1 Greetings from Manhattan, KS USA Sun Mar 30, 2014 4:31 pm
baward
New member
Hello everyone!
I came across this forum while seeking ways to troubleshoot starting my 1985 K100RT. I've had the bike for about 15 years. It has 71K mi. on it and has NEVER given me any problem so I've never needed to seek out maintenance assistance.
Unfortunately, I've put only 1,000 mi. on it the last 5 years. Biking in Kansas can be torture in the summer with the heat generated by the K100. I'm now a senior citizen, and it seems like I've lost the passion for riding, and I'm getting it ready to sell "old reliable". I've already donated my other "far from reliable" bike ('75 Norton Commando) to my son and am taking the BMW out of storage and preparing it for sale.
This is an incredible forum and thanks to Bert Vogel's fine postings, I think I'm well on the way figuring out my starting problem (likely a bad relay, or bad fuel pump since I found fuse #6 blown).
Who knows? Maybe when I get the problem fixed and have it ready to roll, I may find the passion once again.
Regards,
Bruce Ward
I came across this forum while seeking ways to troubleshoot starting my 1985 K100RT. I've had the bike for about 15 years. It has 71K mi. on it and has NEVER given me any problem so I've never needed to seek out maintenance assistance.
Unfortunately, I've put only 1,000 mi. on it the last 5 years. Biking in Kansas can be torture in the summer with the heat generated by the K100. I'm now a senior citizen, and it seems like I've lost the passion for riding, and I'm getting it ready to sell "old reliable". I've already donated my other "far from reliable" bike ('75 Norton Commando) to my son and am taking the BMW out of storage and preparing it for sale.
This is an incredible forum and thanks to Bert Vogel's fine postings, I think I'm well on the way figuring out my starting problem (likely a bad relay, or bad fuel pump since I found fuse #6 blown).
Who knows? Maybe when I get the problem fixed and have it ready to roll, I may find the passion once again.
Regards,
Bruce Ward