1 Ready for the chop Thu Oct 17, 2013 11:39 am
JHWeatho
active member
Evening fellow K owners.
Names Jay and I have recently acquired an '85 K100RS.
As a young go getter who's stumbled upon a K bike that owes him next to nothing, My natural instinct was to chop the beast first and foremost.
So starting from the top :
I inherited the bike from my uncle who had picked up the machine a good 6 years back. He had nothing but grief from the bike yet still adored it and could not bring himself to let it go. So along comes young Jay after having lost a bike in a tragic manner and good old unc shows compassion and lets the solid old Beamer fall into trustworthy hands.
I take possession and the immediate issue for me is the cosmetic stance of the bike. It is horrendous at best. So after much deliberation I unleash a maelstrom of malicious behavior tearing bits off left right and center. Off comes the fairings, lights, seat, tank, engine covers, hangers, wheels and a complete fluid dump tops off the prelim to pent up rage release.
Next up comes some buffing and shining. The trees get a dose of the good stuff along with many hours toil on the engine covers bringing them to a gleam that not even the likes of some brand new bikes would appreciate.
All fluids replaced and new filters all round (including a couple of K&N bad boys), I felt it was time to give her a kick in the guts and let her know who's boss. But wait - the first glitch appears. with some symptoms similar to a that of a flat bat or relay issue, I start reading the trusty k forum and with a matter of pure logical deduction and many hours reading I figure out that the brushes have gone to nether regions and have to rebuild the starter.
Starter all done and dusted I refit it to find the same symptoms persisting. ( some people may laugh at the next bit)
Being a bit of a nube I was not paying proper attention when stripping the starter housing. Upon rebuild I make the mistake of putting the main starter housing on upside down. This in turn causes the starter to spin backwards and a little head scratching when the starter is remounted in position. Again a matter of deduction and a pure godsend that I didn't cause some very expensive damage with my mistake, the problem is solvered.
This brings us more or less to the current state of affairs with the project and a little inkling that I may need the advice of a more experienced DIY tinkler.
Plan is to mount clip on handlebars, aftermarket chrome switch blocks(which are proving very hard to come by), rear set foot pegs, chop the original seat base and have it refoamed / upholstered, cut the seat frame bars shorter, drop the forks through the triple trees an inch or so, discs machined, new rubber, new aftermarket exhaust tip, radiator shroud / rad guard, aftermarket headlight and indicators all round.
As I may have mentioned - I am a bit of a newby with this so would rather appreciate any advice one could gather on the subject or any suggestions that people might lend as for the acquirement of parts ( especially in Aus) would be accepted graciously.
Cannot wait to get back on the road and pics will most certainly follow
Names Jay and I have recently acquired an '85 K100RS.
As a young go getter who's stumbled upon a K bike that owes him next to nothing, My natural instinct was to chop the beast first and foremost.
So starting from the top :
I inherited the bike from my uncle who had picked up the machine a good 6 years back. He had nothing but grief from the bike yet still adored it and could not bring himself to let it go. So along comes young Jay after having lost a bike in a tragic manner and good old unc shows compassion and lets the solid old Beamer fall into trustworthy hands.
I take possession and the immediate issue for me is the cosmetic stance of the bike. It is horrendous at best. So after much deliberation I unleash a maelstrom of malicious behavior tearing bits off left right and center. Off comes the fairings, lights, seat, tank, engine covers, hangers, wheels and a complete fluid dump tops off the prelim to pent up rage release.
Next up comes some buffing and shining. The trees get a dose of the good stuff along with many hours toil on the engine covers bringing them to a gleam that not even the likes of some brand new bikes would appreciate.
All fluids replaced and new filters all round (including a couple of K&N bad boys), I felt it was time to give her a kick in the guts and let her know who's boss. But wait - the first glitch appears. with some symptoms similar to a that of a flat bat or relay issue, I start reading the trusty k forum and with a matter of pure logical deduction and many hours reading I figure out that the brushes have gone to nether regions and have to rebuild the starter.
Starter all done and dusted I refit it to find the same symptoms persisting. ( some people may laugh at the next bit)
Being a bit of a nube I was not paying proper attention when stripping the starter housing. Upon rebuild I make the mistake of putting the main starter housing on upside down. This in turn causes the starter to spin backwards and a little head scratching when the starter is remounted in position. Again a matter of deduction and a pure godsend that I didn't cause some very expensive damage with my mistake, the problem is solvered.
This brings us more or less to the current state of affairs with the project and a little inkling that I may need the advice of a more experienced DIY tinkler.
Plan is to mount clip on handlebars, aftermarket chrome switch blocks(which are proving very hard to come by), rear set foot pegs, chop the original seat base and have it refoamed / upholstered, cut the seat frame bars shorter, drop the forks through the triple trees an inch or so, discs machined, new rubber, new aftermarket exhaust tip, radiator shroud / rad guard, aftermarket headlight and indicators all round.
As I may have mentioned - I am a bit of a newby with this so would rather appreciate any advice one could gather on the subject or any suggestions that people might lend as for the acquirement of parts ( especially in Aus) would be accepted graciously.
Cannot wait to get back on the road and pics will most certainly follow