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austinninjabill · February 19th, 2018, 01:20 PM

Sorry for belated reply all. The email notice ended up in my spam folder.

I used muratic acid because there was rust and gelled up gas -- it had been sitting since 2003 -- and because I've used it before on car tanks, most recently on my '73 911.

Didn't coat it, but may go back and do it now because . . . .

. . . . it lives!

After flushing tank, rebuilding carbs, removing airbox and replacing with pod, flushing the entire crankcase with Marvells Mystery Oil, I put in new plugs (spraying fogging oil and turning it over without compression to coat the cylinder walls) and the battery (when you pull the airbox, you also pull the battery box, so had my brother build a steel battery box on his bead roller, only 2 seams, very nice work by my sibling), I crossed my fingers, hit the starter and after about 5-6 five second cycles (per owners manual), the carbs were fully primed and it turned right over, revs all the way up to 13,000 rpm and idles steady at 1,500 rpm.

Now I have the brake calipers and master cylinders are off the bike to be rebuilt, then once that is done, test it on the road.

February 19th, 2018, 01:20 PM	#7
austinninjabill ninjette.org member Name: Bill Location: Central Texas Join Date: Jan 2018 Motorcycle(s): 1992 250R Ninja Posts: 27	Sorry for belated reply all. The email notice ended up in my spam folder. I used muratic acid because there was rust and gelled up gas -- it had been sitting since 2003 -- and because I've used it before on car tanks, most recently on my '73 911. Didn't coat it, but may go back and do it now because . . . . . . . . it lives! After flushing tank, rebuilding carbs, removing airbox and replacing with pod, flushing the entire crankcase with Marvells Mystery Oil, I put in new plugs (spraying fogging oil and turning it over without compression to coat the cylinder walls) and the battery (when you pull the airbox, you also pull the battery box, so had my brother build a steel battery box on his bead roller, only 2 seams, very nice work by my sibling), I crossed my fingers, hit the starter and after about 5-6 five second cycles (per owners manual), the carbs were fully primed and it turned right over, revs all the way up to 13,000 rpm and idles steady at 1,500 rpm. Now I have the brake calipers and master cylinders are off the bike to be rebuilt, then once that is done, test it on the road.