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Ok, but I have to know why... I work best with things that have a history (I'm a big history buff). I know Porsche. I know about Leica, and Contax. I know something about old houses.BevHevSteve wrote:don;t touch the paint. get her running and enjoy her. The bike is a treasure........ whatever you do do NOT part it out.
That doesn't sound too awfully awful, and I've used Haynes manuals quite a bit. Ya, the garage was very dry, not temperature controlled, but dry. I'll have to see what the inside of the wheels looks like when the tires come off.wdietz186 wrote:Lucky, Lucky, Lucky!! The carbs are easy.Just lots of carb cleaner and a gasket set.The worst part will be getting the brown crust out of the float bowls. Drain the tank, if not too rusty you can use a couple of handfuls of nuts bolts etc. with hot water and detergent. and agitate until your arms fall off. The bevel tube on the front cyl. is easy, carb, pipe, four bolts and yank. Get a Haynes manual and read all about it. The wheels are probably ok if the garage was fairly dry its doubtful they have corroded pull the tires off and look for white fuzz and pitting. Cables should be replaced, and the calipers and master cyl.s will likely need rebuilding.If this is all too daunting i'll be happy to buy it from you.
I'd agree with that. That thing's no where near the "part it out" category.BevHevSteve wrote:don;t touch the paint. get her running and enjoy her. The bike is a treasure........ whatever you do do NOT part it out.
:-) I'm looking forward to a nice winter's projects. I could, I really suspect, fire the bike up now and go for a ride. However, I am, unfortunately, a perfectionist (plus I have two houses to get ready for winter). We'll see where we are next spring. No hurry, gotta do this right.DesmoDog wrote:I'd agree with that. That thing's no where near the "part it out" category.BevHevSteve wrote:don;t touch the paint. get her running and enjoy her. The bike is a treasure........ whatever you do do NOT part it out.
Cripes, the stored in a barn bike I bought looked like this:
and now looks like this:
...so I've got no sympathy for someone trying to get that 900 back on the road! A long weekend and you're set to jet.
Which pictures?Peter Mille wrote:As you can tell by looking at the pictures above, the magnesium Campagnolo wheels are already corroded on the outside, the inside will be worse for sure!
Don't drive them anymore, they are very dangerous, and can brake without warning....(they have the internal strength of old bread).
The first post, second picture.FastFashn wrote:Which pictures?Peter Mille wrote:As you can tell by looking at the pictures above, the magnesium Campagnolo wheels are already corroded on the outside, the inside will be worse for sure!
Don't drive them anymore, they are very dangerous, and can brake without warning....(they have the internal strength of old bread).
I think I'll have mine magnafluxed before I make any determination as to problems.
Well, we'll see. If you know of anyone who makes aluminum or mag knock offs of these, let me know. Otherwise I'll make a judgement once I have the wheels off this winter. We DO have a lot of racing garages here in Indy, and places that do mag casting repairs as well, so I'm not going to give up on them before there is more info.Peter Mille wrote:The first post, second picture.FastFashn wrote:Which pictures?Peter Mille wrote:As you can tell by looking at the pictures above, the magnesium Campagnolo wheels are already corroded on the outside, the inside will be worse for sure!
Don't drive them anymore, they are very dangerous, and can brake without warning....(they have the internal strength of old bread).
I think I'll have mine magnafluxed before I make any determination as to problems.
You can see clearly the white oxidation ( small pickles) on the outside, wich means ( much) more trouble inside the wheel.
Cast magnesum wheels are safe for about 15 years, after that, they become unsafe, no matter how many times you have them magnafluxed or whatever... as I said before they WILL brake without any warning...so you decide to drive them or not...!!!!
