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Sounds like a screen name change is in order Lord Voldemort

In my experience, the biggest things will be the age of the tires, if they are original or even replace early on, they are likely way out of date and will need to be changed. The next thing is the carbs. Unless it has been stored very well, they will likely have to be gone through. Jets may well be gummed up, floats may be sticking, etc. Then as you said, the fluids will need to be changed. Coolant hoses and etc. may or may not be bad. If it has been sitting a long time and even if it hasn't been, the rear shock may be leaking oil. A lot of them had the seals go bad even when not sitting. There is a member here who can rebuild it cheap or maybe even tell you how to do it. They are great bikes and if it's in good shape, will be worth the effort if the price is right.

So it seems like what you and other people are saying is there's nothing I should be particularly looking for that's a major deal killer. Seems like all the things you guys are mentioning that go bad from it sitting are fairly Inexpensive things to worry about. As far as the brakes I'm probably going to need to redo them anyway he did say that the rear brakes feel a bit spongy to him which tells me it probably needs new rear lines and a fluid flush. I am also eventually planning on redoing the whole brake system in the front and doing what I've seen a lot of people on here do By putting roadstar Warrior breaks on the front with HH pads and stainless steel lines. As far as the fuel system he old system he said he recently replaced to the fuel filters. But it probably wouldn't hurt me to check the synchronization of the carbs. But it sounds like from everything I'm hearing as long as the bike runs well shifts well. There's no reason that I shouldn't go for it. Thank you guys for your advice

Doesn't take a lot to cause lots of corrosion. Takes very little soda to correct and make sure.

Seeing as how I will be spending some time this afternoon with " He who shall not be named ", I shall refrain from any further comment.

David, I did my 1st gen it wasn’t bad. Haven’t had to dive into my 07 yet. Did have the forks off for head bearings, it wasn’t terrible.

There is no such thing as asking too many questions because we all love to help were we can. Nor need you feel too dumb about these bikes since you can only get smarter and more knowledgeable about these bikes, through the more than willing help and advice of the membership. The main reason this site was formed was to share knowledge that is unavailable through other means, even bike shops do not have the knowledge this site has. There is a side effect however which I am sure was unforeseen by the founder of this site. You run the risk of forming strong off line friendships. You will find the members here are not just on line friends as many of us have formed strong in person friendships through rally's, meet and eats and meet and greets. Some of have formed friendships as far back as 15 years or more through this site and some of those friendships are still going strong to this day. Many members that live close enough together, help each other and that often includes newbies. The monitors here do a fantastic job in keeping this site in a PG state, clean and free of foul language and hurtful comments and any subject that gets too controversial to were it starts to turn ugly is shut down. All in all this site sets a high standard not seen in many other forums.