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<blockquote data-quote="Comet" data-source="post: 229" data-attributes="member: 137"><p>Hello Bill.</p><p>you need to do a little bit of work before starting it. After filling the oil tank you will need to prime all the oilways ie. pour some oil down the tubes, the pushrod tubes the oil filter house the rocker tunnels etc. this could be about a pint but please dont quote me on that, and have a fire extinguisher to hand , you never know. BUT if the bike has been stood you really need to strip it down and check how clean it is, and the rubber seals have possibly perished are the carbs clean (probably not, and all that muck will end up where you do not want it)and various other things should be checked. Personnally I would not like to start a bike without REALLY going over it first. Buy a copy of Know Thy Beast by E.M.G. Stephens it is a bible and every owner should have a copy.</p><p></p><p>Good Luck you will enjoy it and yourself</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Comet, post: 229, member: 137"] Hello Bill. you need to do a little bit of work before starting it. After filling the oil tank you will need to prime all the oilways ie. pour some oil down the tubes, the pushrod tubes the oil filter house the rocker tunnels etc. this could be about a pint but please dont quote me on that, and have a fire extinguisher to hand , you never know. BUT if the bike has been stood you really need to strip it down and check how clean it is, and the rubber seals have possibly perished are the carbs clean (probably not, and all that muck will end up where you do not want it)and various other things should be checked. Personnally I would not like to start a bike without REALLY going over it first. Buy a copy of Know Thy Beast by E.M.G. Stephens it is a bible and every owner should have a copy. Good Luck you will enjoy it and yourself [/QUOTE]
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