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1Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Kustom K's Thu Jun 07, 2018 12:36 pm

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There are some interesting bits to this one...I couldn't make the link work using my Android so click the link below.

https://silodrome.com/bmw-k100-motorcycle/

I don't know who writes for Silodrome but their editors don't do much editing and frequently they get the most basic info wrong..."all the way up to 1300cc" "... and a set of velocity stacks have been fitted to the intakes to help smooth airflow as it enters the engine", etc.



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1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT. Projects: 1993 & '96 K1100RS, & 1st '98 K1200RS.
The Mystic, Big Block, 2nd K1200RS, K12R & K13 are running & ridable.
    

2Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Thu Jun 07, 2018 7:29 pm

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No disrespect intended and there has been some really good work gone into the bike... and beauty is in the eye of the beerholder of course.. but they always get the tailpiece wrong in my ill-considered opinion.
99% of them have the tailpiece too short and lacking in symmetry.
I quite like the stock one.
Wanders off.. looking and sounding like the grumpy old bald fat guy he is...
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3Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Thu Jun 07, 2018 7:53 pm

Point-Seven-five

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I couldn't get past the fact there was no graffiti covered brick wall in the background and no windblown trash around it.


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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
    

4Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Thu Jun 07, 2018 8:06 pm

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x2 on your comments Saxon7 , the only bit that I think is clever is the use of BMW Z4 sidemarkers as indicators

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5Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Thu Jun 07, 2018 9:32 pm

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Best thing BMW ever did was hide that ugly square brick of an engine with a fairing and these nutziods get a nice example and chuck the fairing in the local dumpster.  Maybe if they got all that windblown trash and stuck it to the bike (or what's left of it) they could cover up what has to be one of the ugliest motorcycle engines ever. Fortunately the reliability factor far outweighed the looks factor and made for a great bike.


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6Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Fri Jun 08, 2018 1:42 am

Barry in IN

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RicK G wrote:..ugly square brick of an engine...
...one of the ugliest motorcycle engines ever. 
GASP!  
I...  B-b-but...  Wh-wh-whaaàat?!?!
I know what each of those words means separately, but strung together they make no sense at all!

I think it's one of the best looking engines ever.  I'd like to mount one on a pedestal in the house.  Hang the different valve covers on the wall.  Have jewelry made following the style.


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7Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Fri Jun 08, 2018 2:08 am

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They are a terrific engine but as for mounting it on a pedestal in the lounge I think the bathroom would more suit its looks Kustom K's 44271


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Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.
And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."   Dalai Lama


Bikes 1999 K1100 LT with a Big Block 1200
    

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Barry in IN

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I'll be in the fetal position for a while.


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9Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Fri Jun 08, 2018 3:55 am

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RicK G wrote:Best thing BMW ever did was hide that ugly square brick of an engine with a fairing and these nutziods get a nice example and chuck the fairing in the local dumpster.  Maybe if they got all that windblown trash and stuck it to the bike (or what's left of it) they could cover up what has to be one of the ugliest motorcycle engines ever. Fortunately the reliability factor far outweighed the looks factor and made for a great bike.

And to top if off they put the cylinder head they put the cylinder head on the wrong side. Not to mention the totally worthless helmet lock and the Marquis de Sade seat.


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Current stable:
86 Custom K100 (standard fairing, K75 Belly pan, Ceramic chromed engine covers, paralever)
K75 Frankenbrick (Paralever, K11 front end, hybrid ABS, K1100RS fairing, radial tires)
86 K75C Turbo w/ paralever
94 K1100RS
93 K1100LT
91 K1
93 K75S (K11 front end)
91 K75S (K1 front end)
14 Yamaha WR250R
98 Taxi Cab K1200RS
14 K1600GT
http://www.ClassicKBikes.com
    

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Two Wheels Better wrote:and a set of velocity stacks have been fitted to the intakes to help smooth airflow as it enters the engine", etc.
Pure bullshit.
Velocity stacks are genuine into the airbox, at the entrance of each admission hose.
It's nonsense to put one just before the debimeter flap...

    

11Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Fri Jun 08, 2018 6:32 am

duck

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jbt wrote:
Two Wheels Better wrote:and a set of velocity stacks have been fitted to the intakes to help smooth airflow as it enters the engine", etc.
Pure bullshit.
Velocity stacks are genuine into the airbox, at the entrance of each admission hose.
It's nonsense to put one just before the debimeter flap...

It only works if you attach a rare earth magnet to the fuel rail in order to align the gas and ethanol molecules.


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Current stable:
86 Custom K100 (standard fairing, K75 Belly pan, Ceramic chromed engine covers, paralever)
K75 Frankenbrick (Paralever, K11 front end, hybrid ABS, K1100RS fairing, radial tires)
86 K75C Turbo w/ paralever
94 K1100RS
93 K1100LT
91 K1
93 K75S (K11 front end)
91 K75S (K1 front end)
14 Yamaha WR250R
98 Taxi Cab K1200RS
14 K1600GT
http://www.ClassicKBikes.com
    

12Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Fri Jun 08, 2018 6:50 am

Dai

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I don't much like it either, for lots of reasons. I did get my usual smirk on seeing reuse of the existing wiring loom - it tells me that as usual, the builder doesn't have a f****g clue when it comes to electrics.


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13Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:46 am

Two Wheels Better

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jbt wrote:
Two Wheels Better wrote:and a set of velocity stacks have been fitted to the intakes to help smooth airflow as it enters the engine", etc.
Pure bullshit.
Velocity stacks are genuine into the airbox, at the entrance of each admission hose.
It's nonsense to put one just before the debimeter flap...
I don't mind at all if others don't like the moto, but let's be fair. This is actually what I wrote. You've only snipped a piece of my thread:

"I don't know who writes for Silodrome but their editors don't do much editing and frequently they get the most basic info wrong..."all the way up to 1300cc" "... [size=34]and a set of velocity stacks have been fitted to the intakes to help smooth airflow as it enters the engine", etc."
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And that was my point anyway, that a single velocity stack means nothing in the position it's placed in here.


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1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT. Projects: 1993 & '96 K1100RS, & 1st '98 K1200RS.
The Mystic, Big Block, 2nd K1200RS, K12R & K13 are running & ridable.
    

14Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:59 am

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Sorry for the wrong attibution of the quote, I had undestood that it wasn'y your words.

Nethertheless, I like this K100. For once, it has a nice shape, with the modified frame that creates a straight line, and the 2 pieces aluminium+fiberglass tank is beautiful.
What a pity that this useless stack is spoiling a nice piece of bike building by revealing a poor comprehension of the way it works...

    

15Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Fri Jun 08, 2018 10:16 am

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jbt wrote:Sorry for the wrong attibution of the quote, I had undestood that it wasn'y your words.

Nethertheless, I like this K100. For once, it has a nice shape, with the modified frame that creates a straight line, and the 2 pieces aluminium+fiberglass tank is beautiful.
What a pity that this useless stack is spoiling a nice piece of bike building by revealing a poor comprehension of the way it works...
Yeah, no worries. It's not important in the scheme of things like abuse of power by rotten pollies, their flunkies & other bad actors, and the news that amazing talent Anthony Bourdain committed suicide in France last night. Sad.


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1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT. Projects: 1993 & '96 K1100RS, & 1st '98 K1200RS.
The Mystic, Big Block, 2nd K1200RS, K12R & K13 are running & ridable.
    

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Overall it's another fat guy in speedos, but I like what he's done with the fuel tank - an ironic nod to the fact that a lot of the tanks on customs/cafe racers are just fiberglass fancy covering a utilitatiran ally box. Not seen that before, nice one.

Filed for future under 'good ideas I've nicked'.

The rest is, well...

...unless he's done something clever with the AFM - has anyone worked out what the mounting/linkage is for?


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17Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Tue Jun 12, 2018 9:38 am

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Try this one on for size.

Motochef

"Now get offa my lawn!"

Smile


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1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT. Projects: 1993 & '96 K1100RS, & 1st '98 K1200RS.
The Mystic, Big Block, 2nd K1200RS, K12R & K13 are running & ridable.
    

18Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Tue Jun 12, 2018 10:45 am

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...but, personally, I'd file this one under the heading, Why Bother!? The aluminium tank/seat combo are cool but the rest of it looks like an oil refinery:

K1200RS Metalbike Garage


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1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT. Projects: 1993 & '96 K1100RS, & 1st '98 K1200RS.
The Mystic, Big Block, 2nd K1200RS, K12R & K13 are running & ridable.
    

19Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Tue Jun 12, 2018 2:33 pm

Dai

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I have another question for the so-called 'pro builders' too: why insist on keeping the the original fuel tank? The fuel pump doesn't have to go in there, you know. It's not a requirement of a fuel-injected system.


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1987 K100RT
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1978 Moto Guzzi 850-T3, 1979 Moto Guzzi 850-T3 California,1993 Moto Guzzi 1100ie California
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20Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Tue Jun 12, 2018 5:20 pm

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Who says you have to keep the original tank?

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Current stable:
86 Custom K100 (standard fairing, K75 Belly pan, Ceramic chromed engine covers, paralever)
K75 Frankenbrick (Paralever, K11 front end, hybrid ABS, K1100RS fairing, radial tires)
86 K75C Turbo w/ paralever
94 K1100RS
93 K1100LT
91 K1
93 K75S (K11 front end)
91 K75S (K1 front end)
14 Yamaha WR250R
98 Taxi Cab K1200RS
14 K1600GT
http://www.ClassicKBikes.com
    

21Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Tue Jun 12, 2018 6:28 pm

Dai

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Larry's a rarity in that respect. But... bet the pump is still inside the tank. The point that I was trying to make is that if you don't have Larry's money and contacts, you can mount the fuel pump outside the tank and use a different tank entirely. That will completely change the shape of a bike and opens up a whole new ballgame.

Perhaps it's just that many customisers don't know that as long as the fuel pump is fuel-cooled i.e. as long as something cold and volatile is passing through it there won't be a problem. Ask Moto Guzzi. My Cali 1100ie has an external fuel pump that has almost the same flow rate and pressure as the K pump. The only advice that Guzzi give is don't run it without fuel circulating because if you do, the bearings will overheat in no time flat.

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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
    

22Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Tue Jun 12, 2018 7:32 pm

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When I got my turbo K75 some cheap m*****f***** PO had done a ghetto job of cramming an external fuel pump in under the tank.  It took some work but I was barely able to redo everything and get it back to the standard setup.

I was curious so I emailed Larry and asked him about that bike and it's all custom inside the tank with a non-K fuel pump but you're right that it is still internal.  One advantage of an internal fuel pump is that it reduces clutter and hides the fuel pump.

The reason Larry answers my emails is that he and I have been friends for a long time so I wouldn't recommend people who don't know him sending him questions out of the blue as I doubt he'd answer.  One time when I was at his place he let me take The Beast K1200 out for a little spin:

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Current stable:
86 Custom K100 (standard fairing, K75 Belly pan, Ceramic chromed engine covers, paralever)
K75 Frankenbrick (Paralever, K11 front end, hybrid ABS, K1100RS fairing, radial tires)
86 K75C Turbo w/ paralever
94 K1100RS
93 K1100LT
91 K1
93 K75S (K11 front end)
91 K75S (K1 front end)
14 Yamaha WR250R
98 Taxi Cab K1200RS
14 K1600GT
http://www.ClassicKBikes.com
    

23Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Tue Jun 12, 2018 9:10 pm

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RicK G wrote:Best thing BMW ever did was hide that ugly square brick of an engine with a fairing and these nutziods get a nice example and chuck the fairing in the local dumpster.  Maybe if they got all that windblown trash and stuck it to the bike (or what's left of it) they could cover up what has to be one of the ugliest motorcycle engines ever. Fortunately the reliability factor far outweighed the looks factor and made for a great bike.


Look at the upside. Lots of cheap fairing/seat/ducktail parts for us purists lol

    

24Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Wed Jun 13, 2018 4:42 am

Suzi Q

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Fuel pumps

Either stick a cheapo 'in-tank' fuel pump (requires immersion in fuel to cool it) in the tank....or any tank you like.

Or, stick a cheapo 'external' Bosch knock-off anywhere you like. S'easy. 

It hasn't fallen off yet..
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25Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Fri Jun 15, 2018 10:53 am

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This one has a nice profile.

Motochef

Funny about the rear brake pedal...


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1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT. Projects: 1993 & '96 K1100RS, & 1st '98 K1200RS.
The Mystic, Big Block, 2nd K1200RS, K12R & K13 are running & ridable.
    

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Two Wheels Better wrote:Funny about the rear brake pedal...
Finally. Somebody has developed a remedy for rear wheel lockup that doesn't involve costly, complex technology. cheers
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Last edited by Laitch on Fri Jun 15, 2018 3:57 pm; edited 3 times in total (Reason for editing : The need for clarity to benefit posterity.)


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27Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Fri Jun 15, 2018 1:24 pm

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Laitch wrote:
Two Wheels Better wrote:Funny about the rear brake pedal...
Finally. Somebody has developed a remedy for rear wheel lockup that doesn't involve costly, complex technology. cheers
"Jake, got that pedal ready? The photographer is here! Oh, stuff it!"


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1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT. Projects: 1993 & '96 K1100RS, & 1st '98 K1200RS.
The Mystic, Big Block, 2nd K1200RS, K12R & K13 are running & ridable.
    

28Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Fri Jun 15, 2018 1:30 pm

Dai

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How the feck did that pass the TuV? Or maybe the whole hydraulic system 'fell off' afterwards.


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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
    

29Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Fri Jun 15, 2018 1:34 pm

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Dai wrote:How the feck did that pass the TuV? Or maybe the whole hydraulic system 'fell off' afterwards.
That smoking gun on the right hand side, upon start up, can be used to spray the neighbour's crops of mozzies and dust pedestrians or passers by, riding lane dependent.


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1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT. Projects: 1993 & '96 K1100RS, & 1st '98 K1200RS.
The Mystic, Big Block, 2nd K1200RS, K12R & K13 are running & ridable.
    

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Dai wrote:How the feck did that pass the TuV? Or maybe the whole hydraulic system 'fell off' afterwards.
I suspect it doesn't need to be legal or even run.  Most of the people who build these things just truck them around town looking for a brick or concrete wall surrounded by old newspapers and beer cans or maybe a dumpster, where they can take some cool photos for their Craig's List advertisement.


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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
    

31Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Fri Jun 15, 2018 5:24 pm

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You guys....are just so cynical

And no doubt correct. Makes me feel better that it's taken me six weeks just to mount a fairing so's it lines up, allows for a decent steering lock, and hopefully won't crack within twenty thousand miles.


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chris846 wrote:You guys....are just so cynical
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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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BMW Motorrad just released their '9cento' (novochentoh in euro speak I think) concept bike and it has that same exhaust setup.  I  might have to give it a consideration in thirty years or so once it has proven itself


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34Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Tue Jul 03, 2018 1:52 pm

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Check out who is mentioned in an online website's TOP 5 BMW Customs...and Number 1, no less.

Return of the Cafe Racer


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1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT. Projects: 1993 & '96 K1100RS, & 1st '98 K1200RS.
The Mystic, Big Block, 2nd K1200RS, K12R & K13 are running & ridable.
    

35Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Mon Jul 23, 2018 4:00 pm

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Pack Animal

From nearby (to me) Bend, Oregon, a K75 with an interesting skid plate/protection bars and use of various other model Beemer bits. Not a serious offroader, but it'd get you down the fire roads and gravel tracks with less worry.

    

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Thanks for posting the Pack Animal Daz.

That is one that I can relate to - I like the spoked wheels which I considered for my K75 but ended up ruling them out on cost versus practicality in my case.

Cheers

    

37Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:07 pm

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"Suscettibile" or sensitive K100 16V

Reckon that refers to how it feels in a tight corner with those massive knobs fighting those clip-ons?!


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1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT. Projects: 1993 & '96 K1100RS, & 1st '98 K1200RS.
The Mystic, Big Block, 2nd K1200RS, K12R & K13 are running & ridable.
    

38Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:28 pm

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As I can't see the link, are the massive knobs on the bike or on the tyres?


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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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1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT. Projects: 1993 & '96 K1100RS, & 1st '98 K1200RS.
The Mystic, Big Block, 2nd K1200RS, K12R & K13 are running & ridable.
    

40Back to top Go down   Kustom K's Empty Re: Kustom K's Wed Sep 12, 2018 12:44 pm

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Deep Creek K100

'Cept for the silly bloody Firestones and lack of front mudguard (who rides these things in the real world anyway?) this one has a look.


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1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT. Projects: 1993 & '96 K1100RS, & 1st '98 K1200RS.
The Mystic, Big Block, 2nd K1200RS, K12R & K13 are running & ridable.
    

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Rick G

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Thinking of deep creeks it would make a good anchor.


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Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.
And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."   Dalai Lama


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Two Wheels Better

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RicK G wrote:Thinking of deep creeks it would make a good anchor.
I take that as yer nod of approval then, old mate? 
Laughing


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1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT. Projects: 1993 & '96 K1100RS, & 1st '98 K1200RS.
The Mystic, Big Block, 2nd K1200RS, K12R & K13 are running & ridable.
    

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Basic2

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Two Wheels Better wrote:http://www.inazumacafe.com/2018/08/suscettibile.html

Try this, or cut and paste.
So the clear plastic tubing as a fuel gauge is a safe idea?


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11/1987 6308319K100CJ
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Dai

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Nothing wrong with that. If the tube fractures, the rest of the bike is probably already severely bent.


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1983 K100 naked upgraded to K100LT spec after spending time as an RS and an RT
1987 K100RT
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1978 Moto Guzzi 850-T3, 1979 Moto Guzzi 850-T3 California,1993 Moto Guzzi 1100ie California
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Two Wheels Better

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I don't understand how this one made it to publication. The dent in the left hand side of the petrol tank, along with the obvious crap paint job (look at the seam mid-tank, bottom), and lack of any distinctive character from any other hack job, leaves me cold. Here, I present to you, in equal parts derision and gobsmacked wonder, the TOMA Custom K1100. Dare I say it?! Put a mudguard on that thing!

TOMA Customs


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1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT. Projects: 1993 & '96 K1100RS, & 1st '98 K1200RS.
The Mystic, Big Block, 2nd K1200RS, K12R & K13 are running & ridable.
    

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Point-Seven-five

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"I’m the owner of TOMA CUSTOMS, my name is Thomas Jeukens. One and a half year ago, I decided to leave my job as Strategy Manager for a big consulting firm to open TOMA CUSTOMS and fully live from my passion, transforming and customising motorcycles cutting off rear frame loops." (fixed it for you)


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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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Two Wheels Better

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Point-Seven-five wrote:"I’m the owner of TOMA CUSTOMS, my name is Thomas Jeukens. One and a half year ago, I decided to leave my job as Strategy Manager for a big consulting firm to open TOMA CUSTOMS and fully live from my passion, transforming and customising motorcycles cutting off rear frame loops." (fixed it for you)
cheers
Morning tea through nostrils!


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1977 R75/7-100, '93 K11/K12 Big Block, '95 R100 Mystic, '96 K1100RS, '98 K1200RS, '06 K1200R & '09 K1300GT. Projects: 1993 & '96 K1100RS, & 1st '98 K1200RS.
The Mystic, Big Block, 2nd K1200RS, K12R & K13 are running & ridable.
    

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norton71

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"I’m the owner of TOMA CUSTOMS, my name is Thomas Jeukens. One and a half year ago, I decided to leave my job as Strategy Manager for a big consulting firm to open TOMA CUSTOMS and fully live from my passion, transforming and customising motorcycles. Mixing mental and manual activities generates a level of freedom and satisfaction that I’d never experienced before".

And i remember being told as a teenager "if you don't stop doing that you will go blind".

Can i just do it till i need glasses? i asked.

Guess the owner hasn't been there done that yet . Rolling Eyes

    

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Dai

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Right - every feckin' 'professional' custom from now on in gets a thumbs down if it uses the original tank. It just looks so damn ugly with the front-end droop on it - has no-one (except Larry R) got any original ideas? Get with the plot guys - you don't need to install the fuel pump in the tank! Mad Mad


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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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Rick G

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Yep one more ugly shit box for the crusher.  Those fuck wits should walk about with a side cover suspended from a pole by a bit of string chanting "we're all individuals"


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Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.
And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."   Dalai Lama


Bikes 1999 K1100 LT with a Big Block 1200
    

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