I can officially join the K1 owner group  and not a want a be  

Meet my new project  

Doesn't run  

A neat find.
Good Luck
It looks in reasonable condition.

My instant mental response to 'Doesn't run' was 'What's wrong with its legs?'

I know...

 Looking good Matt. If you run out of room to store it I have space in the loungeroom.
Regards Martin.

Awesome.

G'day Matt, very nice indeed.. You have now joined a very exclusive motorcycling brother/sisterhood. Well done. Cheers Tom

SSD and I helped Matt bring home his new baby. He got the bargain of the century Body work will come up pristine with a bit of attention. Restoring the mechanicals will just take a bit of time and money. the piccies contain a couple of the other two bikes he had for sale the Kwaka 550 is sold.
Regards Martin.

Job 1 
Get the petrol tank cap open  stuck down from the gasket turning to glue  ( done )  

Job 2 
Pump out the dark brown liquid in the gas tank  god it stinks ( done ) 

Job 3 
Remove the  gas tank cap and brace myself for the horror of what lies in side  

Job no 4 
Remove tank and gizzard to inspect for pin holes 

think I found the reason behind the loss of pressure 

To much crud in the bottom of the tank to know if there is any pin holes from the decomposing  guts  
 

Jeez thats a mess, goodluck. Maybe drop it on Martin on hit next workshop day. After all we all enjoy a good laugh.

Wow!
Never seen a tankful of tar before!

Yuk

RicK G wrote:Yuk

The smell of the stale fuel is just lingering  
and now I have 4lts of weed killer now to get rid off

So just completed the first 24hr soak  
Thanks to Rick G for putting me onto this stuff years ago

Still a long away to go but the next soak I will be able to get in there with some brushes to help move things along    

Looking good, when is the fire up day? Are the Kronies invited to the fire up party ?   
Regards Martin.

Of course  

But that will be a while of and after the Off Centre Rally is my time frame

 Do we get cake????

A very big thanks to Klompy   for the advice to use M.E.K  

It took me a little while to find this stuff in a small a quantity as the chemical sellers only wanted to sell it in 200lt batches 
but it turns out to that Plumbers clear priming fluid is 80% MEK

The tanks has come up a treat on the bottom   but as you can see in the last photos there is still a lot of crap up on the topside of the tank  

    

Looking sharp as, fingers crossed it keeps looking corrosion free...

Have you sourced the required fuel bits to get her going?

Regards

Dan

So finally getting back to the k1 

Matthew-Brisbane wrote:I can officially join the K1 owner group

Maybe, maybe not.

I picked up a K1 about ten years ago.

A few years ago the few years ago the K1 forum moved to Facebook.

I don't do Facebook so am now a K1 outcast.

That does look like a nice specimen though and well worth the effort to bring it back from the dead. Best of luck in your endeavor.

I love it! I want a K1 for my next bike. She will be a beauty!

Bill

Matthew

I do wish you success with your project.
As for the tank - I've never seen such a difference before / after.
Wow!

Hello guys  
Question for those with the 16v motor 

I'm changing the external fuel lines over and I'm noticing that the short hose which runs from the pressure regulator between throttle body 1 and 2 and connects to the downward facing spigot on the fuel rail near injector one seems to kink slightly  

while doing web searches on this I found a picture of part no 13 54 1 461 495 (Item 6 in the parts finch) it has a pre- formed set bend in the external line 
I have tried to come in from the left or right and keep having the same issue with the kink 


What other methods have people used ?? 
Has anyone managed to set a bend into a line ?? 

Well just before the northern Crew Christmas lunch catch up, I managed to press the starter button  



https://youtu.be/7KNEATfOfSI

It lives!  

Nice!

Sounding good.

Easter project for the K1 

Nice project.
I restored a K1 a few years ago. If the mechanics is not a problem, the fairing is...many specific parts, some are very difficult to find, I had to search in flea markets in Germany, websites in Greece and eventually Japan for some parts!

Do secure the glovebox lids by a thin wire: the're not tightly adjusted and hey fly when you reach hi speed. Rare and expensive!

Another flaw is the front fender crackings appearing near the stanchion hole. Part too heavy and too thin...



If it remains intact, glue another piece of plastic on the hidden face to reinforce it. If it's already cracked...same thing before the paint job. The fender was reinforced by the factory on the later models, that yours seem to be.
Use tyre soap to fit the fender in the rubber part.

jbt wrote: The fender was reinforced by the factory on the later models, that yours seem to be.

Interesting. My 91 K1 has 80K+ miles on it and I always wondered why it never got the dreaded front fender crack.  Now I understand.

Matthew-Brisbane wrote:Easter project for the K1

Looks expensive Matt. Is it legal in Oz to make your own brake lines or is it severely frowned upon?

jbt wrote:Nice project.
I restored a K1 a few years ago. If the mechanics is not a problem, the fairing is...many specific parts, some are very difficult to find, I had to search in flea markets in Germany, websites in Greece and eventually Japan for some parts!

Do secure the glovebox lids by a thin wire: the're not tightly adjusted and hey fly when you reach hi speed. Rare and expensive!

Another flaw is the front fender crackings appearing near the stanchion hole. Part too heavy and too thin...



If it remains intact, glue another piece of plastic on the hidden face to reinforce it. If it's already cracked...same thing before the paint job. The fender was reinforced by the factory on the later models, that yours seem to be.
Use tyre soap to fit the fender in the rubber part.

Thanks for the tip JBT
I will need to have a look at the front fender   

Found out the hard way that with the bike on the table lift stand (front wheel chocked) that I could not get either side fairing panels off because of the front fender

Dai wrote:

Matthew-Brisbane wrote:Easter project for the K1

Looks expensive Matt. Is it legal in Oz to make your own brake lines or is it severely frowned upon?

Happy Eater Dai  

They are allowed to be made but must be done by an authorised manufacture. 

$400Au for all 6 lines all with new banjo and crush washers and postage 

not cheap but the condition of the existing lines was disgusting.

I cut one open and managed to push a small plastic rod in up to the banjo and out came a string of congealed jelly.

That looks about the same price as here. Fortunately Nanny hasn't prevented me from making my own lines yet. She'd better keep her gob well shut too as I have quite a few metres of brake line and a box of fittings in the garage. One brakeline = approx 1/10th of buying the same line.

From 24year old RAMBO rubber to new Pirelli Angel GT2 rubber 

The K1 is nearly ready for Rego in late May 2023 finger crossed. 

I know just the road to test them out on.   

MartinW wrote:I know just the road to test them out on.   

Hmmm don't know what you're talking about it was a scenic lookout.

Well if it's just a scenic lookout, we can visit again. I'll wait at the start while you go and admire the view.

Matthew, you're gonna love these new tyres.

BTW by courtesy of the pious Italian people, you'll always have a guardian angel by your side
Only a few are aware of this fact (pic of an Angel ST):