New here, have some questions

So I picked up my first bike today. Its a 92 Seca II xj600. I got it for $500.
It currently doesn't run but the previous owner said its probably the carbs, and the fact that the battery is completely dead (whats the part number for XJ batteries?) . Also, the shifter linkage feels to be pretty loose, but hey, I can't be picky for $500.
A little background info. I'm Kurt, I'm 20 years old, and a full time International Studies student. I've been racing motocross since I was 16 ( on a Yamaha YFZ450 of course) and have rebuilt my motor from ground up countless time, so I would say I know how to work on bikes.
This is actually my first road bike, and I don't even have my license yet. But I want to get it running before I do all that.
Is there anything I should look for to get this running, and is there any good DIYs for cleaning the carbs?
Heres a picture of the bike:


and heres my other Yamaha

 

You can read through this

http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=1 ... clean.html

chacal is also are resident parts guy. He can hook oyu up with mst parts needed.

 

By the way welcome to the site.

 

Wow, thats an absurd amount of information 8O thanks for the link!

 

Your Bike is going to be a lot different from most of ours.

You'll have considerably more "Plumbing" to disconnect, ... so use Masking Tape and >Label< each Hose with a Number or Letter and write-down in your notes where it goes.

 

Yeah I noticed that there isn't really any Seca IIs on this site. Do you happen to know a site for the Seca II?