Yeah you're probably right but I have zero history on the bike.
Mid clean I notice it's either had a very slow speed down or drop on the right hand side, the exhaust and engine casing has taken most of the brunt. The fairing around the indicator is all broken up too so I'm keeping an eye out on ebay for a new one.
Exhaust has a few scratches and a small crack, not sure if this is fixable but I suspect I'll need a new end can at the least.
The fork stanchions had slight corrosion which I've managed to remove with some fine wet & dry plus ACF50, the miracle purple goo. The red frame also has some paint wear through where boots have rubbed against it which will require some attention.
I planned to siphon the old fuel out as no idea how long it's been in there but after cleaning and hosing down the bike I opened the filler cap to find a load of water around the filler rim which wasn't able to drain away as the drain hole was clogged up with crap. I unblocked it but not sure how much water got into the tank so going to err on the side of caution and just get rid of what's left.
I cant even turn the bike on at the moment as the battery is flatter than a roadkill hedgehog and my optimiser cant recover it so straight away a batter is in order.
I've used motobat in the past and they seem decent unless any one can advise another one?
It's a nice bike for sure, it looks shiny in the photos and it's in decent condition apart from the above, but in person you can tell it's a 15 year old bike. I'm just itching to get out on her