1 [solved]Performance with sidecar Mon Mar 30, 2020 5:21 am
tinyspuds
Life time member
My 86 K100 has around 62k miles and runs well. What is the group’s experience of top end performance?
I’m not concerned with going faster but am interested as an indicator of general health (the things you worry about when you can’t ride).
I’ve seen posts about performance that suggests my top end of 74mph is below what others experience.
My outfit is pretty wide track and weighs around 160lbs, 70kg and I probably carry about 20 - 40 lbs on top of that.
Using the gear box as intended it will whip up to 65 mph pretty smartly but the next 10 are a long haul (both these numbers were 10 mph down before I put my new clutch in).
I’ll start a general thread for diagnosis if you folk think it should do better.
TIA, Stu. Stay safe.
I’m not concerned with going faster but am interested as an indicator of general health (the things you worry about when you can’t ride).
I’ve seen posts about performance that suggests my top end of 74mph is below what others experience.
My outfit is pretty wide track and weighs around 160lbs, 70kg and I probably carry about 20 - 40 lbs on top of that.
Using the gear box as intended it will whip up to 65 mph pretty smartly but the next 10 are a long haul (both these numbers were 10 mph down before I put my new clutch in).
I’ll start a general thread for diagnosis if you folk think it should do better.
TIA, Stu. Stay safe.
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1985 BMW K100RT + Hedingham HUB and LL’s. VIN 0028106.
1986 K100RS in boxes. VIN 0141918.
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