1 Hello from UK Mon Mar 23, 2015 6:39 pm
touchwoodsden
Silver member
Hi Guys. I am James and I live in North Wales UK. I have just bought a 1990 K100 LT which I’m doing a little bit of work on before fitting a chair.
I have acquired a Hedingham sports chair, Wasp wheels and forks and subframe which should make a nice outfit.
The chair needs repainting and if I have the chair painted, it would show the rest of the bike up which was okay but obviously 25 years old and looking a bit “challenged”. I’ve decided therefore to paint the lot, and tonight I stripped all the plastics off. I have done this once before with an R80RT and said that I would never do it again. Well I have! A friend of mine did it and it’s not particularly complicated it’s just that there are a lot of screws. I must admire the guys who designed this.
What does amaze me is how heavy the plastic actually is. Tail unit alone weighs a ton.
The PO hasn’t much of the mechanicals but had a habit of replacing bolts with things which were too long and need cutting off.
It has a MOtad exhaust which is okay but I don’t like and does make getting the rear wheel out a pain in the backside as it sits too far over towards the wheel. I think a little bit of hammer work might be called for
I must have bought the only BMW ever made which doesn’t have heated grips so I have bought some Oxfords and I have located the wiring connector (aren’t the cables thin!?) under the tank so I will connect into that.
It looks like the fuel tank has had some corrosion along the bottom seam on each side because there appears to be some filler there, although inside, apart from a few small specks of corrosion on those seams it looks to be quite healthy.
I have drained the fuel and will take all the innards out and make sure it is devoid of fumes before attacking it with a wire brush in an angle grinder along those seams. It is being repainted anyway.
I intend to use it for the Elephant rally next year so watch this space.
Regards
James
PS look forward to lots of stupid questions
I have acquired a Hedingham sports chair, Wasp wheels and forks and subframe which should make a nice outfit.
The chair needs repainting and if I have the chair painted, it would show the rest of the bike up which was okay but obviously 25 years old and looking a bit “challenged”. I’ve decided therefore to paint the lot, and tonight I stripped all the plastics off. I have done this once before with an R80RT and said that I would never do it again. Well I have! A friend of mine did it and it’s not particularly complicated it’s just that there are a lot of screws. I must admire the guys who designed this.
What does amaze me is how heavy the plastic actually is. Tail unit alone weighs a ton.
The PO hasn’t much of the mechanicals but had a habit of replacing bolts with things which were too long and need cutting off.
It has a MOtad exhaust which is okay but I don’t like and does make getting the rear wheel out a pain in the backside as it sits too far over towards the wheel. I think a little bit of hammer work might be called for
I must have bought the only BMW ever made which doesn’t have heated grips so I have bought some Oxfords and I have located the wiring connector (aren’t the cables thin!?) under the tank so I will connect into that.
It looks like the fuel tank has had some corrosion along the bottom seam on each side because there appears to be some filler there, although inside, apart from a few small specks of corrosion on those seams it looks to be quite healthy.
I have drained the fuel and will take all the innards out and make sure it is devoid of fumes before attacking it with a wire brush in an angle grinder along those seams. It is being repainted anyway.
I intend to use it for the Elephant rally next year so watch this space.
Regards
James
PS look forward to lots of stupid questions