Anyone by Ransomville, NY?

[guzzisteve]

Glad it got saved from the goofballs. Just cleaning it would be a better idea of what you got. Good Luck on it.

[Tom]

The only parts I'd be concerned with are the forks.  The pitting on the chrome looks superficial.  You might get away with just cleaning them off and checking with a file to smooth out.  Good luck!     What did you get the bike for and did you buy direct from the owner or the shop?

[s1120]

Nice!!  And at least you know after the clean up, you need to pull the tank, and remove the air filter/mouse house. then pull the throttle bodys!!! That part of the diag is done for you, but it SURE would have been less effort to check the aircleaner first. Good luck, and hope you get her back into shape.

[larrys]

Good score! Bet it cleans up well. Let us know if the mouse swarf penetrated the air filter element and got into the throttle bodies. I suspect that it hasn't.
Larry

[Mike Tashjian]

Some 0000 steel wool should clean up the forks.  The rims should be checked closer as they were prone to rusting inside.  My Stone barely see water and I have chased interior rim rust at tire changing. 

[guzzisteve]

Good score! Bet it cleans up well. Let us know if the mouse swarf penetrated the air filter element and got into the throttle bodies. I suspect that it hasn't.
Larry

Look at the video, they start it w/fluid and suck it in, then look at the TB's and it's full of airfilter. It started on the start fld so it's down inside deep.

[larrys]

Didn't see that part of the video. Well, that will be fun to clean out... The mouse nests I have found have always been in the outer part of the airbox. Never seen them chew through an air filter element. Guess I can't make that statement anymore.
I bought a Tundra in January from upstate NY. Drove it 300 miles home and found the airbox packed solid with mouse nest, complete with a mummified mouse. Very surprised that the truck ran at all. The mice didn't chew though the element though.
Larry