicely done...

 

bumping for pics