Hi guys. We have recently been tasked to restore a friends 85 K100RT, so we thought it might be a good idea to join the forum.

Hello mate. Welcome and a splendid example of the marque it is to restore! Not like those girly 16 valve thingies.

Hello and welcome. This is the place for fixing them .

Hi Ya Cam (that'll do coz the name is more a bowl of alpahbet soup) welcome to the forum.
Sean Saxon is a bit jealous of my K1100 LT. We'll get him back in the straight jacket soon and feed him his meds and he'll be OK.

Yes. Sure wish I had a ............pink motorcycle.

been through there many times

good luck with the rebuild and welcome to the forum

Saxon7 wrote:Yes. Sure wish I had a ............pink motorcycle.

I had a metallic pink 100RT once. It was an ex police bike that had a really shitty blue paint job. A TAFE colleague agreed to paint it for me and I asked for a metallic red. He showed me some of the parts already finished and it was pink. He was really happy with the finish and it was free so what could I really say?

Al

Apropos pink(ish)
I've been looking at this, with an eye to my Euro return.....

http://suchen.mobile.de/motorrad-inserat/bmw-k-1100-lt-ezs-tpsl-gespann-wilbersfahrwerk-bergheim/180526921.html?lang=de&pageNumber=13&__lp=14&scopeId=MB&sortOption.sortBy=price.consumerGrossEuro&makeModelVariant1.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant2.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant3.searchInFreetext=false&vehicleCategory=Motorbike&segment=Motorbike&fuels=PETROL&maxPrice=10001&ambitCountry=DE&negativeFeatures=EXPORT&categories=CombinationAndSidecar

They aren't cheap over there!

Sean.

I ordered Mystik Red but the idiots double dosed on the pearl and it came out pink and when I started spraying I was assured it would come up correctly when I had more coats , when it cured, when mars burned up in earths atmosphere and when I said money back they claimed special mix but small claims court saw my side and they refunded saying Mystik red was not a colour they had on the computer and would not mix a new correct colour etc etc But I still have to go through all the shit of repainting.

Hey Sax, understand you are going over there and that rig would be Ace!
Buttt...... your outfit is way cooler to my eye , maybe it's Bella? and it is!
Naaah... that one looks like a car to me. You built your baby didn't you?
Let's see the euro Sax please, pretty please we know you can do it!

Welcome Cam....... from not too far away. I have an 85 RT and it is a great machine.
I 'll offer my help in any way , recognising that I.m a novice but have had great help from these guys. My bike is blue but the forum members have insisted that it is purple. Working on an old black one now so there won't be that problem.
Good luck
RT

Ghost who rides wrote:Hey Sax, understand you are going over there and that rig would be Ace!  
 Buttt...... your outfit is way cooler to my eye , maybe it's Bella? and it is!
   Naaah...  that one looks like a car to me. You built your baby didn't you?
     Let's see the euro Sax please, pretty please we know you can do it!

Yeah, you hit the nail on the head there in a few areas. If I were to buy that rig I'd throw away the topbox and panniers for a start...I believe in saving weight where you can...and with just a dog in the chair there is always room for tools and kit for travelling. I like the way mine performs the way it is...I have it set up to suit me.
I'd like to be able to just buy a K bike and make my own outfit....but there lies the problem with Tüv....getting it passed etc would be difficult as they are a bit stricter there.
I have also thought about shipping my current bike there...which would be great and the chair is on the right side ...which is the left. I suspect though, that when it came time for rego I'd not get it passed.
One thing's for sure.....Whatever I end up doing, Bella will make it all look cooler!

Sean.

Yeah Saxon I know about the Tuv etc. Back in the day I always admired the Wasp. Not that I know anything about sidecars
however being built for racing they seem like a good base for road work ??? Have to throw a brick in of course!
Have any Wasps been registered? Probably not many around and exxy?

Just realized this is not about Chairs sorry for hijack!

G'day Cam welcome and apologies,

Ghost

Hi Cam , as you can see , it helps to be a little Knuts to join this forum.
do you think you will fit in. as long as you talk in K lingo , the answer will be yes!
good to have you here.

Good to have you with us the restoration will be fun and there are some excellent examples of restorations on the forum.
Regards,
K-BIKE

Ghost who rides wrote:Yeah Saxon I know about the Tuv etc. Back in the day I always admired the Wasp. Not that I know anything about sidecars
however being built for racing they seem like a good base for road work ???

Ghost

For your info Ghost, their racing pedigree is why I bought Wasp forks, sub-frame and wheels for my K outfit.


Now back to the thread, Welcome cam!

Paul.

Welcome cam. Some awe inspiring work in the resto section. Hope you start a thread on your job for us to follow too.

88

Welocme camdehavenmoto, wow a name is that. Whats the Ks on the RT, mines an 85 I think though the papers say 87. mine only had 18000 when I got her, running sweet at 23000 now so she's a pup.