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Old Aug 2, 2009 | 01:12 PM
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Newbie here............have manual just cant locate it . Im going through a bike I inherited, been in storage for 5 years. A couple of questions

1) Should I run mystery oil in cylinders and crank before I start it.
2) Is it normal for the thing to puke oil (from the bottom under tank from hose that looks like its broken not cut) when trying to start after sitting for this long.
3) ANything else I need to worry about while going through this bike.

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