1 Better Red Than Dead '98 K1200RS Project Wed Mar 04, 2020 7:04 pm
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Those of you who've known me for a little while will scratch yer heads in amusement and wonder. I've never really liked red motorbikes. It's too much of an 'arrest me' colour. Too easy a target for Johnny Law's short attention span. But somehow I've got three and a half red ones.
Half because the Mystic is black, silver and red, red being the primary colour. The other red'uns are my K100RS in OZ, the K1300GT and now this one.
This came my way a coupla months ago. It's an April of '97 production date, registered as a 1998 due to a 'W' as the tenth digit of the 17 digit VIN. It was ridden hard but kept clean, regular services & oil changes, et al, with lotsa extra farkles like PIAA lights & dual PIAA horns, an automatic garage door opener, radar detector, and etc., installed by the previous owner. The bike was unloaded in my driveway, delivered by the owner who handed me the title, keys and accessories such as panniers, tankbag, cover, extra BMW power plugs, two seats - one with solo seat cover, adjustable 'bar risers, and brand new Hagon adjustable shockies front & rear, with red springs! The catch? I could not pay him for it. He gave it to me. What the? Here's why:
Look closely.
Wot wuz dat noyz!?
Apparently, chasing a K1600GTL over Sherman Pass in Eastern Washington state and a very spirited pace in the height of a Pacific Northwest summer presents some beautiful views. This perhaps not being one of them.
That connecting rod end cap decided to see what was just on the other side of the thin magnesium wall. A little 200 grit on the journal and she'll be laughing - not serious, folks.
Not a heap of miles on the clock. I've got two spare K1100RS engines, the appropriate 'bell housing', full frame and engine wiring looms, K12 camshafts, Motronic, 38mm TB's, and requisite ancillaries to make it a revving K11RS sheep in wolf's clothing, or just to slide a secondhand eBay K1200RS/GT motor under it.
What did my gifter get as a replacement? A K1600GT from 2013 with less than 30,000 miles on it. It wouldn't start reliably, but when it did, ran rough and so the original owner gave it away to him cheap, the fuel stinking of furniture stripper. I scanned the codes for him and he replaced the fuel pump with a Kemso from eBay for under $30 bucks.
Half because the Mystic is black, silver and red, red being the primary colour. The other red'uns are my K100RS in OZ, the K1300GT and now this one.
This came my way a coupla months ago. It's an April of '97 production date, registered as a 1998 due to a 'W' as the tenth digit of the 17 digit VIN. It was ridden hard but kept clean, regular services & oil changes, et al, with lotsa extra farkles like PIAA lights & dual PIAA horns, an automatic garage door opener, radar detector, and etc., installed by the previous owner. The bike was unloaded in my driveway, delivered by the owner who handed me the title, keys and accessories such as panniers, tankbag, cover, extra BMW power plugs, two seats - one with solo seat cover, adjustable 'bar risers, and brand new Hagon adjustable shockies front & rear, with red springs! The catch? I could not pay him for it. He gave it to me. What the? Here's why:
Look closely.
Wot wuz dat noyz!?
Apparently, chasing a K1600GTL over Sherman Pass in Eastern Washington state and a very spirited pace in the height of a Pacific Northwest summer presents some beautiful views. This perhaps not being one of them.
That connecting rod end cap decided to see what was just on the other side of the thin magnesium wall. A little 200 grit on the journal and she'll be laughing - not serious, folks.
Not a heap of miles on the clock. I've got two spare K1100RS engines, the appropriate 'bell housing', full frame and engine wiring looms, K12 camshafts, Motronic, 38mm TB's, and requisite ancillaries to make it a revving K11RS sheep in wolf's clothing, or just to slide a secondhand eBay K1200RS/GT motor under it.
What did my gifter get as a replacement? A K1600GT from 2013 with less than 30,000 miles on it. It wouldn't start reliably, but when it did, ran rough and so the original owner gave it away to him cheap, the fuel stinking of furniture stripper. I scanned the codes for him and he replaced the fuel pump with a Kemso from eBay for under $30 bucks.
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"How many cars did we pass today?" "ALL of them."
1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '93 K1100RS, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, 2 x '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT