Hello, my current ride is a '91 K75 with 144,000 miles(231745Km) and I'm restoring a '90 K75C. Lots of adventures finding new used parts. Have had a K100 but decided to go with the K75 as it's a bit more nimble in the twisties  IMHO. Besides which that extra cylinder kept getting me into trouble with the local gendarme. My current ride has an R100RT fairing which looks well on the K75 and the K75C will be naked. A friend kept dropping his bikes and bashing the fairings which led to a lot of partially trashed RRT fairings. So I bought the lot off him as he was retiring and now I've  spares. Though truth be told I'm not busting the fairings up as much as I used to.

The K75C is a project possibly eventually  for my wife who recently sold her Kll00SLA. She just wasn't riding it enough. Oh, and I'm a 25 year member of the Northern California BMW club. And an epeeist to add to the mix. Will be interested in the several tech articles featured in the portal.

Have fun.
Jonathan Jefferies

Welcome and good luck with the restoration. As an epeeist you will be sitting on the fence trying to decide whoch one to take out. The K75 or the wife! But seems you will have your cake and eat it. In truth the k75 is probably a perfect choice and the lower weight can only be a good thing.

I have a K100LT for 3 years and got a K100RT on Friday and it very unexpectedly seems to have so much more response and power its definitely a licence buster. It also feels much much lighter. It doesn't have the ABS and the panniers were off it but the weight difference feels a whole lot more than that. Uses a lot less gas too.

You will get lots of help and ideas for parts here. But don't take too long, enjoy the now and both of you can enjoy some nice trips.

I had a Honda CB500-4 years back because I couldn't manage the height of the CB750-4. We soon discovered that on our nice twisty roads the 500 left the 750 for dead. It didn't have the brute power of the 750 but was a sweeter bike to ride and a better power/handling balance.

Enjoy the k and keep us posted.