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First time owner in North carolina!

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Would like to start off by saying hello!

My name is Christopher and I am a first time owner of a motorcycle. I currently live in a small town in North Carolina called Newton Grove, I currently own a used 1979 GS750L that I had bought from Craigslist for the low price of 150$! But with that low of a price a few issues came along with it such as it having sat for a little over two years,carbs needing cleaned and it not wanting to shift at all so it is stuck in neutral.

I am hoping to ask many questions while I am here and get her back to her former glory and maybe learn to ride it this summer!

On a side note I am amazed that it came with the factory tool set hidden under the seat! It might be a common thing but it still amazed me!

And lastly here is a picture of my bike!

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I lived in Charlotte for a year... You can totally ride all year round down there!!!

Search for Bass Cliffs mega welcome. It will go over all you need to do before you take it out on your maiden voyage.

Has the clutch cover been off? I know the spring can come off the shift shaft and jam up the shaft keeping it stuck in neutral.

Good luck
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Welcome
 
Jedz123 said:
I lived in Charlotte for a year... You can totally ride all year round down there!!!

Search for Bass Cliffs mega welcome. It will go over all you need to do before you take it out on your maiden voyage.

Has the clutch cover been off? I know the spring can come off the shift shaft and jam up the shaft keeping it stuck in neutral.

Good luck
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Thank you for the welcome! I actually planned on taking the cover off tomorrow morning when it warms up a little,hoping that is the case thatway I can have it on the road soon to take the safety course with it in may. As far as year round.. maybe.. if its warm ish.. lol
 
Welcome to the forum. Hope you find all the information you're needing here. I'm sure that you'll get much assistance on your issue.
 
Kibatheloanwolf said:
...having sat for a little over two years, carbs needing cleaned...
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Looks like we are both starting from a similar point. Be prepared to replace the rubbers on either side of the carbs. They are likely to be hard, brittle and cracked.

Kibatheloanwolf said:
On a side note I am amazed that it came with the factory tool set hidden under the seat! It might be a common thing but it still amazed me!
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You were lucky to get the tool holder never mind the tools.
 
Welcome to the forum. I have no idea what you have done with the bike yet but they are designed to shift with the motor running. It depends on where they stop if you can shift it or not without it running. Spin the motor over before you remove the cover. Maybe position and sitting for a while is the only problem.
 
Cyrano said:
Looks like we are both starting from a similar point. Be prepared to replace the rubbers on either side of the carbs. They are likely to be hard, brittle and cracked.


You were lucky to get the tool holder never mind the tools.
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I already have a set of rubber boots on order as of this morning and will hopefully have them here next week as well as a EXT15 battery from autozone!
 
OldVet66 said:
Welcome to the forum. I have no idea what you have done with the bike yet but they are designed to shift with the motor running. It depends on where they stop if you can shift it or not without it running. Spin the motor over before you remove the cover. Maybe position and sitting for a while is the only problem.
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All I have done thusfar is crank the motor over and make sure all the electrical works,took apart the air box,removed the cracked battery,checked for misc broken parts and ordered a set of adjusters for the rear tire,battery and rubber boots for the carbs.
 
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