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51Back to top Go down   Did ya Know - Page 2 Empty Re: Did ya Know Tue Nov 29, 2011 4:33 am

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I am still intrigued....how low can it go with the temperature so that a K won't start. Is it to do with the battery or the metal ( brass or otherwise) refusing to move? In WW11 in the Russian offensive the fluids froze in machinery and no go. Sorry, can't continue, must defrost the tank !

    

52Back to top Go down   Did ya Know - Page 2 Empty Re: Did ya Know Tue Nov 29, 2011 6:57 am

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My K100 won't start till it gets to about -5 because I have the key and I am inside with the fire going.


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53Back to top Go down   Did ya Know - Page 2 Empty Re: Did ya Know Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:48 pm

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i think the viscosity of the oil is the limiting factor, that and ice forming in the inlet tract when a cold engine starts, though this is more of a prob on carbed vehicles, iirc its the viscosity of oil that stops engines dead in the extreme cold.

    

54Back to top Go down   Did ya Know - Page 2 Empty Re: Did ya Know Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:57 pm

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K Freak, your honesty is quite refreshing. However you are not as cool as I thought you were.


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1983 K100 basic vin 0003960 colour red  GONE
1987 K100RT vin 0094685 colour, orange peel, sorry, pearl..GONE
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I've been told that the lines contain metal pigment that heats from the light beam, resulting in a defrosting affect on the glass plate.
Sounds plausible to me.... :|

    

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This is probably a bit of useless info.....but we noticed on a recent trip to Europe, the Budapest coppers (or some of them) are still on the old K100's. It's great to see the old girls still in use (or being recycled) Cheers Tom Grabau

    

57Back to top Go down   Did ya Know - Page 2 Empty Re: Did ya Know Sat Mar 31, 2012 5:47 am

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Recent trip to Europe?

Where's our bloody postcard!


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K100RS 1986 RED!

Dress for the ride and the potential slide.
    

58Back to top Go down   Did ya Know - Page 2 Empty Re: Did ya Know Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:11 am

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I guess that answers the question, who on the forum didn't get a card.

    

59Back to top Go down   Did ya Know - Page 2 Empty Re: Did ya Know Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:16 am

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I did Very Happy

But not from Tom Did ya Know - Page 2 797640


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Did ya Know - Page 2 Frog15Did ya Know - Page 2 Logo2101986 k75, 1985 K100rt, 1985 K100rt/EML GT2 sidecar, 1999 K1200lt/Hannigan Astro Sport sidecar.
    

60Back to top Go down   Did ya Know - Page 2 Empty Re: Did ya Know Sun Apr 01, 2012 2:42 am

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Barry Sheene used an expression, Answers on the back of a post card, wonder how many he sent.


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Keith - 1987 K75c with r100rt replica fairing and half of a 1984 K100rt 1992 K1100LT a blue one

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Prototype from 1979, 1000cc, three cylinders, crank on the left:

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62Back to top Go down   Did ya Know - Page 2 Empty Re: Did ya Know Tue Aug 13, 2013 2:51 pm

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And if you believe that they put the crank on the wrong side then you will believe anything. This is how it was:

 Did ya Know - Page 2 Early20K

And to prove that my photo is the correct one, look at the BMW roundel on the engine, the white is at the top right, now go look at your bike.

    

63Back to top Go down   Did ya Know - Page 2 Empty As to the post above Tue Aug 13, 2013 5:26 pm

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As to the post several above RE: The yellow(?) lines in the glass in the front of the R100rs fairing are desighned to warm the glass in cold damp conditions for defogging. They react with the light from the headlamp shining through from behind>

OBTW Look what I just contracted to by off Ebay:


Did ya Know - Page 2 R100rs10
 
All original (except windshield & side stand), 26,000 miles, Nice set of panniers included but not shown.
Recently serviced and ready to go.

Traveling to San Francisco next week to pick it up and ride it home to Phoenix! (brave soul, huh?)

    

64Back to top Go down   Did ya Know - Page 2 Empty Re: Did ya Know Tue Aug 13, 2013 6:21 pm

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bikerboy wrote:And if you believe that they put the crank on the wrong side then you will believe anything. This is how it was:

 Did ya Know - Page 2 Early20K

And to prove that my photo is the correct one, look at the BMW roundel on the engine, the white is at the top right, now go look at your bike.
Good one Bikerboy.

I took the picture on photoshop, flipped it horizontally and got a perfect mirror image too.

Look, I can get an Aussie or UK sidecar in minutes:

 Did ya Know - Page 2 Eml_ri10 Did ya Know - Page 2 Eml-le10

 This is why we cannot trust pictures anymore.


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65Back to top Go down   Did ya Know - Page 2 Empty Re: Did ya Know Tue Aug 13, 2013 8:24 pm

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What's a TR?  That badge on the fairing is confusing.


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'19 R1250RS

+ another boxer engined motorcycle and sidecar

"When I'm too old and too foolish to handle a sidecar I'll buy a Sportsbike"

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66Back to top Go down   Did ya Know - Page 2 Empty Re: Did ya Know Tue Aug 13, 2013 8:28 pm

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johnr wrote:i think the viscosity of the oil is the limiting factor, that and ice forming in the inlet tract when a cold engine starts, though this is more of a prob on carbed vehicles, iirc its the viscosity of oil that stops engines dead in the extreme cold.
 Talking to a friend in the airforce years ago, he was telling me in some of the nordic countries, on some planes they drain the oil from the engine into a trolley type thing once its landed.  the tank is kept heated and they can pump the oil back in quickly when the plane has to fly again.

I've experienced the cold thick oil thing with a friends Honda single, we had to tow it in the end to get it started.

Al


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'19 R1250RS

+ another boxer engined motorcycle and sidecar

"When I'm too old and too foolish to handle a sidecar I'll buy a Sportsbike"

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67Back to top Go down   Did ya Know - Page 2 Empty Re: Did ya Know Tue Aug 13, 2013 8:28 pm

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This is why we cannot trust pictures anymore.
Precicely
Did ya Know - Page 2 Early210


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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
    

68Back to top Go down   Did ya Know - Page 2 Empty Re: Did ya Know Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:50 pm

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icK G wrote:This is why we cannot trust pictures anymore.
Precicely
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But you can trust this one
Look how patiently she waits while Rick G microwaves his gloves.

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1986 K100RT VIN 0093801K100RT with summer fairing for a northern visitor

Basic/2 6308802K100CJ  05/1988

K1100RS 0194321
    

69Back to top Go down   Did ya Know - Page 2 Empty Re: Did ya Know Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:56 pm

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It would more convincing if there was a leprechaun sitting on the fan.Razz


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"Man sacrifices his health in order to make money.
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
    

70Back to top Go down   Did ya Know - Page 2 Empty Re: Did ya Know Wed Aug 14, 2013 6:13 am

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Many very old aircraft had oil warmers on them. They were no longer needed when multigrade oils were invented. The main reason for the warmer was to keep the oil thin so that it circulated to vital parts as quickly as possible. These days a 5W40 will reach the whole of the engine quicker than a 15W40 will, without any oil warming system.

    

71Back to top Go down   Did ya Know - Page 2 Empty Re: Did ya Know Wed Aug 14, 2013 9:06 am

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bikerboy wrote:And if you believe that they put the crank on the wrong side then you will believe anything.

 Did ya Know - Page 2 Early20K

And to prove that my photo is the correct one, look at the BMW roundel on the engine, the white is at the top right, now go look at your bike.
"And if you believe that they put the crank on the wrong side then you will believe anything."

Please forgive my most grievous error.  The only thing worse than a know-it-all is a smartass know-it-all.

    

72Back to top Go down   Did ya Know - Page 2 Empty Re: Did ya Know Wed Aug 14, 2013 6:38 pm

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Did you get out of the wrong side of bed Dewey?

    

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