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Andrew-S:
Hi Folks,

Well, after two weeks (with Christmas and New Year in between) of cleaning and preparing the K1 for its first start-up after a 3 year lay-up, so after priming the oil pump and filter it actually started on the first press of the button.  It chucked out plenty of crap for a minute or so, including the residue of the oil I squirted into the bores the other day.

Anyway, I'm chuffed to nuts and once it had warmed up the engine sounded sweet and that old growl I used to love took me straight back to 1977, and I felt 19 years old again!!

Here's a couple of videos of the start-up - in the first one you can see all the crap being blown out of the exhaust (over my wife's car) and in the second, once it had warmed up a bit, the HM300s' sounding pretty awesome.  I ran it through the gears and all seemed good. I just need to get it to idle, but it was bloody cold this morning despite the sun making an appearance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb91KyFmAjI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aL1cXomjuk&t=12s

Here's also a few photos showing how shiny it's becoming.  Next job is to tackle the rust in the tank ready for the spring.  I intend to replace a few parts with NOS stuff and use it until the Autumn, then get the tank, panels etc off for repair and a respray ready for 2020.













Cheers

Nurse Julie:
Great job

paul G:
Looks great  :)

K2-K6:
Looks really good, think it was that one Pete was on when we were at the Ace Café a few years ago now.  Sounded nice then and seems a very good bike.

philward:
Keep saying it everytime pictures get posted - love that red! Great bike - well done and keep up the good work

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