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DirtyDT Tanks a bunch .. I also like watching beach volley ball! daddy-O

BRUCE ditto ... just joined the forum with the same situation. by the threads I've just read you have found where to hook up a battery. Like mine ... I assume your bike has been out of service for some time. Before trying to fire up the bike I would recommend going thru some carefull checking and replacing of fluids namely fuel and oil. I would also pull the plugs and put a little "Marvel Mystry Oil" into each cyclinder and crank it over a few times to make sure everything is moving as required and pre-oiled. Repeat as needed. I would also add some "Marvel Mystery Oil" to the NEW fuel -and/or- I like to use AMSOIL 100:1 Racing 2-Cycle mixed at about half the recommended amount per gal. In addition, I recommend having a hand held digital laser temperature guage (Harbor Freight @ about $40) so you can monitor the temp of each exhaust pipe (cylinder) as you warm up the engine to make sure it does not over heat and that the cylinders are about the same temp. If all this works I would recommend following the on-line recommendations for breaking in a new or rebuilt engine. Any other good ideas or experience in this area of "resurrection" would be most welcome!

Just aquired a 1979 Yamaha 1100 XS from my Son In-Law. It is a really nice complete bike that has been well maintained and kept garage. However, it has NOT been ridden for several years. I am just starting to bring it back into normal operation and I'm sure I will need a lot of advise and recommendations as I am new to larger Japanese bikes. I'm not new to motorcycles or hot rods and have several various British, European and American machines. I enjoy communicating with other "gear heads" and like most anything with wheels or headlight(s)! I'm going to start navigating around this site to see what can be learned and look forward to your comments and suggestions THANKS! daddy-O