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crthomas0

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Hi All,

I'm new to this forum and have already found much useful information. I ride a '91 K100LT that I purchased around 2000 and am the third owner with ~35k miles.

I have not had time to ride for the past five years and am now going over the bike to get it back into shape. I've identified a few fixes/maintenance items that need to be done right away such as replacing the rear master cylinder and brake lines, tires, spline lube, and possibly a clutch lube to start.

The last 7 digits of the VIN are 01815??. The second to last digit ? appears to be a 2, and the last digit ? is unknown since the label has been damaged, but I believe that it is an 8. This would mean that the last 7 digits of the VIN are 0181528 so that the bike is a K100 LT 87 (0506 ( 0516) ).

I've been looking thru various posts on the site and have a few questions:
- I've found a few web sites for parts such as bemerboneyard and Kbikeparts but would appreciate any additional recommendations, especially for replacement braided steel brake lines.
- I've been reading about bleeding the brakes with the ABS I system. Any recommendations here would be useful.
- I found "Anton's method" for removing the FD for a spline lube and will follow it unless there are any issues particular to my bike that I am not aware of?

Thanks to all of the members for your input to this forum. It certainly is a tremendous resource.

CMT

    

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charlie99

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welcome aboard cmt .....good to hear of another "k" returning to service

they are too good a machine to let rust away ...far better to ride them to death ...if thats possible

cheers !


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cheezy grin whilst riding, kinda bloke ....oh the joy !!!! ...... ( brick aviator )

'86 K100 RT..#0090401 ..."Gerty" ( Gertrude Von Clickandshift ) --------O%O
'86 k100 rs.. #######..  "Fred " (f(rame) red ) ( Fredrick leichtundschnell ) - -
bits and pieces from many kind friends across the k100 world ...with many thanks ..
1987 k100rs ########   "Red"  - (red sports rs TWB style )
1989 K100rt #009637   "Black Betty"  (naked rt ala Nigel , now sporting an rs main fairing )
    

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Inge K.

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crthomas0 wrote:The last 7 digits of the VIN are 01815??. The second to last digit ? appears to be a 2, and the last digit ? is unknown since the label has been damaged, but I believe that it is an 8. This would mean that the last 7 digits of the VIN are 0181528 so that the bike is a K100 LT 87 (0506 ( 0516) ).

Welcome Thomas!

Model K 589, production month 11/90.


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crthomas0

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Thanks charlie99 and Inge. Any suggestions on where to find steel brake lines?


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'91 K100LT #0181528
11/1990 K589 K 100 LT 87 (0506,0516) USA
    

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Welcome CMT. You;ve already discovered what a great resource the forum is so nothing left to do but regale us with tales and pictures of progress with the bike!!

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K1 - 1989 - AKA Titan (unique K1/K1100RS hybrid by Andreas Esterhammer)
K1100RS - 1995. AKA Rudolf Von Schmurf (in a million bits)
K100RS - 1991 AKA Ronnie. Cafe racer project bike
K75RTP - 1994
K75C - 1991 AKA Jim Beam. In boxes. 
K1100LT 1992 - AKA Big Red (gone)
K100LT - 1988 - AKA the Bullion brick. Should never have sold it.
    

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Rick G

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Welcome to the forum crthomas.


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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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Welcome to the forum mate remember to put up a picture of the old girl...........

    

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