1 Another greeting from soggy Somerset Wed Jan 29, 2014 1:20 pm
Born Again Eccentric
Life time member
Greetings y'all - I'm a newbie to this forum but it looks like a gold mine of real information that's really gonna help.
I got my first K100LT with 73k miles on the clock back in June 2012 (1990 vintage). It was a bit tatty, but it's reliability was fantastic and I needed to do only minor repairs. I clocked up another 17,000 miles (sun, rain & snow) commuting and getting out and about at weekends before a car coming in the opposite direction decided to turn right and tried to occupy the same bit of road as me. Unfortunately, there was no room to avoid him and he drove into the side of the bike and dumped me over his bonnet into the road. Sadly the bike died an honourable death as the cost of the repairs far exceeded the value of the bike. I got off lightly with just a broken collar bone. If I'd been on a sports bike without fairing and panniers, I reckon I would have probably lost my leg. Sobering thought!
Anyway, 11 weeks on, bone fixed and just got new K100LT (1991 vintage) with just 33k miles on the clock and in great looking condition. Unfortunately, there are quite a few electrical issues to iron out (disadvantage of buying an old, low milage, bike that hasn't had it's fair share of use. Hence me being here on the forum. Already fixed the right indictor switch (dirty contacts), changed the ABS control unit (warning lamp wouldn't clear) and the 12 V power socket (just duff). Next on the list is the right heated grip and more challenging, sorting out the gear indicator switch (the LED showed me that I was in 9th gear this morning and then in neutral while powering along at 70mph). Luckily I kept the old bike so have a ready source of spares and also intend to use it as a test bed to try out some of the more complicated repairs before messing up my new bike!
So anyway, that's me. Looking forward to all your sage advice and how to dos (my list is growing).
I got my first K100LT with 73k miles on the clock back in June 2012 (1990 vintage). It was a bit tatty, but it's reliability was fantastic and I needed to do only minor repairs. I clocked up another 17,000 miles (sun, rain & snow) commuting and getting out and about at weekends before a car coming in the opposite direction decided to turn right and tried to occupy the same bit of road as me. Unfortunately, there was no room to avoid him and he drove into the side of the bike and dumped me over his bonnet into the road. Sadly the bike died an honourable death as the cost of the repairs far exceeded the value of the bike. I got off lightly with just a broken collar bone. If I'd been on a sports bike without fairing and panniers, I reckon I would have probably lost my leg. Sobering thought!
Anyway, 11 weeks on, bone fixed and just got new K100LT (1991 vintage) with just 33k miles on the clock and in great looking condition. Unfortunately, there are quite a few electrical issues to iron out (disadvantage of buying an old, low milage, bike that hasn't had it's fair share of use. Hence me being here on the forum. Already fixed the right indictor switch (dirty contacts), changed the ABS control unit (warning lamp wouldn't clear) and the 12 V power socket (just duff). Next on the list is the right heated grip and more challenging, sorting out the gear indicator switch (the LED showed me that I was in 9th gear this morning and then in neutral while powering along at 70mph). Luckily I kept the old bike so have a ready source of spares and also intend to use it as a test bed to try out some of the more complicated repairs before messing up my new bike!
So anyway, that's me. Looking forward to all your sage advice and how to dos (my list is growing).