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K100 rim into K1100 Forks? ... and Cleaning surface rust on forks Tue Apr 09, 2019 6:24 am
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I have read some of the earlier posts which recommend "change everything".
However, on a project / parts bike (K100 1985) I am putting back together, there is:
K100 Upper and Lower triple clamps - resized / reamed out
K1100 Forks (ABS mount)
K1100 4 pot front calipers
K100 front wheel (my addition - because it had the discs and a tire on it)
Looking forward (ie sitting on bike), I had to install an intermediate sized spindle / axle spacer on RHS to create same gap between rotor and fork to match LHS. (I say intermediate, because a K100 takes a thin spacer (RHS) and a wide spacer (LHS))
However, wheel installing the calipers, one of the caliper mounting holes will fit under the fork mounting hole while the other wont fit by about 1mm.
Question: am I dreaming? Will the K100 rim ever fit? Or is it a case of use K1100 rims only.
Also, when cleaning up slightly rusty fork staunchions, what do you recommend using? I'm thinking 1200 or finer wet and dry and Inox / oil.
Thanks for any wisdom and experience
Guy
However, on a project / parts bike (K100 1985) I am putting back together, there is:
K100 Upper and Lower triple clamps - resized / reamed out
K1100 Forks (ABS mount)
K1100 4 pot front calipers
K100 front wheel (my addition - because it had the discs and a tire on it)
Looking forward (ie sitting on bike), I had to install an intermediate sized spindle / axle spacer on RHS to create same gap between rotor and fork to match LHS. (I say intermediate, because a K100 takes a thin spacer (RHS) and a wide spacer (LHS))
However, wheel installing the calipers, one of the caliper mounting holes will fit under the fork mounting hole while the other wont fit by about 1mm.
Question: am I dreaming? Will the K100 rim ever fit? Or is it a case of use K1100 rims only.
Also, when cleaning up slightly rusty fork staunchions, what do you recommend using? I'm thinking 1200 or finer wet and dry and Inox / oil.
Thanks for any wisdom and experience
Guy