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Scottish Ride Out Mon May 06, 2013 5:09 pm
MT350Explorer
Life time member
Hi Guys,
Out for a May bank holiday run with a mate on his brand new TranAlp. Started well enough in Perthshire with bright sun but then as we headed west turned to mist and steady rain for 2 days. I don't enjoy riding in very wet conditions but arriving somewhere, peeling off your sodden gloves and having a hot shower and a cold beer makes it all worthwhile. Heading back east this morning it dried up again and we got to hit some of the best roads in Scotland in the dry.
500 miles, mostly wet ones and the K didn't miss a beat. She likes a wee drink of oil though - I think it's leaking from the sump/engine mating face. Could be the main seal etc but I don't think so and the oil/water pump is sound. Might also experiment with some of that oil leak stopper additive - K1100 forum seems to rate it for giving old rubber new flexibility.
Cheers
Dave
Out for a May bank holiday run with a mate on his brand new TranAlp. Started well enough in Perthshire with bright sun but then as we headed west turned to mist and steady rain for 2 days. I don't enjoy riding in very wet conditions but arriving somewhere, peeling off your sodden gloves and having a hot shower and a cold beer makes it all worthwhile. Heading back east this morning it dried up again and we got to hit some of the best roads in Scotland in the dry.
500 miles, mostly wet ones and the K didn't miss a beat. She likes a wee drink of oil though - I think it's leaking from the sump/engine mating face. Could be the main seal etc but I don't think so and the oil/water pump is sound. Might also experiment with some of that oil leak stopper additive - K1100 forum seems to rate it for giving old rubber new flexibility.
Cheers
Dave
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1991 K100 RS 16 valve
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Seriously, to my mind yes they make the bike a lot more noticeable. To others it probably looks like a Christmas tree. It did cross my mind when I had my dayglo onesie rain suit on and the bike littered with extra LED's that it could be seen as overkill. But to my mind better that than underkill eh? 
