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Gas tank delivery Mon 07 May 2018, 21:56
duck
Life time member
I got this 93 K1100LT last summer after it had sat collecting dust in a friend's garage for seven years. The good part was that the last thing done do it before taking its long slumber was that I gave it a spline lube so that I could be 100% that that wasn't necessary. The tank was the usual black goo & dead fuel pump scenario.
So I redid all of the fluids, fuel system and new brake pads. I also swapped in an Ohlins and a ceramic coated Staintune. The ABS I system is fully functional. Also borrowed the Russell Day Long from my other K1100LT and did all sorts of lighting and LED stuff to it. And of course CCS-100 cruise control.
Put a little over 4,000 miles on it last September. Rides like a champ.
A couple of weeks ago I swapped in some black powder coated K1100RS wheels with brand new Brdigestone T30s.
It's a pretty dialed in K bike now. When I bought it my plan was to resuscitate it and flip it but I really like it and am having second thoughts about selling it even though the last thing I need is another K bike.
On Friday, April 30 a guy from San Francisco needed a decent non-leaking tank for a $150 85 K100RS he is bringing back to life. I decided not to ship the tank but instead strap it onto the rear of the LT and do a four day 2,000 mile round trip along the California coast to deliver it in person.
I spent Tuesday riding down the Oregon coast. On Wednesday morning I awoke to a perfectly sunny day. Highway 1 in California was in excellent shape and, since it hadn't rained recently, all of the turns were free of gravel. Being mid-week out of tourist season the traffic was very minimal. Out of the hundreds of thousands of miles I've ridden, it's probably the best day of riding I've EVER had.
Oregon coast:
California coast:
So I redid all of the fluids, fuel system and new brake pads. I also swapped in an Ohlins and a ceramic coated Staintune. The ABS I system is fully functional. Also borrowed the Russell Day Long from my other K1100LT and did all sorts of lighting and LED stuff to it. And of course CCS-100 cruise control.
Put a little over 4,000 miles on it last September. Rides like a champ.
A couple of weeks ago I swapped in some black powder coated K1100RS wheels with brand new Brdigestone T30s.
It's a pretty dialed in K bike now. When I bought it my plan was to resuscitate it and flip it but I really like it and am having second thoughts about selling it even though the last thing I need is another K bike.
On Friday, April 30 a guy from San Francisco needed a decent non-leaking tank for a $150 85 K100RS he is bringing back to life. I decided not to ship the tank but instead strap it onto the rear of the LT and do a four day 2,000 mile round trip along the California coast to deliver it in person.
I spent Tuesday riding down the Oregon coast. On Wednesday morning I awoke to a perfectly sunny day. Highway 1 in California was in excellent shape and, since it hadn't rained recently, all of the turns were free of gravel. Being mid-week out of tourist season the traffic was very minimal. Out of the hundreds of thousands of miles I've ridden, it's probably the best day of riding I've EVER had.
Oregon coast:
California coast:
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Current stable:
86 Custom K100 (standard fairing, K75 Belly pan, Ceramic chromed engine covers, paralever)
K75 Frankenbrick (Paralever, K11 front end, hybrid ABS, K1100RS fairing, radial tires)
86 K75C Turbo w/ paralever
94 K1100RS
93 K1100LT
91 K1
93 K75S (K11 front end)
91 K75S (K1 front end)
14 Yamaha WR250R
98 Taxi Cab K1200RS
14 K1600GT
