Thanks Dave.
I wanted to leave the tank full and put stabilizer in it, but the storage
company (who is holding the rest of my furniture) could not store volatiles
like fuel. So, I was forced to drain it.
Your directions are excellent though and I will be using them as a guide
when I finally get my bike out of storage.
Thanks again.
-----Original Message-----
From: david gay [mailto:davidlg76@...]
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 2:07 PM
To: luffingsails;
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Taking bike out of storage
Hi Luff,
You didn't say if you drained the carb or not. If you didn't that will be
the second thing you do after you check the fluid level in the battery and
put it on a trickle charger. It much more important to drain the carb float
bowl then the tank.
If you didn't drain the carb, remove it and clean it in good carb solvent,
but make sure no plastic or rubber parts soaking. Refill the radiator, and
fill the tank after checking for rust. Start the bike and get it warmed up
before changing the oil and filter.
Check for rust all over the bike and tighten and lube as needed. Check play
in the cables. etc.
Next time leave the tank full and add Gas stabilizer, and drain the float
bowl. Also it important to coat the clylinder with oil by putting a
tablespoon or so down the sparkplug hole, and turn the engine over a couple
of times to coat it. Yamaha used to make a spray that went into the intake
to coat engines that were being stored, but I don't know if its still
available. I'vealso heard to remove the oil filtetr and fill the case as
far asyou can, but of course don't try to startit this way. The idea is to
cover the tranny gears so the tops that arn't covered by the normal oil
level won't rust.
Hope this helps,
Dave A12
luffingsails wrote:I posted a couple of days ago
that I was returning to Tucson from a
little island in the pacific. I put my KLR in storage (because they
don't allow private vehicles out here).
I topped off the oil, drained the tanks (gas and radiator), and
disconnected the battery.
When I return I am going to have to do some maintenance to get it
road ready (the bike has been in storage for almost a year and a
half).
Can anyone make some suggestions about what I might expect to have to
do?
Thanks in advance and Happy Thanksgiving.
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