hello and some advice needed

i've just got a cb500 w reg but it has been garaged for just over a year possibly a little more, wondered if i could get some advice for what will be needed to get it up and running any advice would be greatly recieved.
Thanks in advance

Not sure exactly what will be needed,but the thiings i'd do is:
Full service. (oil,filter,plugs,check brakes and suspension is good.pretty much a full check over/grease up)
Drain and replace fuel.
New battery (probably)
Mot
Tax
insurance

Away you go


Someone will no doubt be along soon with some better advice

Welcome to the forum John, hope you stick around.

Truxx has hit the nail on the head there so hopefully it wont be long till its on the road.

thanks for the advice, passed my test a month ago so am completely new to biking!

Welcome to 2 wheels then, and good choice of bike too

Its a very forgiving bike in which you can gain a lot of experience and confidence from, just stay relaxed and let the bike do the work. Forget any jibes from your mates whom maybe jump straight onto Gixxer's, R1's etc. I find it quite amusing when I pass them on the twistys as they havnt developed the core skills of riding/cornering. Learn the trade dude and you will reap the rewards in the long term if/when you decide to step up.

Just remember, anyone can go fast in a straight line!!!!!

Safe riding dude

..something else to look at is the cooling system - bits may have corroded, preventing it from working.

best of luck - look forward to hearing about how you get on

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welcome to the forum, i second that with the cooling system, on my way back from the (so called) garage that i bought the bike from i felt a warm feeling down my right leg which turned out to be all my coolant!

Shadow_Alex wrote:welcome to the forum, i second that with the cooling system, on my way back from the (so called) garage that i bought the bike from i felt a warm feeling down my right leg which turned out to be all my coolant!

cmon....you pee'd yourself admit it

Hi, and welcome along.

I've ressurected 2 cb5's and advice so far is spot on. If you aren't mechanically minded then doing the oil and a general lube of chain, cables is pretty easy. I'd leave the coolant initially - its not hard to do, just needs tank off, I didn't need to on either bike. Also, if the bike has had a recent service in its log book then it should be sound and quite close to ready to go.

One thing I would do is to put coppaslip on the brake pad pins so the brakes work freely. I'd run the bike for a week or two to let things settle.

atb

m1

All the above seems good advice and I would just re-iterate muttley's point about letting things run and see what happens:

A few hundred miles use (at least one fuel fill up) is good to shake things out a bit and will often usefully apply a 'kill or cure' approach, that is it will allow you to tell what is *really* broken and what is just annoying/cosmetic.

I have, of course, assumed that before you try this you've made sure that the basics are OK ie. going, stopping, lights, horn etc

octane wrote:

Shadow_Alex wrote:welcome to the forum, i second that with the cooling system, on my way back from the (so called) garage that i bought the bike from i felt a warm feeling down my right leg which turned out to be all my coolant!

cmon....you pee'd yourself admit it

Ha ha! maybe would have been my thought if it wasn't a milky white colour!

"Pause for semen joke"!

If it doesn't seem all "there" if you know what i mean, then have a look at draining the Carbs and cleaning them up with some carb cleaner. My mate bought a diversion that had sat there for a while and when we cleaned the carbs out there was a rust coloured goo in two of the carb ports (Diversion is an in-line four).

If it feels fine though i doubt you will need to do this.