1 General Durability of the early K100 Drivetrains Sun Mar 18, 2018 3:37 pm
brickrider2
Life time member
I foolishly parted with my K100RS and have subsequently been looking for a replacement. My previous bike had less than 50 k miles on the clock when it went to the new owner, so it was running essentially as a new machine - which is to say very well! I now have my sights on a '85 RT with high miles. With good maintenance, my expectation is that it still is capable of many more miles of reliable running. Is that a reasonable expectation?
Approaching 100 k miles, I expect the following components will need or have been rebuilt/repaired: fuel pump, coolant/oil pump, alternator (?), starter (?), fan, clutch, instruments. This list assumes that the normal wear items have been attended to in the course of the machines life ( tires, cables, brake pads and calipers and possible m/c for clutch and brakes).
I grant you that I've posed a very speculative situation. I feel competent in my ability to evaluate the state of the machine during a hands-on inspection, what I do not know is if a k-bike valve train, rings and transmission are essentially finished at 100 k miles.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Approaching 100 k miles, I expect the following components will need or have been rebuilt/repaired: fuel pump, coolant/oil pump, alternator (?), starter (?), fan, clutch, instruments. This list assumes that the normal wear items have been attended to in the course of the machines life ( tires, cables, brake pads and calipers and possible m/c for clutch and brakes).
I grant you that I've posed a very speculative situation. I feel competent in my ability to evaluate the state of the machine during a hands-on inspection, what I do not know is if a k-bike valve train, rings and transmission are essentially finished at 100 k miles.
Thanks for your thoughts.