1 A Kollection Sat Feb 23, 2013 1:04 am
AL-58
Life time member
June '94, my first trip on the chair, its first rally in my hands.
Sidecar on honeymoon, '95. The RT fairing fell off too much on rougher roads so we removed it, a huge improvement.
We took the sidecar and bits off and sold them. I rode the K as a solo for a few years.
When I finally bought another solo, we bought another sidecar and fitted it to the K, by now just known as the 'Black girl'
Another few years on, the original bike was getting tired with approx 400,000kms under the wheels, so we bought a 16v RS and fitted the sidecar to that. I'd found a leading link and 15" front and rear wheels by them.
We took this around OZ in '02, total weight of the rig on the road (weighed when we returned home) was 880kg with me and the dog. We sold this outfit eventually, I did a few sidecar free years.
But then I bought this, an '87 RS had only 60,000kms on it. Cost $6000.
I had the oppprtunity to buy another outfit, a naked K100 with a DJP body, looked scruffy, but I bought it for the parts. For a small amount I got a leading link, billet aluminium 15" front and rear wheels and an excellent sidecar mounting subframe. Combining the good parts from the scruffy outfit with my bike and sidecar body was the plan.
I put the other bike back together with the leftover bits, got it running properly and sold it on as a project to the man that runs the TTT rally.
So this is what we have today. Next step K1100 engine.
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'93 K1100LT
'08 F650GS (798cc)
'19 R1250RS
+ another boxer engined motorcycle and sidecar
"When I'm too old and too foolish to handle a sidecar I'll buy a Sportsbike"