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lancas

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A friend has a mid 80's K75 and doesn't like the short handle bar ergos and so rather than sell the bike I'm wondering if K100 RT LT bars can be easily swapped over?... If so then no doubt the cables and front brake line will also need doing. Anyone done this before?

    

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Tom G

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Hi I fitted RT bars to my 75s sometime ago. From memory, the only thing needed was a longer brake line. All other cables fitted but the clutch cable needed rerouting a bit. All in all, not a too difficult job. I too found the seating position too low and now prefer the upright position. Cheers Tom


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JGT

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Bought my K75s earlier this year with the conversion already done. If you need any specific info let me know. The only problem I have found with the 'S' conversion is the wind really hits your upper body badly even with a taller Power Bronze screen fitted otherwise very comfortable.


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Point-Seven-five

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Here's my experience: my K100RS came to me with C model bars which aren't as high or wide as RT bars, and even with those bars the original RS cables were usable but pulled tighter than I liked.  Going back to RS bars took all the tension out of the control cables. 

I can't imagine putting the even higher and wider RT bars on my K75S without having to also go to the longer RT/LT cables and brake lines.  There is a reason BMW has several different part numbers for cables across the product line.  While the shorter cables might work, I would be concerned about strain shortening the life of the cable.


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1994 K75RT "Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS"
1988 K100RS SE "Special Ed"
1994 K75S "Cheetos"
1992 K100RS "Moby Brick" R.I.P.
1982 Honda FT500
1979 Honda XR185
1977 Honda XL125
1974 Honda XL125
1972 OSSA Pioneer 250
1968 Kawasaki 175
    

92KK 84WW Olaf

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Point-Seven-five wrote:Here's my experience: my K100RS came to me with C model bars which aren't as high or wide as RT bars, and even with those bars the original RS cables were usable but pulled tighter than I liked.  Going back to RS bars took all the tension out of the control cables. 

I can't imagine putting the even higher and wider RT bars on my K75S without having to also go to the longer RT/LT cables and brake lines.  There is a reason BMW has several different part numbers for cables across the product line.  While the shorter cables might work, I would be concerned about strain shortening the life of the cable.
As Point Seven Five mentions...you need the RT/LT cables and front brake line.

The electrical connections on the switchgear, front brake switch, choke cable, clutch lever electrical switch etc will need to be freed up from under the fuel tank as they are long enough. This needs to be done carefully to avoid pulling some apart accidentally. Check all is good before refitting the fuel tank.


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1992 K100LT 0193214 Bertha Blue 101,000 miles
1984 K100RT 0022575 Brutus Baja Red 578 bought 36,000 now 89,150 miles
1997 K1100LT 0188024 Wotan Mystic Red 689 58,645 now 106,950 miles Deceased.
1983 K100RS 0011157 Fricka 606 Alaska Blue 29,495 miles Damn K Pox Its a Bat outta Hell Now 58,200 miles. 
1996 K1100LT 0233004 Lohengrin Mystic Red 38,000 miles currently 51,800 miles.
1983 K100RS 0004449 Odette R100 colours 58,000 miles. Sprint fairing now 63,390 miles

Past:
1968 Yamaha 80 YG1
1971 Yamaha 125 YAS-1
1968 Honda 125 SS
1970 Honda CD 175
1973 Honda CB500-4
Honda CX 500
    

Laitch

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If the bike is a stock K75S, wouldn't it need a different switch pad to enable installation of an RT/LT or C bar? A K75C pad would work. Anyway, this MB.C post might interest somebody.


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92KK 84WW Olaf

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Laitch wrote:If the bike is a stock K75S, wouldn't it need a different switch pad to enable installation of an RT/LT or C bar? A K75C pad would work. Anyway, this MB.C post might interest somebody.

Forgot to mention the switch pad.....yes you need the RT/LT impact or switch pad too. I don't know enough about the K75 pads.

and just to confuse even further I got a set of 84 clocks of an 84RS. When I went to put them on the 84RT they wouldn't fit. They came with the mounting plate and because it looked all nice and uncorroded I thought I would be clever and use it too. So I took the mounting plates off, the RS one had 2 tabs to the front and the RT one didn't. So I cut off the 2 tabs that were on the RS one. But confusingly both were stamped with the same BMW part numbers even though they were different and not interchangeable. The clock sets themselves were identical.


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1992 K100LT 0193214 Bertha Blue 101,000 miles
1984 K100RT 0022575 Brutus Baja Red 578 bought 36,000 now 89,150 miles
1997 K1100LT 0188024 Wotan Mystic Red 689 58,645 now 106,950 miles Deceased.
1983 K100RS 0011157 Fricka 606 Alaska Blue 29,495 miles Damn K Pox Its a Bat outta Hell Now 58,200 miles. 
1996 K1100LT 0233004 Lohengrin Mystic Red 38,000 miles currently 51,800 miles.
1983 K100RS 0004449 Odette R100 colours 58,000 miles. Sprint fairing now 63,390 miles

Past:
1968 Yamaha 80 YG1
1971 Yamaha 125 YAS-1
1968 Honda 125 SS
1970 Honda CD 175
1973 Honda CB500-4
Honda CX 500
    

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lancas

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Excellent feedback. Thanks gents. The K75C options sounds like it could be the better option in this case.
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