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Hello, from the wilds of Kent (Banjo Country). Mon Sep 14, 2015 9:58 am
Rob54
active member
Hello All,
Just joined recently on prompting from Dai when I announced I had finally taken delivery of my long awaited '88 K100LT on the BritChopper forum.
Don't laugh but it took me about a year after purchase to get it transported from ZummerZet.
What a kafuffle that was, kept trying to give smaller companies the opportunity to make a few quid rather than give the big boys my money, like to support the small businesses when I can. Finally got it moved by a 'lady with a van' who did an outstanding job.
Never owned a Beemer before and to be honest it was a bit of an 'impulse' buy, bored and ebay are a dangerous mix, hazardous to the wallet.
It was a combination of trundling through ebay whilst thinking of a way to transport my granddaughters in a better mode of conveyance than a tin box on wheels, bike and sidecar or trike sort of thing, that caused my bidding finger to twitch.
Before I knew it I had bought a K100, who knew it was so easy?
Anyhow, a bit about me, as seems to be the standard requirement. I'm 61 years young, been riding since I was in single figures, had too many bikes to list or remember, with almost all my grey matter having migrated to the outside of my head in the form of hair and beard material. It started with a Greeves Hawkstone scrambler with a 250cc Villers lump in it that I and two friends chipped in to buy. It had an insatiable appetite for woodruff keys, which I had to keep repairing and whilst I cleaned my hands one of the other two took the opportunity to go off and ride it. I got fed up with this arrangement and eventually bought them both out so I could get a ride on the flippin' thing. I currently have a mixed stable of bikes, in varous stages of restoration, including a couple of Honda CB750sohc's, an '88 Gixxer 750 and various Yamaha 2 stroke twins. I have always had an eclectic taste in bikes but I just love the old 'stink-wheels'.
Have been an engineer for over 45 years in automobile, motorcycle and various engineering disciplines and currently work as a Mechanical Design Engineer.
As the K100 has been 'stored' for a number of years, last MOT in the accompanying paperwork ran out in 2007, I shall be hoping for a little advice from those willing and able as I 'restore' her to her former glory. I am thinking I will go for restoration as opposed to the other lines of thought that occurred, such as a cafe or trike conversion, although having said that, I may change my mind, keep doing that lately. I used to be indecisive but now I am not so sure.
Unfortunately before I can start work on two wheeled tinkering I have to rebuild my shed and a large chunk of fence that were damaged, along with the bikes I was restoring, when some kindly soul decide to modify them by the use of matches and accelerant. I wasn't kidding about the 'wilds of Kent'. If you listen carefully on a quiet night you can hear the sound of banjos 
All the Best,
Rob54.
Just joined recently on prompting from Dai when I announced I had finally taken delivery of my long awaited '88 K100LT on the BritChopper forum.
Don't laugh but it took me about a year after purchase to get it transported from ZummerZet.
What a kafuffle that was, kept trying to give smaller companies the opportunity to make a few quid rather than give the big boys my money, like to support the small businesses when I can. Finally got it moved by a 'lady with a van' who did an outstanding job.
Never owned a Beemer before and to be honest it was a bit of an 'impulse' buy, bored and ebay are a dangerous mix, hazardous to the wallet.
It was a combination of trundling through ebay whilst thinking of a way to transport my granddaughters in a better mode of conveyance than a tin box on wheels, bike and sidecar or trike sort of thing, that caused my bidding finger to twitch.
Before I knew it I had bought a K100, who knew it was so easy?
Anyhow, a bit about me, as seems to be the standard requirement. I'm 61 years young, been riding since I was in single figures, had too many bikes to list or remember, with almost all my grey matter having migrated to the outside of my head in the form of hair and beard material.
It started with a Greeves Hawkstone scrambler with a 250cc Villers lump in it that I and two friends chipped in to buy. It had an insatiable appetite for woodruff keys, which I had to keep repairing and whilst I cleaned my hands one of the other two took the opportunity to go off and ride it. I got fed up with this arrangement and eventually bought them both out so I could get a ride on the flippin' thing. I currently have a mixed stable of bikes, in varous stages of restoration, including a couple of Honda CB750sohc's, an '88 Gixxer 750 and various Yamaha 2 stroke twins. I have always had an eclectic taste in bikes but I just love the old 'stink-wheels'.Have been an engineer for over 45 years in automobile, motorcycle and various engineering disciplines and currently work as a Mechanical Design Engineer.
As the K100 has been 'stored' for a number of years, last MOT in the accompanying paperwork ran out in 2007, I shall be hoping for a little advice from those willing and able as I 'restore' her to her former glory. I am thinking I will go for restoration as opposed to the other lines of thought that occurred, such as a cafe or trike conversion, although having said that, I may change my mind, keep doing that lately. I used to be indecisive but now I am not so sure.
Unfortunately before I can start work on two wheeled tinkering I have to rebuild my shed and a large chunk of fence that were damaged, along with the bikes I was restoring, when some kindly soul decide to modify them by the use of matches and accelerant. I wasn't kidding about the 'wilds of Kent'.
If you listen carefully on a quiet night you can hear the sound of banjos All the Best,
Rob54.
If I remember correctly, I think they quoted around 140bhp for the fully kitted 'Cobra' engine. 
The 'Sorcerer' was two 'Cobra' units joined by a common crankcase. Just need a new standard 4 into 4 exhaust for the Honda now to complete the deception. Need a few more bits than that to be honest but it would be a major start.
I hope. 
