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Hello from Iceland Sun Aug 18, 2013 5:07 pm
TIV
Silver member
Hi, I have been lurking around this Forum for a while. Many familiar names here, Renez, Themason, Zonenfeile and more people from the english speaking division of the german Flying Brick Forum and also Inge K. and more from the Motobrick Forum. I´m 59 years old, and I have had all kinds of motorcycles since I was 20 years old. Got my first bike in 1973, it was a Suzuki TS400. I was short of cash back then, so I bought old British bikes cheap, repaired them and rode them. In 1985 I found a BMW R75/5 and restored it, and since then I have been hooked on the beemers. I´ve restored quite a few boxers, including the famous R69S, one of only two such bikes that were imported to Iceland. I´ve had Harley´s and Japanese bikes to. Jap bikes are a lot more fun than Harley´s. Despite my tinkering and wrenching I have always looked at myself as a MC rider first and foremost. I love travelling on motorcycles.
I was always a bit curious about the flying bricks, and a few years ago, when I was offered a 1990 K75RT, I jumped on it. A low mileage ex Police bike. It had only 28.000 genuine kilometers on the clock (approximately) 17.000 miles. It had spent most of its Police life garaged! It belonged to a small Police district near Reykjavik, and the problem was they didn´t have specially trained officers to ride it most of the time it was in service, so it was auctioned due to lack of use. The guy who bought it had it for about 12 years and for some reason or other almost never used it.
It was neglected and lacked maintenance after standing unused (inside) for 12 years. I tore it apart, learned how everything worked, and repaired and changed everything that was less than 100 percent. To make long story short, I fell for this bike. It´s character is unlike any other bike I have used, and I really like the simplicity, smoothness, lightness and reliability. These bikes are unique and will be sought after in the future IMHO. For some reason it is a real fun to ride this bike. After the first summer I changed the front forks to Showa. The Fichtel & Sachs that came with it were harsh and to stiff for my taste. This upgrade did wonders and now the ride is silky smooth. Cheers, TIV
I was always a bit curious about the flying bricks, and a few years ago, when I was offered a 1990 K75RT, I jumped on it. A low mileage ex Police bike. It had only 28.000 genuine kilometers on the clock (approximately) 17.000 miles. It had spent most of its Police life garaged! It belonged to a small Police district near Reykjavik, and the problem was they didn´t have specially trained officers to ride it most of the time it was in service, so it was auctioned due to lack of use. The guy who bought it had it for about 12 years and for some reason or other almost never used it.
It was neglected and lacked maintenance after standing unused (inside) for 12 years. I tore it apart, learned how everything worked, and repaired and changed everything that was less than 100 percent. To make long story short, I fell for this bike. It´s character is unlike any other bike I have used, and I really like the simplicity, smoothness, lightness and reliability. These bikes are unique and will be sought after in the future IMHO. For some reason it is a real fun to ride this bike. After the first summer I changed the front forks to Showa. The Fichtel & Sachs that came with it were harsh and to stiff for my taste. This upgrade did wonders and now the ride is silky smooth. Cheers, TIV
