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New K100 LT Owner Thu 29 Jul 2021, 01:15
AlexGSi2000
New member
Morning all,
Quick hello from me having purchased an 89' LT yesterday.
After selling my 01' CBR600 F4i Sport a few years ago to fund a car purchase, I had always fancied another bike.
Was chatting to a few friends the other week regarding cafe racers in general - the next thing I knew, I was browsing eBay and the local classifieds.
I think we as a group of petrol heads are the same, once you have an idea in your head you end up on autopilot until you buy something
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I decided to go down the route of building a cafe racer as it suits my requirements when it comes to a bike - when I had the CBR I didn't really use it all that often and wasn't a quick rider anyway, I had all the intentions of going for some tuition on track, but never got round to it.
When I did go out on the bike I never ventured too far (North Wales is only 40 miles from where I live) and took it at an easy pace - I must have looked silly on a sportsbike.
My aim for this build is to build something that I can go easy on / pootle about on (I must be getting old).
Initially I was looking for an RS, went to go and take a look at one that had been stood for 10 years and was a non-runner, - it didn't make sense financially as it would have needed a lot of parts, literally everything.
An LT came up fairly locally at a good price, went to go and see it and a deal was done - rode the 50 miles home in utter comfort.
Will be starting the strip down and building a list over the next few days, so will add some photos.
My aim is to have the bike looking like a cafe racer by the start of next spring (winter project), however I am usually very impatient with projects, so will probably find I just crack on with it - larger modifications I aim to carry out in the future (front fork / rear suspension conversion).
Have spent some time looking through the forum already, its been great to see what others have done - there are some beautiful bikes on here.
Very refreshing to be able to join an actual forum again - too many I have been a part of in the past have disappeared with a Facebook group in its place full of countless "which oil do I use posts"
Quick hello from me having purchased an 89' LT yesterday.
After selling my 01' CBR600 F4i Sport a few years ago to fund a car purchase, I had always fancied another bike.
Was chatting to a few friends the other week regarding cafe racers in general - the next thing I knew, I was browsing eBay and the local classifieds.
I think we as a group of petrol heads are the same, once you have an idea in your head you end up on autopilot until you buy something
.I decided to go down the route of building a cafe racer as it suits my requirements when it comes to a bike - when I had the CBR I didn't really use it all that often and wasn't a quick rider anyway, I had all the intentions of going for some tuition on track, but never got round to it.
When I did go out on the bike I never ventured too far (North Wales is only 40 miles from where I live) and took it at an easy pace - I must have looked silly on a sportsbike.
My aim for this build is to build something that I can go easy on / pootle about on (I must be getting old).
Initially I was looking for an RS, went to go and take a look at one that had been stood for 10 years and was a non-runner, - it didn't make sense financially as it would have needed a lot of parts, literally everything.
An LT came up fairly locally at a good price, went to go and see it and a deal was done - rode the 50 miles home in utter comfort.
Will be starting the strip down and building a list over the next few days, so will add some photos.
My aim is to have the bike looking like a cafe racer by the start of next spring (winter project), however I am usually very impatient with projects, so will probably find I just crack on with it - larger modifications I aim to carry out in the future (front fork / rear suspension conversion).
Have spent some time looking through the forum already, its been great to see what others have done - there are some beautiful bikes on here.
Very refreshing to be able to join an actual forum again - too many I have been a part of in the past have disappeared with a Facebook group in its place full of countless "which oil do I use posts"
K1100RS/LT - R1200RT - R1100RS - Cagiva SST 350 Ala Verde - K75LT project - K75 Schurgers - K75S - K1100RS - K75RT - K75C