Well here I am back in the mix with another project K, this time an '89 K100RS.  Figured I'd start with this post and reintroduce myself seeing as it's been over 4 years since I was active here. 

I retired a few months ago and now that the cold damp weather is setting in on the west coast of Canada I felt I needed some projects to keep me entertained.  Currently creating a bobber from the world's ugliest production bike (1982 Yamaha Maxim 750) for a friend, and that's coming along nicely.  Yet I realized this would be completed before the new year, and then what? 

A local bike shop that I frequent had previously offered me a couple of sad machines and I pulled the trigger on them yesterday.  One is an '89 K100RS, and I believe this is the Special Edition (white and blue), which had sat for some time as the PO had passed away.  Low kms and I think it'll come up fine.  The second is an '01 Moto Guzzi V11 with significant wiring issues, I suspect a mouse may have been dining on Italian copper.  The harness will need replacement.  Neither is running.

I'm sure I'll need some clever mates to help me get the K bike running, and maybe even speak some Italian, and I'll document progress.

So...  do you still love me?

If you bring the KRS/SE back to life as an SE then maybe , if you turn it into a Bobber/Café hack then we are done

John Re

In this case the SE shall remain pure in form. So that's a start...

Hmmmm ok then , what star sign are you ?

JR

welcome back clubbie
have fun with the builds mate

Looking forward to following your resuscitation of the K100RS/SE.  Hope you can figure out how to post photos here and keep us supplied with visual updates of her progress.

I was going to say that if you were going to turn your SE into a bobber/rat bike/cafe/boy racer/grunge rider/zombie bike/ etc etc I was either going to jump on the ferry to talk some sense into you OR offer to buy it before you ruin it.  Once you get it running drop me a private message and we'll meet up.  I've never even seen another SE let alone ridden with one.

nvboy

Welcome back mate, you can rest assured we still love ya.

All good clubbie!

...I'm more interested in the Guzzi however...

So this is really the perfect way to find one of these machines, tucked away and nearly forgotten.  Not sure why the one pic is laying down.  Anyone with skills, please feel free to fix it.  Mirrors and side cover are included.

blaKey wrote:All good clubbie!

...I'm more interested in the Guzzi however...

Once again, reclining photo....  So this Guzzi is "all there", and will be reassembled to look very much like the second bike, which is on the showroom floor of the same shop.

We do still love ya.

Glad to see you got a good dose of K pox...even if it's a bit slow in catching you. Saw this one day I went on a bike run......

Now you know what you gotta do!!!

PS Wait till Dai sees those Guzzis.....

the rs looks like its all there doug ,
I would be thinking as you said low killometers and all ...all the same issues of a bike sitting for a long time . rubber stuff , looks already not far of pristine once you get started at it

cheers  thanks for the pics

I SPEAK GUZALIAN!!!

Dai wrote:I SPEAK GUZALIAN!!!

Who said a BMW was a Guzzi with brewers droop?

Dai wrote:I SPEAK GUZALIAN!!!

 Not only are you a linguist, but by owning a Guzzler you must also have the patience of a saint!

 When I succumbed to the urge to own one of these quirky beasts, a V50, I was unprepared for its own irrational urge  to run on left, right, both or neither cylinders quite at random. Best thing I ever sold

WelKome back to the Klub!

Kando wrote:

Dai wrote:I SPEAK GUZALIAN!!!

 Not only are you a linguist, but by owning a Guzzler you must also have the patience of a saint!

 When I succumbed to the urge to own one of these quirky beasts, a V50, I was unprepared for its own irrational urge  to run on left, right, both or neither cylinders quite at random. Best thing I ever sold

run on left, right, both or neither .. that's an Italian four for you.

Kando wrote:Not only are you a linguist, but by owning a Guzzler you must also have the patience of a saint!

 When I succumbed to the urge to own one of these quirky beasts, a V50, I was unprepared for its own irrational urge  to run on left, right, both or neither cylinders quite at random. Best thing I ever sold

Three of them... and I actually sold one (along with a K100!) earlier this year. The V50 is a bit of an odd sod: if yours was a MkII then I can guarantee that the lacking of firing was down to the wires that come out of the back of the pickup coils splitting where they push up against the crankcase; either that (most likely) or one or both of the ignition boxes having water migrate up the wires on onto the PCB.

Olaf I couldn't cope with an Italian twin so I'd rather eat grass than own a four!!!

    Yes Dai  I think that it was a Mk11 and you're probably right 'cos it was really a dry day bike and went well in the sun but just didn't like the damp air down here at sea level in Norfolk. A bit like my daughter-in-law, she's Italian too and married to No1 son, they live in the sunny Carribean rather than Vancouver BC, can be damp there too, it was both times when I've flown in there.
    I did like the V50's linked brake set up though, but a K is far easier to live with and is considerably more solidly built.

Welcome Back Club_c, it's been awhile. Glad you've dropped by.

Carribbean makes me smile.

My sister in law is from there and they now live in Florida and kept a place there on the Virgin Islands.

Many generous invites to go but aluminium tubes, excess heat and nature trying to eat you doesn't sound as attractive even with the accommodation on offer as a few weeks with a K and a tent wandering around France.......At least the bugs there don't eat you or kill you.

92KK 84WW Olaf wrote:Carribbean makes me smile.

My sister in law is from there and they now live in Florida and kept a place there on the Virgin Islands.

Many generous invites to go but aluminium tubes, excess heat and nature trying to eat you doesn't sound as attractive even with the accommodation on offer as a few weeks with a K and a tent wandering around France.......At least the bugs there don't eat you or kill you.

  The last time that we visited the lovely island of Tortolla BVI, a few years back, my wife went to use the bidet one morning, and fortunately looked down before sitting down - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  - - - - - - and there in the pan was a rather agitated Scorpion

  Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase 'will bite you on the bum'

  Trevor.

Here is a little better look at the SE.  It's going into a cryogenic sleep until early next year, while I complete that bobber Maxim 750. 

That looks good already club-c !!

 In your first post you  referred to it as one of a 'couple of sad machines' - - - you've got really high standards- - - this 'sad' one makes mine look positively suicidal , maybe I ought to put it out of it's misery  .


 Trevor

Please!!!  Don't do a cafe or scrambler mod on that bike.

club_c wrote:In this case the SE shall remain pure in form.  So that's a start...

Says what it is, definitely a nice one to keep in pure form.

Good call. Glad you decided to keep it original.

Point-Seven-five wrote:Please!!!  Don't do a cafe or scrambler mod on that bike.

JK.  That's the Yamaha I'm cutting down.

It will be a nice resto when Doug has done his magic as were the previous Ks.

Can you dance?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azKPeIWdE6I

When I dance it's a bit like a centipede doing the jitterbug.

Welcome back Club c. Bike looks pretty good. I like the white bags. Noticed it does not have a.b.s. They must have been optional. Good luck with both bikes!