Natasha - Week 1
I named her Natasha.
I work full time and I'm a student, so I've committed myself to only bang wrenches on Sunday afternoons. Got started yesterday and this is what I found:
The rear wheel is seized, and the bike is in first. Can't shift it into neutral.
Good:
Driveshaft isn't stuck
Everything under the right cover looks beautiful
There's still good life in the clutch pack
Most of the gaskets appeared to have a good seal
Bad:
(In lieu of finding that $15 borescope I bought on Amazon) I'm thinking there was condensation in the bores while she sat and it's rusted. I'm not a fan of the 'italian tune up' so I'll have more updates on this later
Threw in a battery, and nothing. I will attack everything with my multimeter next week
Clutch slave cylinder is toast, and there's a bit of pitting rust on the push rod (not pictured)
Rust in the gas tank (also not pictured)
Thoughts:
So, the bike is seized up as previously mentioned. I started looking under the right cover at the clutch because all the hydraulics are completely spent, and I was unable to manipulate the clutch push rod after opening the slave cylinder. Also, the slave cylinder looked so miserable I wanted to make sure that the other side wasn't in the same condition. I pulled out the clutch pack and examined the disks, and made sure the rear wheel could turn once it was removed, which it did.
I'm gonna start dismantling everything which needs to be done in any case to start cleaning stuff up. I want to get a good look at the cams because I've heard that in the earlier models they were starved and prone to crap out. If I'm tearing everything apart, might as well get started on the carbs too. I'll find my borescope -hopefully- this week and I'll check the cylinders, and I'll do some perfunctory multimeter abuse next week. More to follow.