Hey everybody - my name's Mat, I'm from London and I have recently bought a tatty but awesome '85 K100RT!

I have a laundry list of things I'll be doing to it over the next few weeks (remove the fairing, new headlight and indicators, new bars, clocks, etc etc) and as something of a noob to the BMW I'm sure I'll be asking lots of stupid questions. So thanks in advance!

Hello mate and welcome.
Post some pics of the old girl when you get a chance!
Sean.

good on you Mat.welcome along to the Knuthouse.
you have come to the right place, the guys here enjoy a challenge , so throw at them what you can.
mind you , you will need to post a few pics to tantalise them.....

Here you go...



As you can see, she's certainly been dropped at some point!

We've seen worse here on the forum much worse. Take note, it's a very modular bike and many pieces can be replaced. My '85 RT purchased last year needed about 6 months of TLC, but now it's fully road ready (if only the weather would cooperate :silent:).

welcome mat

have fun ...they are a great bike

Welcome Matt. Stupid questions are tolerated. Lord knows I've had my share.

Thanks guys - I'll be doing a fair bit of work on her over the next few weeks, so all being well she'll look pretty different soon enough...I'll keep you posted!

Welcome to the forums Mat

Hello Mat

welcome indeed - I'm in a similar situation, having recently bought an '89 LT needing some TLC

You say you're new to BMW ownership - so it may be helpful for you to be steered in the direction of the UK's "usual suspects" who specialise in mail-order BMW parts and accessories, especially for our "senior" models :

MotorWorks : http://www.motorworks.co.uk/vlive/Home/index.php

MotoBins : http://www.motobins.co.uk/

James Sherlock : http://www.james-sherlock.co.uk/

be warned - even with their warranted-good second-hand parts you can quickly rack up a big spend - don't ask me how I know !

The only stupid question is the one you don't ask!

88

When I started my apprenticeship back in the dark ages the first tradesman I worked with was a New Zealand Maori and was as he said 5ft 18in and just as broad, he said you can ask all the stupid questions you like but you make any stupid mistakes and I'll kick your arse till your nose bleeds and I have repeated that to many apprentices I trained and that is by far the best thing to do. Asking questions costs nothing and if the person laughs at you then they should not be asked again just ask someone else.

hi Mat,
Great to have you with us, good on you for restoring the bike.
Regards,
K-BIKE

Welcome along. A man who has never made a mistake has never made anything! No such thing as a stupid question, except will you marry me only kidding.

GMcQ

Thanks for the welcome chaps - got a few hours in the garage over the weekend, so true to my word I thought I'd post some snaps for those of you that are interested...





Looks nicer without the top box, I reckon.



Made a new panel for the ignition barrel and built an ally bracket for the new clocks, which I'm quite pleased with - one slight issue was that when Trail Tech sent me the computer and dash mount, they didn't send me the magnet for the speed sensor! 0/10 to Trail Tech for attention to detail, and 0/10 to me for checking what I receive in the post...



Looks nice though!

Phase two will be to tackle the back end. Toying with the idea of cutting the frame down and welding a new loop on, building a new seat pan and all that malarkey - looks like a lot of work though! Still, it's not like there's any great riding weather on the horizon!

End bar mirrors are the bomb!

Hadn't occurred to me before, but I like that colour and with the black too.