1 Hello. My Name is Dao. I'm a Recovering Airhead/Flying Brick/Oilhead Owner....one day at a time right. Fri Dec 03, 2021 12:37 am
dao
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Good Day Brickheads.
I just picked up a '91 K100RS (16V)
... supposedly owned at some time by Richard Backus from Motorcycle Classics. The gentleman I puchased the K-RS from, Mr. Travis, from Lawrence Kansas, said he bought it from Mr. Backus back in 2014. The 2014 title shows 80K on the clock. When I bought the K-RS from Mr. Travis, yesterday, the odometer showed 91K on the clock but the he said the clock had stopped working just last year. Mr. Travis seemed to be very up and up about the bike...nice gent so I'm going to reckon the bike has around 92-93K at the most. This bike makes my third FLYING BRICK. Back in 2000, I owned a gorgeous '93 blue K75RS conversion (gone), then a '96 K1100RS (gone) and now a '93 K75S (love it) and bought yesterday....the '91 K100RS. I hadn't joined the group earlier because I've just been extemely busy with work and the K75S has been doing well. The K100RS is a different beast.
About me? I'm a single retired US Navy Chief and I'm loving life down here in somewhat rural Arkansas. Up to now, I've owned about 30 bikes. Considering I bought my first bike in 1999, that may seem excessive, but we have to have our hobbies...right? My other hobby used to be Alfa Romeo cars, but I got out of that back in 2015. Kinda miss that. Yeah...really miss that, but too expensive because I like things to look and operate close to new.
I now own a '77 R100/7, the '91 K-RS, '93 K75S, 2001 Honda Valkyrie and two 2004 R1150RTs. Zero HDs. Why do I mention HD's?...another story.
My newly acquired K100RS does have it's issues, but I knew that going in. Honestly, I just absolutely love the look of these bikes. Next to a Daytona Orange R90S, these are my next favs.
The K100RS starts fine, idles fine, shifts fine, but sporadically stalls. Mr. Travis seemed to think it was related to the KILL switch, but I have my doubts. I'm gonna upload a video to YOUTUBE when I can to show the symptoms.
Anyway, I'm glad to be a new member of the group and I'm looking forward to sharing knowledge and experiences if I can.
Dao
I just picked up a '91 K100RS (16V)
... supposedly owned at some time by Richard Backus from Motorcycle Classics. The gentleman I puchased the K-RS from, Mr. Travis, from Lawrence Kansas, said he bought it from Mr. Backus back in 2014. The 2014 title shows 80K on the clock. When I bought the K-RS from Mr. Travis, yesterday, the odometer showed 91K on the clock but the he said the clock had stopped working just last year. Mr. Travis seemed to be very up and up about the bike...nice gent so I'm going to reckon the bike has around 92-93K at the most. This bike makes my third FLYING BRICK. Back in 2000, I owned a gorgeous '93 blue K75RS conversion (gone), then a '96 K1100RS (gone) and now a '93 K75S (love it) and bought yesterday....the '91 K100RS. I hadn't joined the group earlier because I've just been extemely busy with work and the K75S has been doing well. The K100RS is a different beast.
About me? I'm a single retired US Navy Chief and I'm loving life down here in somewhat rural Arkansas. Up to now, I've owned about 30 bikes. Considering I bought my first bike in 1999, that may seem excessive, but we have to have our hobbies...right? My other hobby used to be Alfa Romeo cars, but I got out of that back in 2015. Kinda miss that. Yeah...really miss that, but too expensive because I like things to look and operate close to new.
I now own a '77 R100/7, the '91 K-RS, '93 K75S, 2001 Honda Valkyrie and two 2004 R1150RTs. Zero HDs. Why do I mention HD's?...another story.
My newly acquired K100RS does have it's issues, but I knew that going in. Honestly, I just absolutely love the look of these bikes. Next to a Daytona Orange R90S, these are my next favs.
The K100RS starts fine, idles fine, shifts fine, but sporadically stalls. Mr. Travis seemed to think it was related to the KILL switch, but I have my doubts. I'm gonna upload a video to YOUTUBE when I can to show the symptoms.
Anyway, I'm glad to be a new member of the group and I'm looking forward to sharing knowledge and experiences if I can.
Dao
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