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K100LT repair Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:12 am
responder
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As I said in my introduction a few weeks ago I brought the 1990 K100LT and had a friend of a friend etc etc ride it down from Auckland, over 400kms. ($260 for bike courier would have been a better choice) He crashed it and caused a load of damage to the fairing, new $350 windscreen smashed, rear wheel (bent) 
. So I have spent the past few weeks repairing her. I purchased a second hand rear wheel, indicator lens, brake/tail lens, second hand windscreen. The nose cone was badly damaged but the lower right side fairing was a real mess. I have never done any fibre glassing before so was a interesting challenge. I completed all the fibre glassing, sanded for hours, matched some paint, painted, clear coated (all with cans). I'm reasonably happy with the outcome.
While I was working on it a gave it a good clean up, repaired Hazard warning switch, added a LED driving light and LED park light, used spare LED driving light in tail lens, cut circuit in half and now have LEDs each side in tail light.
So it's a work in progress.
Had my first real ride today to get to know her, went great, did over 70kms on open road round town, been over 20yrs since I last rode.
Anyway here are some pics.
Side fairing
Mounts broken off nose
Fairing removed
Back together, I should have taken pics of the fixing process (V in background to give me wings)
LEDs in tail light
With LED park light and LED driving light installed
With Narva 90+ headlight on, should see me coming
Hazard lights working again after switch repair and wires resoldered back on
. So I have spent the past few weeks repairing her. I purchased a second hand rear wheel, indicator lens, brake/tail lens, second hand windscreen. The nose cone was badly damaged but the lower right side fairing was a real mess. I have never done any fibre glassing before so was a interesting challenge. I completed all the fibre glassing, sanded for hours, matched some paint, painted, clear coated (all with cans). I'm reasonably happy with the outcome.While I was working on it a gave it a good clean up, repaired Hazard warning switch, added a LED driving light and LED park light, used spare LED driving light in tail lens, cut circuit in half and now have LEDs each side in tail light.
So it's a work in progress.
Had my first real ride today to get to know her, went great, did over 70kms on open road round town, been over 20yrs since I last rode.
Anyway here are some pics.
Side fairing
Mounts broken off nose
Fairing removed
Back together, I should have taken pics of the fixing process (V in background to give me wings)
LEDs in tail light
With LED park light and LED driving light installed
With Narva 90+ headlight on, should see me coming
Hazard lights working again after switch repair and wires resoldered back on
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1990 K100LT
