1 Hello from Cape Town, South Africa Fri Nov 26, 2010 1:23 am
barryt
Silver member
Hi all,
I'm new and would like to introduce myself.
My name is Barry and I recently acquired a 1986 K100 RS (pictures attached). I'm 40 years old and decided I needed a bike a bit more "sedate" than the Suzuki GSXR 1000 K3 I currently ride. Before that I rode a Kawasaki 250 Ninja. I am married to Nicky and I have a sone 7 years of age. My wife refuses to go on the back of the Suzuki, rightly so, and so I decided to get something a little less selfish and so I bought the K100 for doing some touring etc as well. I also love all things ROLLS-ROYCE and have managed to acquire 1 or 2 myself, currently now driving a 1976 Silver Shadow in showroom floor condition. Other car is a BMW 318i Touring. I live 100m from the beach in Cape Town.
My bike has 87000kms on the clock (apparently, because the speedo no longer works), and has a few "minor problems" I want to sort out:
1. Speedo refuses to show speed (cleaned sensor etc - still no joy - next need to check all the wiring I suppose)
2. Brake warning light remains permanently on.
3. Refuses to start (starter spins but engine doesn't turn over).
Steps taken so far:
1. Busy removing everything to get to the sprag clutch...next up is removing the gearbox and bell-housing.
What I'd like to do in the short to medium term:
1. Sort out the sprag clutch and get her starting easily again.
2. Restore everything back to new condition, stainless steel bolts / nuts etc, respary engine covers black - possibly recondition
gearbox and engine as well - but it seems to be running OK at the moment, although the gearbox feels funny when gearing
down - won't jump into the lower gears very easily unless you REALLY slow down to a crawling speed - is that normal?
And the engine sounds quite rough when she's cold, almost like really loud tappets - sprag clutch not disengaging properly
maybe?
In summary I am quite excited about this bike and having done some "stripping" already, I am amazed at how well she was
designed and put together...SO FAR I am impressed with the careful thought to the design (I have a fair amount of mechanical
knowledge having completely rebuilt a Jaguar 5.3 V12 engine once).
I will have a busy weekend ahead I think....
Kind regards,
Barry
Pics of my new baby (she was originally a burgundy red apparently before the previous owner had her sprayed to "R1 Blue" he calls it, after
the color of the renowned Yamaha R1)
I'm new and would like to introduce myself.
My name is Barry and I recently acquired a 1986 K100 RS (pictures attached). I'm 40 years old and decided I needed a bike a bit more "sedate" than the Suzuki GSXR 1000 K3 I currently ride. Before that I rode a Kawasaki 250 Ninja. I am married to Nicky and I have a sone 7 years of age. My wife refuses to go on the back of the Suzuki, rightly so, and so I decided to get something a little less selfish and so I bought the K100 for doing some touring etc as well. I also love all things ROLLS-ROYCE and have managed to acquire 1 or 2 myself, currently now driving a 1976 Silver Shadow in showroom floor condition. Other car is a BMW 318i Touring. I live 100m from the beach in Cape Town.
My bike has 87000kms on the clock (apparently, because the speedo no longer works), and has a few "minor problems" I want to sort out:
1. Speedo refuses to show speed (cleaned sensor etc - still no joy - next need to check all the wiring I suppose)
2. Brake warning light remains permanently on.
3. Refuses to start (starter spins but engine doesn't turn over).
Steps taken so far:
1. Busy removing everything to get to the sprag clutch...next up is removing the gearbox and bell-housing.
What I'd like to do in the short to medium term:
1. Sort out the sprag clutch and get her starting easily again.
2. Restore everything back to new condition, stainless steel bolts / nuts etc, respary engine covers black - possibly recondition
gearbox and engine as well - but it seems to be running OK at the moment, although the gearbox feels funny when gearing
down - won't jump into the lower gears very easily unless you REALLY slow down to a crawling speed - is that normal?
And the engine sounds quite rough when she's cold, almost like really loud tappets - sprag clutch not disengaging properly
maybe?
In summary I am quite excited about this bike and having done some "stripping" already, I am amazed at how well she was
designed and put together...SO FAR I am impressed with the careful thought to the design (I have a fair amount of mechanical
knowledge having completely rebuilt a Jaguar 5.3 V12 engine once).
I will have a busy weekend ahead I think....
Kind regards,
Barry
Pics of my new baby (she was originally a burgundy red apparently before the previous owner had her sprayed to "R1 Blue" he calls it, after
the color of the renowned Yamaha R1)