I have had a bike sitting in the basement for 9 years and now want to use it again. However, I worry that the oil will have dried up from the engine seals, causing damage when I start it up.
It's a Zundapp Bella R204 (not that I expect to meet any experts on that), a fairly normal two stroke from the 60s. I restored the engine, including replacing all the seals, and then rode it for less than
1000km before its 9 year rest.
At first I was fairly hopeful that it would be easy to get the engine going again, but I've realised that nine years is a long time for any vehicle.
If anyone has any advice I'd be very thankful.
Jonathan