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1Back to top Go down   Hello everyone! Empty Hello everyone! Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:22 pm

ngdro

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A 53 year old Greek journalist, (twice married, no kids) says hello and wishes everyone the best!
In search of stability (in an unstable country) and a firm grip on how things should roll, (which they are not at the moment) I opted again for a BMW, this time a K 100 LT (1988). (Plus, the likelihood, of having to buy one soon in Drachmas instead of Euros weighed on my decision...).
As far as the make is concerned, I started off -a few years (decades) back- with an R 27, (fitted previously with a side car), moved on to an R 60/7 and then on to a R 100 RS. Regretted having sold any one of them, for a series of different reasons...
Thus, this one, I will try to hold on to....
Despite its size and its age, it is a handsome beast. Spares (second hand) are hard to come by, in my neck of the woods, and one of the reasons I joined this forum is exactly that. The very day I bought it I trashed the left mirror and was lucky enough to have found one -of the two- being sold in Greece currently (please laugh your hearts out...). So you can imagine what may happen if we move on to more serious spare parts...
So -to cut a long story short- this is who I am. A middle aged guy, living in a ruined land, holding on to what ever is worth holding and can still be saved. 
Nice to be with you!
Nick Drossos

    

2Back to top Go down   Hello everyone! Empty Re: Hello everyone! Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:42 pm

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Hi Nick and welcome to the forum. Don't sound so down, its not all bad. The K is a great bike and lots of spare parts around for now even if they are outside Greece. I feel in good form, just been out for some of the afternoon with my son, two bikes, sun out, a ride along some nice coastal bits, time for an ice cream and along chat by the sea. And they say Ireland is as bad as Greece.

Everyone on the forum is very helpful and happy to share knowledge so don't be afraid to ask questions.


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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
    

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Busas

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Hi Nick,

Welcome to the Real world...

Wink Hope you Enjoy..

Cheers

    

4Back to top Go down   Hello everyone! Empty Re: Hello everyone! Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:35 pm

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Hi Nick, welcome from Australia.

There are many of us here in Australia who import most of the spare parts that we need from the other side of the world (your side) though it's mainly due to cost reasons but also sometimes availability. Even if we were prepared to pay the high prices that the BMW dealers charge they usually don't keep much stock on hand for our older series K bikes.

You will soon see where the forum members do their spare parts shopping. I've never been to Greece but from what I can see from afar you will have many delightful roads to ride and generally good weather to do it.

Enjoy!


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

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Welcome to the forum, Nick 
One of the beauties of the K100 is the ability to be able to adapt components from other makes. I doubt if any of us have ever bought an original BMW supplied fuel pump. 
The last pump I bought was on eBay and was from a Peugeot 206, cost me about 13 euros. 
There's currently a thread on the forum about if it's possible to use a VW Beetle clutch in a brick!
Things sound a bit grim there, but at least the sun is shinning. 
It's shinning here, too, but it was only 8C this afternoon.
At least you have your K on the road. Enjoy.


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Life is not a rehearsal.
2010 VFR 1200F DCT 
2010 R1200GS(gone)
1986 K100 Silver(gone)
2012 K1600GT(gone)
1984 K100RT Madison Silver(gone)
1989 K100LT Stratus Grey(gone)
1984 K100 Red(gone)
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Welcome to the forum!


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1985 K100 Kafe Racer
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7Back to top Go down   Hello everyone! Empty Welcome Mon Apr 27, 2015 2:10 am

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Hi Nick,
Welcome from down under, I get most of my bits from the UK, motobins and motor works  as they are much cheaper than down here. Just ask the forum as there are some fantastic people here willing to help.
Cheers
Mike

    

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charlie99

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nice introduction nick

much success with your beauty

cheers from down here

and welcome aboard


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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 )
    

9Back to top Go down   Hello everyone! Empty Re: Hello everyone! Mon Apr 27, 2015 4:41 am

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Hi Nick welcome to the Knuthaus
Good advice is to use a piece of stainless fishing trace to stop the mirror falling all the way to oblivion.


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Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.
And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."   Dalai Lama


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Welcome along Nick. Your Name remids me of the Guy Richie Film "Lock, Stock and two smoking Barrells", there is a Character in it called "Nick the Bubble" (short for Bubble and Squeek, it's a Cockney rhyming slang name for Greek). Wonder if you've seen it? I digress. 

Your economy may be in tatters but you have the gift of wonderful climate, hills and coastlines which are perfect for the K so go out and forget the recession and enjoy the K. Forum members are always quick to help with advice which make the running costs of a K affordable.


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"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page." - St. Augustine from 1600 years ago & still true!

K1 - 1989 - AKA Titan (unique K1/K1100RS hybrid by Andreas Esterhammer)
K1100RS - 1995. AKA Rudolf Von Schmurf (in a million bits)
K100RS - 1991 AKA Ronnie. Cafe racer project bike
K75RTP - 1994
K75C - 1991 AKA Jim Beam. In boxes. 
K1100LT 1992 - AKA Big Red (gone)
K100LT - 1988 - AKA the Bullion brick. Should never have sold it.
    

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Holister

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Yasou! Nick WelKome to K-World


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1989 K100RT     VIN  0097367 (naked)  
1996 K1100RS   VIN  0451808
 Hello everyone! Austra12    Fuel:  95 Octane
Engine Oil: Nulon Full Synthetic 15W50
Gear Box Oil:  Nulon Synthetic 75W90
    

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Curley

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Welcome to the forum


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