hi thanks for the response, but i have a new battery fitted and have also tried a bump start. The bike nearly started i think but that may have been my imagination. This bike has not been run for at least 10 years judging by the amount of dirt in the carbs. The autolube system has been removed from my bike. So i was just using premix with f/ synthetic rock oil. I am going to do a compression test on it tonight, what sort of figures should i be getting???