A couple weeks back I bought myself a new project bike. This is my first real restoration project (and my first bike, technically). Today I finally got the old girl home, a 1982 Seca, imported to Norway from the US back in '99. She was sat down in Bergen for a couple weeks after I bought her, but now she's finally up here with me. She's a bit rusty and beat-up, and she doesn't quite run, but pretty much all the pieces are there. I'm looking forward to working on it and learning some new things. I've found quite a bit of information around on this site, and it will most certainly be an instrumental part of my project.
The bike hasn't run in some 2 years, or even tried started..
The gas tank has lots of bumps on the liner inside (see picture), I'm thinking that's rust under the paint. I drained the tank of any remaining gas, and it was all rusty and messy. That will need a good cleaning, which I've yet to find out how to do.
The throttle valve (?) on the carburetor is stuck, and will surely need to be looked at.
The carburetors themselves will definitely need to be cleaned out, and I'm going to install a fuel filter for it.
The tiny bit of oil that was in the thing reeked of gasoline, so that will have to be drained and washed out a couple times with fresh (ish) oil after I get the carbs sorted.
(sorry about the shoddy quality, my camera doesn't focus well in low light)
It looks like it was dropped on its left side, since the clutch lever is cracked at the base, the gear pedal and the left footrest is loose and almost impossible to work with. There's a small scratch on the tank, but that I can live with.
There's an aftermarket fuse box installed, and the PO gave her new spark plugs. I really hope I don't need to do anything major with the electrics!
Some of the plastics are cracked and will need to be either fixed or replaced, depending on how much it'll cost.
Step one is getting it running, then I can start to worry about such things as plastics, chain, sprockets, and tires, which are all shot.
I'll get around to fixing some of the rust, maybe even stripping her down to the bare frame and dealing with the problem at its core, later this year, if everything goes well.
I look forward to working with this project, and this forum!
Any and all advice is very welcome, as I have almost no idea what I'm doing
The bike hasn't run in some 2 years, or even tried started..
The gas tank has lots of bumps on the liner inside (see picture), I'm thinking that's rust under the paint. I drained the tank of any remaining gas, and it was all rusty and messy. That will need a good cleaning, which I've yet to find out how to do.
The throttle valve (?) on the carburetor is stuck, and will surely need to be looked at.
The carburetors themselves will definitely need to be cleaned out, and I'm going to install a fuel filter for it.
The tiny bit of oil that was in the thing reeked of gasoline, so that will have to be drained and washed out a couple times with fresh (ish) oil after I get the carbs sorted.
(sorry about the shoddy quality, my camera doesn't focus well in low light)
It looks like it was dropped on its left side, since the clutch lever is cracked at the base, the gear pedal and the left footrest is loose and almost impossible to work with. There's a small scratch on the tank, but that I can live with.
There's an aftermarket fuse box installed, and the PO gave her new spark plugs. I really hope I don't need to do anything major with the electrics!
Some of the plastics are cracked and will need to be either fixed or replaced, depending on how much it'll cost.
Step one is getting it running, then I can start to worry about such things as plastics, chain, sprockets, and tires, which are all shot.
I'll get around to fixing some of the rust, maybe even stripping her down to the bare frame and dealing with the problem at its core, later this year, if everything goes well.
I look forward to working with this project, and this forum!
Any and all advice is very welcome, as I have almost no idea what I'm doing
