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K75RT in Seattle Wed Jul 04, 2018 5:53 pm
dalebK75
New member
Hi Everyone,
I bought my first K Bike in 1997, a 1990 K75RT, on the advice of Dan Patzer, who was helping me with my 4wheel BMWs at the time.
In 2001 I crashed it, fairly low-speed low side, insurance totaled it.
Bought a 1985 K100LT, thought I'd like more power. Enjoyed the extra power, but the vibes didn't jibe with me.
Had a fun year-long adventure with the starter on that one, Don Eilenberger helped me figure out the issue by going
back to basic physics. After tearing the whole bike apart, installing new sprag, and lots of other "while I'm in there" bits, the fix took 20 minutes.
In 2003 I found a K75RT for sale with only 40k miles on it, test rode it, bought it.
Sadly I've hardly put any miles on it since we moved to West Seattle and I stopped commuting by the Ferry.
In August 2017 I decided to fix up the damaged fairing and get it on the road and reliable again.
Fixed cracked fairing, repainted, and reassembled the bike.
Had an issue with cutting out when at half-tank or less, it was a lot of crap in the tank,
new filter, pump, hoses, mount, and it runs great again.
I've found lots of great advice on this site already, so thanks to the admins for a well-run site.
I founded and have run http://www.unofficialbmw.com since about 1999, so I know how much work can go into running a site.
My site is mostly for E30s and E36s (80s and 90s cages), so not that relevant here.
Dale
I bought my first K Bike in 1997, a 1990 K75RT, on the advice of Dan Patzer, who was helping me with my 4wheel BMWs at the time.
In 2001 I crashed it, fairly low-speed low side, insurance totaled it.
Bought a 1985 K100LT, thought I'd like more power. Enjoyed the extra power, but the vibes didn't jibe with me.
Had a fun year-long adventure with the starter on that one, Don Eilenberger helped me figure out the issue by going
back to basic physics. After tearing the whole bike apart, installing new sprag, and lots of other "while I'm in there" bits, the fix took 20 minutes.
In 2003 I found a K75RT for sale with only 40k miles on it, test rode it, bought it.
Sadly I've hardly put any miles on it since we moved to West Seattle and I stopped commuting by the Ferry.
In August 2017 I decided to fix up the damaged fairing and get it on the road and reliable again.
Fixed cracked fairing, repainted, and reassembled the bike.
Had an issue with cutting out when at half-tank or less, it was a lot of crap in the tank,
new filter, pump, hoses, mount, and it runs great again.
I've found lots of great advice on this site already, so thanks to the admins for a well-run site.
I founded and have run http://www.unofficialbmw.com since about 1999, so I know how much work can go into running a site.
My site is mostly for E30s and E36s (80s and 90s cages), so not that relevant here.
Dale
1986 k75, 1985 K100rt, 
Bert - I've had to quit with the K for now because it is too hot to ride! (The fairing is just way too good). Dragged the Bandit out again... for a while.
