Hi There, nice to "meet" you all. I've been lurking for a bit and am glad to join this great forum. I've recently gotten an '85 K100 (standard) that was sitting under a tarp behind my cousin's house for 4 years, gathering pine needles and spider webs. We brought her out, changed the gas and battery, and she fired up almost immediately! Pretty amazing. A bit of cleanup and she is looking good!

However, after a checkout by my local BMW shop, it was revealed that my new-to-me K needed a lot of TLC, which is no surprise given how long she was neglected. List of To-Do's:

1. Final drive rear main oil seal is leaking, which contaminated the rear disk and brake pads.
2. Rear brake fluid reservoir and hose to master cylinder shot.
3. Rebuild needed on Rear Master Cylinder
4. Water pump is leaking
5. Tires old and cracked
6. Intakes cracking

And this is to just get her road-worthy! Not to mention the myriad of other little things that I'm sure I'll need to fix and tinker with.

Since I've been able to view all the great information here, and I'm a decent backyard mechanic, I've already been able to start on the many projects above.

- New rear brake fluid reservoir, hoses, rebuild on rear master cylinder, new pads and new rear disc done
- New tires installed
- Final drive removed (splines looked great!) and in-process of getting ring seal replaced
- Fork oil drained, ready for some BMW 10W
- New rear shock (went cheap for now, got a Progressive Suspension 412, 3/4" shorter for my shorty legs)

Special shout out and thanks to 'Two Wheels Better' on this board for all his great advice during the past few trips for parts at Ride West BMW, here in Seattle.

Looking forward to learning and sharing more!

PacNW_85

Good to hear you are moving along with the work Pac, you will continue to enjoy your time here , a bit crazy at times , but they say it has something to do with K pox, yet to work that one out..............
anyhow welcome aboard and enjoy your ride .They are a great bike.

Welcome to the forum PacNW_85. good to have you along for the ride.

Welcome to the forum.TWB will keep on the straight and narrow.

Welcome to the madhouse, pacNW.

thats excellent work pac ....

welcome aboard mate ...

next ime you see twb ...give him our bestest from down under ...

No doubt, this is the place to be if you're riding a classic flying-brick.

Hey, welcome on board.

I had the pleasure of riding through Seattle last year, and was left with the impression of a cool place, which felt a bit like Sydney on the seafront (the crowds and traffic freaked me a bit though - hadn't encountered much of that for months before arriving there ).

That Alaska Marine Highway into Bellingham(?) was an incredible 4 days.

Cheers
Pat

Hi and welcome lots of usefull help and info here on this forum.



BIG D

Good to have you on board and great that you have already started on the re-build.
Regards,
K-BIKE

Welcome to the board

Hello PAC,
You will get your answers here. Great to have you with us.
UJ

Some quality garage time and you'll be ready for the MOA rally a bit south of you, PACNW_85! July will be here before we know it. Welcome!

If you're a decent backyard mechanic you're halfway home and dry working with a K bike. The other half will be the forum help. Good start PacNW.




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