Day 1

2016-07-26

Got familiar with the bike a bit more.

Took off the somewhat ugly helmet case carrier on the back. Looks nicer without it.

Metal helmet case bracket. 

Took off a lot of plastics and lower fairing (looks strange without the mid-fairings, I think I'll leave the lower one off once rebuilt). Overall the plastics are in good shape. Some annoying dealership stickers all over, but I'll spend time cleaning those up on the final stages if we manage to get this thing running.

Petcock on fuel tank was stuck a bit, but I manged to get it to turn. Seems gunked up inside, it will need a good cleaning.

Some good news, the 2-stroke oil reservoir is still about 2/3 full. No air bubbles in the system, so this may save some time since I won't have to bleed the oil system.

Engine coolant reservoir on left, 2-stroke oil in middle on right

aaaack - and the worst part. Fuel tank totally rusted / varnished on the inside. There's still a little bit of 15 year old gas in the bottom, so maybe its not 100% rusted. Maybe only 98% ....

That was enough for the first evening. Next time, getting the tank off and starting the cleaning.