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1Back to top Go down   1987 K100 RS Empty 1987 K100 RS Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:17 am

Moto Smith

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I purchased this bike with a salvage title about 3 months ago. The bike was damaged quite early in its life and had bounced around between four other owners. I'm the 5th. I took off 1991 code dated tires.
The bike runs true - no wobbles.
I took off an aftermarket exhaust and replaced it with stock.
I've replaced most of the rubber, repaired the fairing, replaced the radiator, greased all splines, balanced TBs, adjusted the valves and with a set of new tires, she's ready to go. All fluids replaced.
The panniers were rattle can painted to match the bike and fairing, ditto top box.
Fairing is a Pichler PK2
1987 K100 RS K1004410

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2Back to top Go down   1987 K100 RS Empty Re: 1987 K100 RS Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:03 pm

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Wow, really nice job on the bags/topbox! They look great. Cool

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3Back to top Go down   1987 K100 RS Empty Re: 1987 K100 RS Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:06 pm

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Oldgoat wrote:Wow, really nice job on the bags/topbox! They look great. Cool

OG

How do you like the pin-stripping on the tank and sides?
Cheers, M
1987 K100 RS Back_v10
1987 K100 RS Botttl10

Thebottle is an agricultural fitting found on tractors to hold documents.
It holds a 33 oz MSR fuel bottle (with pump fitted) perfectly.

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4Back to top Go down   1987 K100 RS Empty Re: 1987 K100 RS Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:13 pm

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good work moto

that orange at the back is verry wise as a safety night thing


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5Back to top Go down   1987 K100 RS Empty Re: 1987 K100 RS Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:30 pm

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charlie99 wrote:good work moto

that orange at the back is verry wise as a safety night thing

I've seen a few rear ended vehicles around here courtesy of the cell phone...

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6Back to top Go down   1987 K100 RS Empty Re: 1987 K100 RS Fri Feb 24, 2012 5:57 pm

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Hi Moto,
Just a bit of useless info; the Pichler PK1 was priced at £535 in 1989 (UK). It was never a cheap option but does look good in white.
Cheers,
Paul.


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7Back to top Go down   1987 K100 RS Empty Re: 1987 K100 RS Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:52 pm

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sidecar paul wrote:Hi Moto,
Just a bit of useless info; the Pichler PK1 was priced at £535 in 1989 (UK). It was never a cheap option but does look good in white.
Cheers,
Paul.

There is a side panel on Ebay for $10 I'm almost tempted.
My folks live in Rugby - not too far from you.
Cheers, M

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8Back to top Go down   1987 K100 RS Empty Re: 1987 K100 RS Sat Feb 25, 2012 12:00 am

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I thought that bottle resembled an RPG 7, a la "Mad Max".

    

9Back to top Go down   1987 K100 RS Empty Re: 1987 K100 RS Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:07 am

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ungaas wrote:I thought that bottle resembled an RPG 7, a la "Mad Max".

I don't often have the need for those - the orange decor seems to help to keep drivers away from my tail section.
I think that the brighter rear end is worth about 30ft more gap (usually).

Cheers, M

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10Back to top Go down   1987 K100 RS Empty Re: 1987 K100 RS Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:22 pm

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Good idea mate, I've been looking at some visibility options and this has helped give me a few more ideas.
Cheers
Dave


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11Back to top Go down   1987 K100 RS Empty Re: 1987 K100 RS Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:06 am

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MT350Explorer wrote:Good idea mate, I've been looking at some visibility options and this has helped give me a few more ideas.
Cheers
Dave

If you're looking for high visibility, you might want to choose the option I selected.

What all the sharp dressed riders are wearing these days!

    

12Back to top Go down   1987 K100 RS Empty Re: 1987 K100 RS Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:35 am

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Alexander McCarthy wrote:
MT350Explorer wrote:Good idea mate, I've been looking at some visibility options and this has helped give me a few more ideas.
Cheers
Dave

If you're looking for high visibility, you might want to choose the option I selected.

What all the sharp dressed riders are wearing these days!

My garb is very similar.
I don a High-vis jacket and helmet.
I've seen a few M/C accidents with the all-black Harley riders - one guy and his wife both lost legs to a 'T' bone accident - both wearing black on a dark bike.
Cheers, M

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13Back to top Go down   1987 K100 RS Empty Re: 1987 K100 RS Fri Mar 23, 2012 1:29 pm

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I've a hi-viz jacket and I found this tape on Ebay, it's for recovery vehicles I think.

Apparently the 'battenberg' squares of colour pattern is one of the most easily seen which is why the police here now use it.

Cheers
Dave
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14Back to top Go down   1987 K100 RS Empty Re: 1987 K100 RS Fri Mar 23, 2012 5:37 pm

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Is that the back of your bike Dave? If I was gaining on that I'd be moderating my pace whilst checking out the riders garb!

88KE

    

15Back to top Go down   1987 K100 RS Empty Re: 1987 K100 RS Fri Mar 23, 2012 5:55 pm

Moto Smith

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MT350Explorer wrote:I've a hi-viz jacket and I found this tape on Ebay, it's for recovery vehicles I think.

Apparently the 'battenberg' squares of colour pattern is one of the most easily seen which is why the police here now use it.

Cheers
Dave
1987 K100 RS 004_510

I like the look of that... I'll have to try and find some.

Cheers, Mark

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16Back to top Go down   1987 K100 RS Empty Re: 1987 K100 RS Sat Mar 24, 2012 3:45 am

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Hi Guys,

Yeah 88, it's strange if you start reading about Hi Viz and what is effective you start to arrive at the same conclusions the police did years so, hi viz jacket, white helmet etc; the battenberg is pretty visible in the day as well as at night which swung it for me. Combined with an off-white bike drivers do tend to show a bit of respect - which can't be a bad thing! That said I'm under no illusion it makes a massive difference to many drivers - police have accidents like everyone else. There 's a proportion of drivers and apparently the stuff I read said middle aged men are particularly prone to this, who just don't see bikes because they are not looking for them (and their brains are trained in a certain way by that age - like mine). I wonder if, in the UK and other temperate climates at least the seasonality of biking makes things worse; the fact that drivers are just not looking for bikes half the year and if you're not looking for something you tend not to see it. I'd speculate that if there were a lot more bikes on the road and/or we rode all year the accident/mile rate might fall?

Cheers
Dave

    

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