Hi Folks,

Christmas Greetings. Well, I was after a K75 and have just bought a 1990 K100RS 4V! I wanted a long legged, characterful machine to complement my HD MT350 back road/off road steed. The 'K' has had some recent work done; new driveshaft, clutch, rear shock and some other bits and pieces but it's also quite far from the one owner, low miles pampered with BMW FSH I might dream about! It's got 87K (miles) on the clock so I'm encouraged to see some much bigger mileages are possible from these engines . Fingers crossed she'll do quite a few more without a catastrophic failure! Looking forward to finding out more about these machines and hearing from some like minded souls. Looks like parts for the 4 valve can be a bit tricky to find as well so might be on the look oput for a few odds and sods before long....

All the Best
Dave

Hi Dave,
Good to have you on board and worry not there are heaps of parts around for the 1990 K100 RS 4V.
Regards,
K-BIKE

Thanks K-BIKE, that's good to hear and thanks for the welcome .

Welcome to the Forum Dave (MT350Explorer is just too much for us Aussies). So Dave it will be, if you don't mind.

Plenty to do and see here!

Oh yeah, we love pictures...not of you. The bike.

Welcome aboard Dave.

Welcome along Dave. It's good to have another member from the northern hemisphere! You'll find plenty of advice and ideas on here and that mileage figure will grow as the k grows on you. It's not exactly biking weather in these Isles at the moment tho'.
88KE

Welcome to the forum Dave I'm sure you will find plenty here to keep the KRocket in top trim.

welcome aboard dave .....merry christmas to you ...and may your riding be enjoyable

Welcome to the forum. We have only insane people here, who will probably have an answer for most questions you have.

Thanks Guys for the welcome, look forward to more banter as I get to grips with the bike. Will certainly post some photos as soon as I get it (it's being delivered after Christmas). Yeah, really crumby weather here (much of the year!) although an uncharacteristically warm 11 degrees celsius the day before yesterday! For me it's the road salt that gets driven in to every nook and cranny and rots metal that makes we want to wait until spring before I ride her much. Merry Christmas All. Dave

Welcome, Dave, good choice of brick.

Hi Dave welcome to the forum from further along the coast, HD350 not bad at least you did not go for the Armstrong 500, they either started first time or you where down to your underpants in sweat trying to get it to go

BIG D

Ah yes the infamous Armstrong and its left hand kickstart . I'd never say these bikes are brilliant but I do really like their simplicity and charcater - and the olive drab paint of course! That said, I've never let the 350's electric boot stop me riding in my underpants.
Dave

MT350Explorer wrote:Hi Folks,

Christmas Greetings. Well, I was after a K75 and have just bought a 1990 K100RS 4V! I wanted a long legged, characterful machine to complement my HD MT350 back road/off road steed. The 'K' has had some recent work done; new driveshaft, clutch, rear shock and some other bits and pieces but it's also quite far from the one owner, low miles pampered with BMW FSH I might dream about! It's got 87K (miles) on the clock so I'm encouraged to see some much bigger mileages are possible from these engines . Fingers crossed she'll do quite a few more without a catastrophic failure! Looking forward to finding out more about these machines and hearing from some like minded souls. Looks like parts for the 4 valve can be a bit tricky to find as well so might be on the look oput for a few odds and sods before long....

All the Best
Dave

ROTAX engines are indestructible. I know, I've have a bmw with a rotax engine that has been used for commuting, offroad, been hammered around race tracks,toured endlessly, and never missed a beat or protested at the endless abuse. K100s are the same.

Welcome abord Dave from the other end of the British Isles. You have found a good place here with many insane (helpful & knowlegeable) K owners. Happy Xmas to you and yours

Cheers Guys and Merry Christmas!

Looks like being insane is a prerequisite and I'm happpy to tick that box! Will have to rely heavily on you for knowledge and experience though!

Dave

MT350Explorer wrote:Cheers Guys and Merry Christmas!

Looks like being insane is a prerequisite and I'm happpy to tick that box! Will have to rely heavily on you for knowledge and experience though!

Dave

Consider that a "done deal"

Nah you don't have to be insane but it sure helps.

Oh, so that's what a HD350 is...

Thats right blakey, complete with SA80 rifle case. Still a few in use and not a bad machine compared to what was used before, One Armstrong 500 although they where okay when they had the Dell-Orto carb modification and you approached the kickstart ritual properly.

BIG D

If anyone is interested this is the latest military bike on the scene, Produced for the United States Marine Corp's it is built by HDT [Hayes Diversified Technologies ] and is based on a much modifies Kawasaki KLR650 it has a Diesel engine capable of running on JP8 Jet fuel or AVTUR as its known making it like most other military vehicles Multi fuel.

Its is in use by the USMC and has been sold to the British and other European forces.

BIG D

hmm cool d ...

does that mean ...get whatever fuel you can find ....pour all the dregs in the tank and ride ?

charlie99 wrote:hmm cool d ...

does that mean ...get whatever fuel you can find ....pour all the dregs in the tank and ride ?

It means when on op's they can use whatever [within reason] comes to hand Jetfuel or Diesel, As there is hardley any petrol in use these days within MOB use it does not come into the profile.

BIG D