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04-12-2005, 12:19 PM
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My bike has been sitting for about a year and a half, working overseas. I changed the oil, fuel, filters etc. anything else you boys can recommend a guy should do before I go screeming down the Deerfoot Trail ??
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04-12-2005, 12:54 PM
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Take a good look at the tires. Make sure they are in good condition. And, you may as well check the chain tension while you are down there.
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04-12-2005, 01:04 PM
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The chain is baked. I'm changing out the sprockets to a 18/45 configuration. Other than that me thinks I'm ready to reek havoc !
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04-12-2005, 01:34 PM
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Perhaps a bit of carb cleaner in the fuel to remove any varnish, etc. that may have developed in the carbs (unless you ran them dry before storage).
Just a thought: Jim
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04-12-2005, 01:58 PM
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Thanks so much guys
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04-12-2005, 07:53 PM
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I reek of carb cleaner as I type. Just picked up a 2001 Suzuki DRZ400S dual-sport to noodle around in the woods on. Bike hadn't been started in over 2 years, left with gas in the tank and carb. It would start, but wouldn't do anything more than that. So off came the carb and we be a cleaning and a soaking...
+1 on the carb cleaner in the gas if it's running kinda OK.
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04-13-2005, 09:55 AM
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Errmmm a 595 Daytona doesnt have carbs guys it's fi.
Putting some injector cleaner through it might be an idea though. :hammer:
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04-13-2005, 09:55 AM
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Errmmm a 595 Daytona doesnt have carbs guys it's fi.
Putting some injector cleaner through it might be an idea though. :hammer:
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Mick...
Just remember; an awful lot of the free advice you will get on forums is worth exactly what you paid for it. There will always be somebody trying to convince you to do something really stupid, just because they did it or want to do it.
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04-13-2005, 01:27 PM
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I'm not plugging the brand, but the best one I've found for fuel injected motors is Tech-Ron by the Dow (Chevron) company. It was recommended to me by more than one mechanic and I've had very good luck with it.
Just my 2 cents worth: Jim
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Jim Ballard
The older I get, the faster I was....until lately!! (Speed IS the fountain of youth)!
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04-13-2005, 01:27 PM
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World SuperBike Favourite Bike: 2002 Triumph Trophy
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Location: Massachusetts, USA
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I'm not plugging the brand, but the best one I've found for fuel injected motors is Tech-Ron by the Dow (Chevron) company. It was recommended to me by more than one mechanic and I've had very good luck with it.
Just my 2 cents worth: Jim
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Jim Ballard
The older I get, the faster I was....until lately!! (Speed IS the fountain of youth)!
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