1 I hail from the Caribbean (St. Croix) for the frenchies Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:00 pm
derek.stx
active member
Hey, at least it's a French name. USVI
I didn't expect my first bike to be a k100, but I'm loving it. An 84 k100 rs with dual saddle bags. Mostly driven in Texas, but has been down here for about 2 years, I'm not sure how much longer it will take the ocean air, but it seems to be in fairly good condition given its age.
Couple of weeks after I got it, I hit a behemoth pot hole aka crater due to the state of our roads. dented my rim something nasty, but she took that licking and didn't put me down. I had the rim bent back into place and welded (crack) so I'm looking to get a new wheel since they recommend not heating the aluminum wheels.
Other than that, I've been driving without much the gauges. Everything worked when I got it except the low fuel light. Course the 7l light worked. I couldn't figure out what that light was since I'm used to seeing a gas pump on my gauges and of course I wouldn't know what "L" stands for. Ran out of gas within the first week.
I'm really not an idiot, but... Hopefully I didn't fry the pump bearings as I hear happens. Totally love the bike would like to do a bit of a fix up job on it. Don't know if I'll be able to buy a different bike now since I'm in love with the bmw now. I'd like to take off the fairing and put dual headlights on. First I've got to get it running again since I lost all power while cruising this Island paradise. Thus my introduction.... gots to be getting that downloads password. Hit me back with any comments.
I didn't expect my first bike to be a k100, but I'm loving it. An 84 k100 rs with dual saddle bags. Mostly driven in Texas, but has been down here for about 2 years, I'm not sure how much longer it will take the ocean air, but it seems to be in fairly good condition given its age.
Couple of weeks after I got it, I hit a behemoth pot hole aka crater due to the state of our roads. dented my rim something nasty, but she took that licking and didn't put me down. I had the rim bent back into place and welded (crack) so I'm looking to get a new wheel since they recommend not heating the aluminum wheels.
Other than that, I've been driving without much the gauges. Everything worked when I got it except the low fuel light. Course the 7l light worked. I couldn't figure out what that light was since I'm used to seeing a gas pump on my gauges and of course I wouldn't know what "L" stands for. Ran out of gas within the first week.
I'm really not an idiot, but... Hopefully I didn't fry the pump bearings as I hear happens. Totally love the bike would like to do a bit of a fix up job on it. Don't know if I'll be able to buy a different bike now since I'm in love with the bmw now. I'd like to take off the fairing and put dual headlights on. First I've got to get it running again since I lost all power while cruising this Island paradise. Thus my introduction.... gots to be getting that downloads password. Hit me back with any comments.