</A>Hello!
I`m putting an K 100 RS -88 back in shape.
It`s been standing for about ten years.
This forum has been very useful in gathering info for troubleshooting.
It`s now running and I`m waiting for the snow to melt.
Here`s the before pic:

Cheers,Wikur!

Hello Wickur

Hope for you that the snow will melt very quickly.
We are happy if the information that we provide had helped you.
Could you briefly tell us what type of problems you found on a bike being stored for 10 years?
Obviously the bike was not running as it had no battery.

Bert

Looks like a fun project, hope to see some after pics soon!

Thanks for the welcome!
It was certainly not running.
Most problems due to not stored in a heated garage.
I`ll try to describe the condition of the inside of the fuel tank in a separate thread.
Cheers,Wikur!

Hi Wickur,
Great to have you with this great community and doubly welcome. I speak as a person who used to have a new Saab 96 as the family car and finally sold 13 years later (for more than I paid for it new, I kid you not) and then we bought in 1985 a new Volvo 245 which we still drive every day I have great respect for Swedish engineering skills.
Regards,
K-BIKE

Thanks K-BIKE
Alas,seemes as both our two great car manufactors are going bust.
Well ,that`s global world economics for you......

Well, I really like the Swedish engineering too, but I think they missed the boat when everybody was working on doing more efficient engines.
My brother is an unconditional of Volvo mostly because of the security.
I was looking at them when shopping for a new car, but as I am doing a lot of city driving. I bought a Toyota Camry.
Volvo's gas consumption is good on highway, but very bad on city driving.
Being green and also considering the rising price of gas ruled out the Volvo.

For me it's like the comparison of GM and Toyota: When Toyota released the Prius, GM acquired the license to build the Hummer. Yes the Hummer is armored and very secure, but it's a gas guzzler.

We are pushed to think green, and it starts to sink in our habits.
I hope that I didn't open a can of worms by making this statement!

Bert

Hi Bert!
I think your opinion is totally right.
Manufactors have to stay close to the top in new technology or they will fall back.
There are other problems too.Volvo made a engine that would both run on gasoline and bio-gas.It didn`t sell because there are very few filling stations for bio-gas.It`s now out of production.
Consumers tends to be conservative and suspicious of new technology but I think they are ready for new ideas when gas prices goes up and the effect of climate change gets more real.
I hope both Volvo and Saab will make it through this depression but the chances seems slim.
Cheers,wikur!