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I guess miscellanious is a good place for this post. Unfortunatly, my grandfather Wayne, past away recently but left me with his legacy to carry on. 9 motorcycles were left in my hands and although very flattering, it's also a little overwhelming.

Over the past 6 years I have been gone in the Air Force, and as grandpa's health deteriorated, so did the upkeep of his bikes. They were all pretty much in great working order before the neglect but now comes the time to try and reclaim them. I would hope to open this topic to anyone's advice on the matter and I'll be posting pictures as the project goes (if anyone is interested).

There are a couple real gem's in the bunch (no triumphs) such as the 1978 Kawasaki Z1-R, and Z1-R TC (first ever manufactured turbo bike, with 0 miles- brand new) and also the very first in Honda's CBR line, the 1000CC Hurricaine.

Anyways, I plan on pulling all spark plugs and pouring a little WD-40/oil into cylinders before i attempt to roll bikes, in case of rust internally. Some were left outside in a garage for several years.

I am aware of the obvious items like new tires, battery, removing internal gas tank rust, cleaning carbs. So any other info would be truelly helpful. Thanks guys.

Marvel Mystery Oil may be better poured straight into the jugs.
Worked great on old V-8 Ford motors when I was draggin one out O the junk yard for a project.

Crestview Florida, home of one of the most famous landmarks in Naval Aviation, the Crestview VORTAC (Most of the approaches to NAS Pensacola, where most Naval Aviators got their start, begin off the Crestview VORTAC.)

indeed, also home of the blue angels

Marvel Mystery Top Cylinder oil. A tablespoon down each spark plug hole. Let it sit for a day or two. Then gently turn the engine over with the kill switch engaged. Let sit for another day. You'll be amazed at well Marvel works.

by turn over, do you mean the kick start? or just roll it a few feet. How would i turn over an electric start engine with the kill switch on?

Yep, kick start is a great way for a gentle turn over. The starter is still going to turn even with the kill switch engaged; I was incomplete in that I left out putting the plugs back in (otherwise you're going see a nice spray of oil) to insure that the oil is forced into the compression rings.

Boozfighter raise the rear wheel , pull the sparkplugs , put the bike in 5th gear and turn the tire and in turn that turns the engine over.