Right some progress today, finally managed to get the airbox out and do abit of house keeping in that area. I suspect the leak came from the return line from the FPR, it was hard as and the outer casing had delaminated from the inner hose and all the fiber reinforcement was loose. Will put in the new fuel lines tomorrow.
Cleaned the tank and notice there were more little scratches then I thought, but that will be left on the back burner for now. Cleaned up all the goo from the soaked sound damping mat and got rid of most of the glue from the tank pad as it was just about coming off.
Pulled the tank cap off and took it apart and cleaned it all and lubed the spring.
Cleaned the tank opening as well, then siphoned all the remaining gas out of the tank, exactly 2 liters of stale gas. I was pleasantly surprised that the inside of the tank was very clean, no residue and the filter hoses also were supple and looked good, so I will leave it for now. I put Vaseline on the rubber and put the cover back on.
Sadly, the battery which I thought was fully charged is dead, dead, dead! it was registering .036 volts!!!!!!! So that gets added to the shopping list too.
Question - do I try to start her before changing the oil or should I just change the oil and oil filter now?
What is the flavor of the month for engine oil?
Oil filter?
Oh and a question about the sump plate. Does the gasket or o ring for the sump cover need to be replaced?
What about coolant?
Talking about coolant, when I transported the bike all the cooling system hoses were undone and a little bit of water, rust colored came out of the block when I backed the trailer up the slope of my drive. I intend to flush the block and while I'm at it I will back flush the radiator as well.
Don't think I will get to ride it before the weekend
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