Well firstly it’s been almost a decade without a bike and I’m pleasantly surprised to see this forum still alive. I had a bandit in 2013. Sold it to a friend and assumed it gone forever tbh. Anyway turns out he dropped it a garage at the end of 2022 to get the carbs cleaned out as he had had it sat…

To clarify some bits, were the carbs stored dry, or with fuel in? Id say it wants all new fluids and filters before doing much, and all the hoses want to be checked they have not perished. Though I’m not good at following this advice, and would have probably put some fresh petrol in and tried to j…

I’d be inclined to: Drain the tank and check inside for rust. Put in a gallon of super unleaded if all ok. Drain the carbs. Pull off the plug leads and turn it over a few times to get the oil circulating, Put the plug leads back on and go for it, If all goes well then start doing all the safet…

I’d assume they weren’t stored dry as I don’t think it was intended to ever be stored. Yeah I’ll probably do fluids, hoses etc but like to see if it starts first if that makes sense. Assuming carbs aren’t gunked, then I’ll mess around and get it mot ready and get some new tyres sorted at the same t…

Thanks for this, was sortof the plan I had in mind for the weekend, glad to have some confirmation I’m on the right tracks.

[image] Me_groovy's pro tips: glad it wasn't me! Motorcycling Another update. The owner’s dad took the restrictor plates out to test how the bike ran without them. Bike ran great for 2 days, then went down to it’s old ways. Owner even more pissed off now.

Starting a bandit 600 that's been sitting 3 years

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me_groovy 9 April 2025 20:56 6