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Hello, my current ride is a '91 K75 with 144,000 miles(231745Km) and I'm restoring a '90 K75C. Lots of adventures finding new used parts. Have had a K100 but decided to go with the K75 as it's a bit more nimble in the twisties  IMHO. Besides which that extra cylinder kept getting me into trouble with the local gendarme. My current ride has an R100RT fairing which looks well on the K75 and the K75C will be naked. A friend kept dropping his bikes and bashing the fairings which led to a lot of partially trashed RRT fairings. So I bought the lot off him as he was retiring and now I've  spares. Though truth be told I'm not busting the fairings up as much as I used to.

The K75C is a project possibly eventually  for my wife who recently sold her Kll00SLA. She just wasn't riding it enough. Oh, and I'm a 25 year member of the Northern California BMW club. And an epeeist to add to the mix. Will be interested in the several tech articles featured in the portal.

Have fun.
Jonathan Jefferies

    

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Welcome and good luck with the restoration. As an epeeist you will be sitting on the fence trying to decide whoch one to take out. The K75 or the wife! But seems you will have your cake and eat it. In truth the k75 is probably a perfect choice and the lower weight can only be a good thing.

I have a K100LT for 3 years and got a K100RT on Friday and it very unexpectedly seems to have so much more response and power its definitely a licence buster. It also feels much much lighter. It doesn't have the ABS and the panniers were off it but the weight difference feels a whole lot more than that. Uses a lot less gas too.

You will get lots of help and ideas for parts here. But don't take too long, enjoy the now and both of you can enjoy some nice trips.

I had a Honda CB500-4 years back because I couldn't manage the height of the CB750-4. We soon discovered that on our nice twisty roads the 500 left the 750 for dead. It didn't have the brute power of the 750 but was a sweeter bike to ride and a better power/handling balance.

Enjoy the k and keep us posted.


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1992 K100LT 0193214 Bertha Blue 101,000 miles
1984 K100RT 0022575 Brutus Baja Red 578 bought 36,000 now 89,150 miles
1997 K1100LT 0188024 Wotan Mystic Red 689 58,645 now 106,950 miles Deceased.
1983 K100RS 0011157 Fricka 606 Alaska Blue 29,495 miles Damn K Pox Its a Bat outta Hell Now 58,200 miles. 
1996 K1100LT 0233004 Lohengrin Mystic Red 38,000 miles currently 51,800 miles.
1983 K100RS 0004449 Odette R100 colours 58,000 miles. Sprint fairing now 63,390 miles

Past:
1968 Yamaha 80 YG1
1971 Yamaha 125 YAS-1
1968 Honda 125 SS
1970 Honda CD 175
1973 Honda CB500-4
Honda CX 500
    

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