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The obvious answer if the Roadie is too heavy for you to rock back and forwards. Get a mate or two to give you a hand pushing it back and forwards going through the gears. However, seeing how it has sat for 3 yrs the oil for the clutch itself might be jelly now which could possibly be making the gearing hard to work. If a bike is going to be left for that period of time you can do one of two things. 1. You overfill it with oil ( this is to cutdown or stop any oxidisation happening inside the engine of that 3 yr period ), but remember when time comes not to start the motor until you have drained some out or better still drain the whole lot out and refill it. The second thing that some do is completely drain all oil out ( make sure the oil is nice and hit so it all drains out ). If you do this don’t forget to replace the oil when it comes out of storage. Now I prefer option one, but I’ve read where other guys a gone with option 2. I hope this helps Mate.
