Bike Out Of Mothballs !!!

[470four]

Or does spinning the back wheel with the bike in gear do the same job ?

That would work!

Dont glob too much oil down the bores or the plugs will foul under starting...

I would advise a carb strip & clean before starting, modern petrol will leave the carbs in a BAD way...





CBR600 carbs, bike standing six years... the gum will block the pilot jets & passages, stick the floats open/closed & make a BIG mess of the emulsion tubes & main jets as shown.

Once cleaned & reassembled, turn the engine over with the killswitch off / plugcaps off until the oil pressure builds up and the oil light goes off, this will ensure you have oil round the topend before it bursts into life dry & eats itself

Get the battery on a smart-charger & see if it is still alive/saveable? Doubtful but worth a shot!

As above - get a new pair of tyres on, six years sat in one place will give them a flatspot & they will undoubtadly be past their best - cheaper than new fairing panels...

[SueZX4]

This all sounds very familiar..... My ZX-4 had been sat for 4 or 5 years without starting. Bought it from a salvage yard as a repairable project - advertised as mot failure due to rear shock (hence the name Zebedee for it!). Very low mileage for it's age. Even the salvage yard had it's identity wrong, advertising it as a ZXR400. He mentioned the fuel tap had seized.... When we got it home, realised the parts and where they were didn't match the zxr400, similar, but enough to realise it was a different bike! Yes, the fuel tap had seized, there was also something that may once have been petrol in the tank, but was orange, lumpy and smelled like paintstripper! Over last winter, stripped down completely, everything was blocked - carbs, fuel filter... new fuel filter, oil changed, reassembled... still wouldn't start, realised we forgot to check the fuel pump (Simon's GPZ doesn't have one so just forgot it was there!) That was frustrating as it had to be re-stripped and carbs cleaned again! Eventually we did get it started, luckily the rear shock was the easy bit as it does share alot of parts with the zxr400, took it in for it's mot and sailed through! The only advice the tester could offer as the bike had been sat for so long was just to keep going, yes, it would (and still does) have teething problems,but these will eventually settle down. the revs run high sometimes, we most recently had problems with the choke mechanism sticking open, but on the whole, it runs very well!
My advice?? Def strip the carbs and give a really good clean, fuel filter and pump.. and stick with it!!

[DC]

Thanks to all for the more than valuable advice !!! [smiley=thumbup.gif]

Cheers A

[Jon_W]

Does it run????? :-?

[DC]

HI Jon W

Only just Passed on the info as he came round tonight ! but will keep you posted

Cheers A