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werewasi

werewasi
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Remove engine.

If you are cannabalising rubbers off another bike, get behind them and PUSH them out - if you grab them from the front and pull, chances are you will just break them in half.

Smear vaseline around the groove. Thin side goes to inner.

If doing LHS rear of K100, remove tool box. Get the grommet and bend, and try and get the start of the groove into metal frame hole. Then try and get more in (a bit like getting a tyre on a rim.) Reach around to back and gently grab the back part of the grommet and work it through.

With RHS you can just lift the seat because there is plenty of space behind the hole.

If you are not putting in NEW grommets, the old ones need to be handled carefully. Rubber ages 

Replace engine


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K100RS  1983 and 1986 (bought a 2nd and put them both together in a dark garage thinking that i would get a heap of parts from the progeny but nothing happened- think they're gay)  Laughing Laughing Laughing

1985 K75, Guzzi V7 Special, 1986 GB500, 1974 T500, 1986 MB5 with the whoppa 100cc engine transplant, NC 700 SA Honda, two 1986 Kawasaki BR250s
    

charlie99

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um dave ...Vaseline is a petroleum based product .....it deteriorates rubber over time

perhaps something simple like dishwashing fluid ...that rinses off after the application would do as a slippery agent ?

good to hear you got some in, none the less ...cheers mate


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cheezy grin whilst riding, kinda bloke ....oh the joy !!!! ...... ( brick aviator )

'86 K100 RT..#0090401 ..."Gerty" ( Gertrude Von Clickandshift ) --------O%O
'86 k100 rs.. #######..  "Fred " (f(rame) red ) ( Fredrick leichtundschnell ) - -
bits and pieces from many kind friends across the k100 world ...with many thanks ..
1987 k100rs ########   "Red"  - (red sports rs TWB style )
1989 K100rt #009637   "Black Betty"  (naked rt ala Nigel , now sporting an rs main fairing )
    

werewasi

werewasi
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You're right. bad move.
I'll pull them off and wash them , then use d w l
 
so will edit above


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K100RS  1983 and 1986 (bought a 2nd and put them both together in a dark garage thinking that i would get a heap of parts from the progeny but nothing happened- think they're gay)  Laughing Laughing Laughing

1985 K75, Guzzi V7 Special, 1986 GB500, 1974 T500, 1986 MB5 with the whoppa 100cc engine transplant, NC 700 SA Honda, two 1986 Kawasaki BR250s
    

Dai

Dai
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Silicon grease - the stuff you put brake seals in with. It dries out over time and doesn't affect the rubber. Expensive but oh-so-useful, especially when rewiring a bike and stiction is preventing the wires from going through a long piece of pvc tube.


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1983 K100 naked upgraded to K100LT spec after spending time as an RS and an RT
1987 K100RT
Others...
1978 Moto Guzzi 850-T3, 1979 Moto Guzzi 850-T3 California,1993 Moto Guzzi 1100ie California
2020 Royal Enfield Bullet 500
    

TacKler

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Or perhaps the industrial version of vasoline - White Petroleum Jelly.


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Red 1991 K75S
    

Holister

Holister
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Same stuff. Vaseline is just a proprietary name.


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1989 K100RT     VIN  0097367 (naked)  
1996 K1100RS   VIN  0451808
 Replacing side cover grommets (donut rubbers) Austra12    Fuel:  95 Octane
Engine Oil: Nulon Full Synthetic 15W50
Gear Box Oil:  Nulon Synthetic 75W90
    

TacKler

TacKler
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Kaptain Holister wrote:Same stuff. Vaseline is just a proprietary name.

Doesn't taste the same though.  👅


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Red 1991 K75S
    

92KK 84WW Olaf

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Tongue in cheek but apparently KY is water based and does an excellent job too.


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1992 K100LT 0193214 Bertha Blue 101,000 miles
1984 K100RT 0022575 Brutus Baja Red 578 bought 36,000 now 89,150 miles
1997 K1100LT 0188024 Wotan Mystic Red 689 58,645 now 106,950 miles Deceased.
1983 K100RS 0011157 Fricka 606 Alaska Blue 29,495 miles Damn K Pox Its a Bat outta Hell Now 58,200 miles. 
1996 K1100LT 0233004 Lohengrin Mystic Red 38,000 miles currently 51,800 miles.
1983 K100RS 0004449 Odette R100 colours 58,000 miles. Sprint fairing now 63,390 miles

Past:
1968 Yamaha 80 YG1
1971 Yamaha 125 YAS-1
1968 Honda 125 SS
1970 Honda CD 175
1973 Honda CB500-4
Honda CX 500
    

Gaz

Gaz
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Olaf isn't that product in the "every home should have some" category???  Therefore it's probably the best suggestion yet. Replacing side cover grommets (donut rubbers) 112350

Cheers


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Gaz
1990 K75 6427509; 1987 R80G/S PD 6292136; 2010 G650GS ZW13381; 95 K1100LT 0232224
    

Point-Seven-five

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There is a "personal" lubricant product sold under the name Astroglide which was originally developed specifically for the lubrication of seals in the assembly of rocket engines for the space program.  It supposedly does not leave the sticky residue that results when KY jelly dries out.   In any event, for our purposes, dishwashing liquid(or any liquid soap) is fine.


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Present: 1991 K100RS "Moby Brick Too"
 
Past:
1994 K75RT "Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS"
1988 K100RS SE "Special Ed"
1994 K75S "Cheetos"
1992 K100RS "Moby Brick" R.I.P.
1982 Honda FT500
1979 Honda XR185
1977 Honda XL125
1974 Honda XL125
1972 OSSA Pioneer 250
1968 Kawasaki 175
    

KafeRacer

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If the wife / girlfriend finds one of you guys using your KY on your motorcycle, you likly wont need it for its intended use any longer.    Laughing


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'Kafe Racer'
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1990 K75RT
1985 K100 Kafe Racer
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