[Emerikol]

BOOM! Hooked up my jumper pack, and holy shit!, everything (mostly) works! You can tell that the contacts on the switches and such are kind of cruddy. I worked the key back and forth a few times in the ignition and it works great! There's even a gear indicator on the dash. Turn signals were a little slow, but again, the bike has been sitting for over 15 years. There's a new (six years old, but never on the road and the bike was stored in a climate controlled workshop) front tire mounted on the rim, and I also have a still new in the packaging rear tire that needs to be installed. I plan to run through the carbs today get them bench balanced and installed. I got the fuel level sending unit cleaned and working properly last night while I was tinkering. Unfortunately the fuel petcock is a disaster, and finding a rebuild kit hasn't been successful so far. I'm going to head up to the local Suzuki dealer today and see if I can get one. I plan to get as far as I can today and tomorrow, and I fully expect that I'll be able to start the bike tomorrow. I'll go and pick up a battery for the beast today too, while I'm out and about. Other than that, I'm headed back out to the garage to get some more grease under my nails.