I'm an old motorcyclist, no longer a bold motorcyclist which all things considered is probably a good thing - I'm in my sixties! I was pleased to find this forum while browsing the Net this morning. I have a 1986 K75S which I bought new and which has a bit less than 30,000 miles on the clock. The unusually low mileage is in part due to my owning 3 bikes for a long time and to the bike standing in my garage for the past 5 years unused because of problem with my eyes. The problem has eased to the point where I intend to ride again, but first I am giving the bike a thorough servicing. The only real problem I have found so far is that the rear master cylinder reservoir had decomposed and fractured and I have the part on order from Germany. The rear brake master cylinder was slightly pitted but I have polished the bore and hopefully it will function all right. I was told the part will take about 3 weeks to arrive in SA so by that time all that should remain maintenance-wise is replenishing the brake fluid and bleeding the rear brake.
I have previously never left a bike stand for more than a few months, and given the time it has stood (5 years) I need to research how to prepare the engine before firing it up with the starter button. Any advice on this will be appreciated.
