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clark_sas

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Hello Folks,
I have been a fan of BMW motorcycles for as long as can remember, but just recently purchased a 1987 K100RS with just a little over 92k miles that has been sitting for over 2 years.  I have presented myself with somewhat of a double whammy on this one: this is my first BMW bike and this will be the first time I attempt to revive a bike that has been sitting for awhile.
Wish me Luck!
I am from Upstate NY and have some experience working on the Japanese bikes, but zero with the BMW's so this should be quite a learning experience for me...
Looking forward to being here!

    

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beanoldboy

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gday clark welcome to the forum mate ,  theres plenty of information and know here here.

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Brad-Man

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Glad to have you aboard.

Looking forward to your posts.


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Point-Seven-five

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Welcome from another Upstater!  What part of the upstate are you in?


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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
    

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Dai

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Intro Post 177912


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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
    

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88

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Similar story to mine in 2010 I bought my first bike in 15 years and first BMW a K100LT that was sitting for 4 years.

Best thing for you my man, is to go to the POrtal tab above and under the interesting links click "You just bought a used k100, so what now".

Welcome to the Klub!!  Laughing Laughing


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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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clark_sas

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Thank you all for the welcome!

I will definitely check out the Portal and see where I should begin, thanks KE75! 

Received he Clymer's Friday and thanks to the lovely search option here, I was able to find the string containing the link to the Factory manual and have downloaded that. Hopefully I'll have some time tomorrow to start my research.

Point-Seven-Five- I am in Albany.


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1987 K100RS
    

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1990k75

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Welcome from just over the border  Intro Post 177912 

If you are near member Point-Seven-five, you are in luck - he has been very helpful to me


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Past bikes - Yamaha YL-1, Honda XL-125, 1967 BSA 650 Lightning

Current - 1990 K75RT (in drydock) & 1995 K75RT VIN # WB1056503S0372669
            - 2011 Suzuki V-Strom 650
            - 2011 Yamaha XT250

Who sez I'm too old to ride?
    

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Point-Seven-five

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Sounds like whenever I go to New England on the brick next year I'll have to give you a call.


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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
    

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clark_sas

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Sounds like a plan, please do! Hopefully I'll have made some significant progress by then...

First attempt at getting to the battery was successful today and even better, the battery will take a charge! One less thing...

Now to figure out this pesky ignition switch issue...


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Holister

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Welcome from downunda Clark
Quite a few of us have had to deal with that pesky ignition switch issue. It's easily fixed and we'll documented here on the forum.
Cheers


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

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