Hi Al,



Based in Sunny Manchester, UK.



On a complete whim in the middle of December I bought my first motorbike - a K100. I passed my bike test 3 years ago but haven't ridden since - I was browsing eBay on a quiet Saturday evening and saw a bike that looked cheap - put a cheeky bid on - 24 hours later the bike was mine - no one else had bid on it - It was scheduled to end on the first shopping weekend of December and the during the X Factor final so it must have al gone in my favour









I'm just trying to find as much about these bikes as possibe - Have ridden it a couple of times - only got a helmet and jacket last week - Hoping to get a ot out of it when the weather gets a bit better.



Paid £645 for the bike - 12 months MOT and a few months road tax.

Welcome Fz wow what a bargain. Good looking bike for the price.

Hope you enjoy the bike and the forum.

That's a steal FzBucKs. You are sure to enjoy riding that.

I saw that one for sale and I liked the look of it. The best of luck with it. Give yourself a couple of hundred miles to get the feel of it and you'll understand the love we all have for these bikes. Welcome to the forum.
88KE

Not a bad looking front end with the instruments and the headlight.

Good buy!

The more you ride, the more you'll love it!

Now that is a nice colour.
Well done Fzbucks, as 88KE says, a few hundred miles will get you comfortable.
RT

Welcome Fzbucks to the forum that is a very nice bike welldone on your purchase as the lads have said a few miles under your belt and that grin on your face will be even wider

BIG D

G'day mate, yes that is an attractive bike, well cared for , how many units of distance has it recorded, does the speedo work , have you bought a can of deoxit yet ?

Welcome to the forum Fzbucks. Thats one nice steed you have there.

Good to have you on board bike looks great. Like many big bikes one needs to take care they are quite heavy and the weight is quite high up especially when the fuel tank is full. That said they are a great bike to own and ride.
Regards,
K-BIKE

A good looking buy. In South Africa depending on Odo reading you will probably pay about 1,600 British Pounds

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280809925516?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
A K 75 RT

That's a nice looking example Ungaas. Someone's going to get a bargain

Welcome mate, that looks really nice - great colour (from a fellow new owner).

These bikes must be near or at the bottom of their depreciation curve!

All the best
Dave

Welcome to the forum Fzbucks.

Great looking bike. I like the blacked out look of the radiator cowl with the engine casings.

Best wishes, Dee Why

Welcome to the forum. If you failed the sanity test, then you are in the right spot.

Thanks for the welcome everyone.

Really impressed with the bike so far.

To answer a question above - the bike has done just over 80,000 miles - everything works on it.

Don't know much about the bikes - I did wonder about the missing fairing as all the other ones I've looked at have different variations of fairings, this one must have been stripped down to personal taste by a previous owner - will keep it as is for a whie but might look to put fairing back on if it's a simple enough job.

Does anyone know if you can get a Haynes manual for this version as I can only see 2 valve ones on ebay for this year.

Welcome to the board. Good lookin machine...I like that color!


OG

nice.....welcome to the forum fz ...happy riding mate

FzBucKs wrote:Does anyone know if you can get a Haynes manual for this version as I can only see 2 valve ones on ebay for this year.

For a manual use the one for a K1100. AFAIK nobody including BMW made a paper manual for the K100 16v but there is a microfisch one available, it is available as a PDF download here from the download section. You will need a password from Crazy Frog aka Bert to get to the download section.

Hi FzBucks,

Welcome.

Have a look on this very forum for manuals - under the section Internet links.

Mike

Welcome aboard Mike,

I am sure you will have plenty of help keeping that beauty running from all the members here on the forum!

Hi Dino,

Thanks for the welcome, but I have been around quite a while

It's FzBucks who is new to the forum, and I'd hate to take away one of his welcomes

Mike

Have a look here FzBucKs.

http://k100rt.aforumfree.com/t3135-bmw-pdf-manuals-approved-by-bmw-for-download-now

Welcome aboard Fzbucks - you got a real bargain there I reckon and any questions you may have will/have already been answered on this great forum

Sorry Fz, I put Mikes name in accidently.

Welcome again to you. Hope you will remain on the forum as long as some of the other members.

Sorry Mike about using your name, Just the same i'de like to thank you for alerting me, and also thank you for being around so long. Hope this takes care for my mistake.

Thanks Brothers- Dino

Hi Dino,

Absolutely no problem mate.

I don't have a K100, but do have 2 old airhead boxers (one RS bought new in 1978), a K1100LT, and an R1150RT, a 125MZ, 1959 Royal Enfield Constellation, oh, and a honda (but that's the lawn mower )

Mike - from a bright and frosty UK.

Hi Mike,

No K100? What a shame mate. I guess the garage is full with no room for a k100 bike. The flagship k1100 certainly is well built, especially with that electric windshield. I love that feature!

For a while I owned a goldwing. I hated having to manually adjust the windshield. You had to flip the latches, push down then lift up to the position you desired. After awhile I learned how to make it happen running down the road and not stopping to accomplish it. Of course that meant showing off with no hands on the bars to make the adjustment.

Not to worry about not having a k100. My feelings are, If it has two wheels I am there for you.

Don't know about the lawn mover though, I am a Briggs and Stratton man me self!

Ciao - Dino