I am rebuilding my 96 ST and nearing the pointy end of finishing. Just have the fairings to repaint and replace the brake discs which are on order and expected soon. My question to you all is, I purchased this bike about 6mth ago from an owner who didn't ride it for about 14mths after the rego ran out, he and his wife have health issues and couldn't ride anymore. The problem I am pondering on is that he left the bike out in the weather and caused some deterioration to the bike. I'm not sure if he even covered the bike as the windscreen was severly sun damaged. I have replaced all the fluids, stripped, cleaned and rebuilt all the braking and clutch components with new seals, sorta feel that stopping may be important when the bike finally hits (don't mean that literally) the road, stripped and cleaned the carby assys, rebuffed and polished the windscreen, recovered the seat adding new foam, refired the engine with fresh petrol, amazingly started on the third push of the starter. the bike will soon be ready for the road. Now my pondering thought is, and for this I seek your advice, is, should I trust the tyres? They look ok. On close examination I can not see any distortions or surface failures to indicate a problem. After receintly reading the article on this site about the tyre lamination problem, It started me thinking seriously about what I should do. My mind says replace the tyres as too much work has gone into this project and I'm worth more than two tyres, but my pocket says, your worried over nothing, just take it easy for a little while and prove the tyres ok.
Am I taking a risk, or am I worring about nothing? Your experienced replies would be very appreciated.