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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Series C Rapide - starting after 8 year layoff
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<blockquote data-quote="BlackLightning998" data-source="post: 26145" data-attributes="member: 109"><p>Danno,</p><p></p><p>I'm with Time Traveller - go get someone to sit alongside you whilst you are doing this, I'm 20 miles away and very happy to pop round, and as has already been said, there are loads of people closer in the Herts and Beds Section who will welcome you to the pub and help out.</p><p></p><p>Reference the electric starter, well, assuming you have a Francois Grosset starter fitted then I wouldn't recommend using it to try and run oil around a bike, and certainly not to start a bike that has sat as long as this one, and is an unknown quantity. If you read the small print in the set up instructions from Francois he recommends a whole range of stuff in relation to the running of a bike prior to using is starter - but again, as Time Traveller says - you risk doing some serious ( and very expensive) damage here.</p><p></p><p>Why not go along to the pub and meet some nice folks at Herts and Beds, and get one to pop round and help you - someone may even have a set of rollers you can borrow.</p><p></p><p>You can always use your right leg to circulate oil though.....</p><p></p><p>Contact me through the forum if you want to and I'll happily pop round.</p><p></p><p>EP90 - perfect in the gearbox over the last 10,000 miles which isn't really a test I know but read all the threads and then make your own mind up - it is your bike.</p><p></p><p>Don't break it, they are expensive..... (I know!!!!)</p><p></p><p>Regards</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BlackLightning998, post: 26145, member: 109"] Danno, I'm with Time Traveller - go get someone to sit alongside you whilst you are doing this, I'm 20 miles away and very happy to pop round, and as has already been said, there are loads of people closer in the Herts and Beds Section who will welcome you to the pub and help out. Reference the electric starter, well, assuming you have a Francois Grosset starter fitted then I wouldn't recommend using it to try and run oil around a bike, and certainly not to start a bike that has sat as long as this one, and is an unknown quantity. If you read the small print in the set up instructions from Francois he recommends a whole range of stuff in relation to the running of a bike prior to using is starter - but again, as Time Traveller says - you risk doing some serious ( and very expensive) damage here. Why not go along to the pub and meet some nice folks at Herts and Beds, and get one to pop round and help you - someone may even have a set of rollers you can borrow. You can always use your right leg to circulate oil though..... Contact me through the forum if you want to and I'll happily pop round. EP90 - perfect in the gearbox over the last 10,000 miles which isn't really a test I know but read all the threads and then make your own mind up - it is your bike. Don't break it, they are expensive..... (I know!!!!) Regards [/QUOTE]
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