Savaged wrote on 04/10/17 at 21:02:06:Put it back together and I have no pressure on the front brake lever. I've tried to bleed it with no success.
Yes, starting it after you've drained is hard.
crack the bleeder open, put a drain hose on into a jar.
fill up the master, make it level so you don't have to mess with it.
go get a beer out of the fridge, come back and sip on it.
it should start to drain all by its lonesome.
keep an eye on the master level, don't let it suck air.
If it doesn't start, open the bleeder more.
Quote: Secondly it was left with fuel in the tank, original petcock afaik. Oil supposedly was changed before it was put into storage.
I would drop the bowl, it gets pretty disgusting in there. Might as well clean the main and pilot jets too.
Quote:Should I just crank her up or what would you guys do/check before turning the key? I don't want to kill the engine before I've even ridden it.
Thanks in advance
clean up the sparkplug hole, dirt will collect around it, pull sparky and squirt some oil in there.
hit the walls if you can, don't fill it up, just a bead of oil all around.
put your fingers in your ears and push the start button.