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I thought that I'd join-in Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:53 am
MikeP
Life time member
The name's Mike.
My K-Series story began in 1988 when I was looking for a nice R-RT but was offered a K100RT that was a few weeks old. Here it is with a few alterations a little later:
I was lucky enough to ride bikes at work (now retired), beginning with Boxers and then K-Series and have owned several of my own in the intervening years.
My main bike from 2004 was an R1150GSA, set-up and used for long distance meandering. I didn't like using it for every day because whenever I threw a leg over it, I just wanted to keep going. Therefore a second bike seemed like a good idea and I picked-up a nice F650GS. I disliked it and sold it within a year.
One day when visiting my local dealership I spotted a K75C outside and when I mentioned it I was told that it had just been taken in part-exchange. Well few people seemed to want K75s, especially the "basic" 'C' model, I reasoned that the trade wouldn't be interested and that it would probably be broken for parts.
On that basis I made a cheeky offer and it was accepted.
I ran that bike for four years only attending to the servicing. I had some knowledge of the K75 as at one time I had an RT at work but I'd not owned one before.
Well I decided that it needed a tidy and stripped it down, did everything that needed doing before selling it few years further on with 99,000 miles showing.
A certain medical diagnosis this time last year meant that my long distance journeys are a thing of the past so the GSA went and I bought another K-Series, an unfortunately coloured K75S that I couldn't help but name the "Turd".
The intention was to keep the 75S as it did everything I wanted a bike for. So yet again I pulled a K75 apart and went through it all sparing no effort or expense on the basis that it was a keeper.
Alas, a friend on another forum who had acquired a very low mileage K1 in Classic Black asked if I'd strip it and do a similar job on it. I readily agreed, having not much to do and the facilities to hand.
Now I used to own a red & yellow K1 back in the very early 90's (when it was one of only two colour schemes then available). It was the most enjoyable bike that I've ever owned but I sold it in a fit of pique and regretted it ever since.
The ravages of time and the fear that my nostalgic memories might be destroyed by owning one again is what stopped me buying another.
When I finished the tidy-up I had to get the bike tested. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I could still bend myself into the required "feet behind the ears" position, that it was perfectly comfortable and my memories had not played tricks on me.
The long and the short of it is that I sold the "Turd" and put the money towards a nice red & yellow K1, then stripped it apart and got it into the sort of condition that it deserves to be.
The K1 is the perfect bike for my needs these days. I have no need to carry anything except what's in my pockets and it's perfect for 300 mile round trips to visit my aged mother (the lack of carrying capacity is a great excuse not to stay overnight).
Currently I have a K75S (recently purchased by my nephew in December) in pieces. This will be his main bike and keep him going until he inherits my K1.
My K-Series story began in 1988 when I was looking for a nice R-RT but was offered a K100RT that was a few weeks old. Here it is with a few alterations a little later:
I was lucky enough to ride bikes at work (now retired), beginning with Boxers and then K-Series and have owned several of my own in the intervening years.
My main bike from 2004 was an R1150GSA, set-up and used for long distance meandering. I didn't like using it for every day because whenever I threw a leg over it, I just wanted to keep going. Therefore a second bike seemed like a good idea and I picked-up a nice F650GS. I disliked it and sold it within a year.
One day when visiting my local dealership I spotted a K75C outside and when I mentioned it I was told that it had just been taken in part-exchange. Well few people seemed to want K75s, especially the "basic" 'C' model, I reasoned that the trade wouldn't be interested and that it would probably be broken for parts.
On that basis I made a cheeky offer and it was accepted.
I ran that bike for four years only attending to the servicing. I had some knowledge of the K75 as at one time I had an RT at work but I'd not owned one before.
Well I decided that it needed a tidy and stripped it down, did everything that needed doing before selling it few years further on with 99,000 miles showing.
A certain medical diagnosis this time last year meant that my long distance journeys are a thing of the past so the GSA went and I bought another K-Series, an unfortunately coloured K75S that I couldn't help but name the "Turd".
The intention was to keep the 75S as it did everything I wanted a bike for. So yet again I pulled a K75 apart and went through it all sparing no effort or expense on the basis that it was a keeper.
Alas, a friend on another forum who had acquired a very low mileage K1 in Classic Black asked if I'd strip it and do a similar job on it. I readily agreed, having not much to do and the facilities to hand.
Now I used to own a red & yellow K1 back in the very early 90's (when it was one of only two colour schemes then available). It was the most enjoyable bike that I've ever owned but I sold it in a fit of pique and regretted it ever since.
The ravages of time and the fear that my nostalgic memories might be destroyed by owning one again is what stopped me buying another.
When I finished the tidy-up I had to get the bike tested. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I could still bend myself into the required "feet behind the ears" position, that it was perfectly comfortable and my memories had not played tricks on me.
The long and the short of it is that I sold the "Turd" and put the money towards a nice red & yellow K1, then stripped it apart and got it into the sort of condition that it deserves to be.
The K1 is the perfect bike for my needs these days. I have no need to carry anything except what's in my pockets and it's perfect for 300 mile round trips to visit my aged mother (the lack of carrying capacity is a great excuse not to stay overnight).
Currently I have a K75S (recently purchased by my nephew in December) in pieces. This will be his main bike and keep him going until he inherits my K1.
1986 k75, 1985 K100rt, 
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