12-19-2014, 01:25 AM
Dale Walksler at Wheels Thru Time told me bikes are inanimate objects and don't know if they were shut off 70 years ago or yesterday. He will take an old Indian that hasn't run in 60 years, heat the oil in the crankcase with a torch to warm it up and thin it, put some fresh gas in it and fire it up and take it for a spin. I'm sure he does a complete service after that but he's certainly not past running an engine with very, very old oil in it at least for a few miles.
