It's been a while

I'd like some advice on getting my '01 R1150R back on the road. It's
been locked in a dry wooden garage on the mainstand for about a year,
most of which the battery's been on an Optimate (all the electrics are
good with a bright headlamp, functioning indicators and horn)

I guess it wouldn't be a good idea to just press <go> as all the oil
galleries will be seriously dry. I don't expect anything to have seized
though

So far my best idea is to top up the oil, remove the plugs, engage a
gear and rock/rotate the rear wheel to gently get things moving to
distribute some oil and then starting it (after disengaging the gear)

Would it be necessary to replace the fuel ?

Break disks are clean and showing no signs of rust

Thanks in advance

GM

 

sure ? - it's just the thought of metal on metal for that 1st few spins

 

In communiqué <x24Qj.70174$>,

Turn it over with the kill switch off until the oil pressure warning
light goes out.
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It'll be fine

Try it and see. If it runs fine, then no.

Jolly good.

 

Most do, but not all. My Ducati doesn't, for example. Nor does my 400
Four.

 

I don't do 'most'. None of mine do (those with starters at least). But
then they are almost exclusively SOBs from Italy. The one that isn't has
Italian electrics.

I always use that strategy after a cartridge oil filter change on the
Nordwests.
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Unlock
Turn
Press
Press
START
RUN
GRIN

I am a happy bunny - as it is both Fine and Jolly Good


GM

 

In communiqué <1ifx71y.1imkwus1ebdf24N%>,

Probably a modern thing. For ultimate starter control, the Morini
Corsaro 1200 takes the price. Press starter button just once and wait
for the motor turn over until it catches. Or in the case of my mate's at
the TT last year. Wait, and wait, and... then splat, cough, and start
over again.
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Clare's Monster has that. PITA, it is.

 

I boggled at that because I first read it as '...after a cartridge
start...'

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Pip Luscher

Ooh! Kaufmann cartridges.

I wonder whether the Norton would convert to them easily?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Mark Olson

Interesting. I've always thought the German spelling was correct, but a
cursory Google suggests not.

 

I first encountered the Coffman starter when I first read Elleston Trevor's
'The Flight of the Phoenix' as a yoof.

 

Coffmann, surely?

I think that would be a super-cool thing (and probably essential) on any
ShiteOldBritBike.

 

It was Johnnie Johnson's memoirs, for me. How To Start A Hawker Typhoon.

 

huzza

 

I first encountered it when I saw the film.

Actually, has anyone seen the remake?