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MOTOBRICK.COM => Welcome To Motobrick.Com => Topic started by: kightboy on February 01, 2013, 11:28:25 AM
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My first BMW was a 1989 K75 purchased in 1992.
I met a bunch of the Sacramento River City Beemers (RCB) boys who all rode their bikes to a wedding that I was shooting and decided that I had to change from the naked Honda I was riding to a BMW because I really wanted to hang-out with these idiots.
That was when riding really became fun. HERE were some guys to have adventures with. Rode this sweet little K bike for a year or so until, at a Rally, Joe Meyers lent me his R1100S. I came back panting and said "I GOTTA get me one of THESE!" I then had a total of 4 R1100 to R1150RT's over about a 15 year period and really had some great rides. about 100,000 miles including some Iron Butt rides, trips up to Canada from Sacramento, out to Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, etc. Great times. The horrible economy of 2008 saw my motorcycle sitting idle because I had to work 70 hours a week to make sure I continued to make a living. (yeah, i know, sounds lame even to me) But I sold it and I've been bikeless for 4 years.
A couple of months ago I got the itch and made the time and found this PRISTINE little 1994 K75 (on Ebay motors) in Reno with 25k miles on it. Took the Greyhound Bus over the mountains from Sac (Greyhound NOT recommended - by the way - extremely icky crowd on that bus - I firmly believe that 8 out of 10 of them had pissed themselves) - FROZE my ASS riding it over the Sierra back to Sacramento in late December and I'm SO happy to be back in the saddle again. It's so smooth. Near as I can figure, it's a K75C that had a seat lowering kit installed and then, sometime later on, someone had a lot of foam added to raise the seat back up - very nice re-upholster job. Any rate - very comfortable saddle so I'll leave it for now. Just added hand guards from a GS of the same year so my hands don't freeze in cold weather riding and put a very loud horn on it to get some respect. I may decide to ride down to Hollister and get a custom Corbin done - we'll see. I'd love to post a photo but haven't figured out how to do it yet.
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WelKome bacK!
The last Cs were produced in March of 1990 so it's probably not a C. Your title should tell you the model or you can use the last seven digits of your VIN to find out what model it was produced as http://www.bmw-z1.com/VIN/VINdecode-e.cgi (http://www.bmw-z1.com/VIN/VINdecode-e.cgi)
And feel free to post a picture of it. :yes
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Welcome, fellow Brickhead.
Your bike probably came from Berlin with the low seat installed. Either way, I am curious to see a picture. If you live in Sac. we are almost neighbors. If you ever plan to get over near the Napa area send me a PM. We can get together for a short ride.
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.... get together for a short ride.
Oroville-Quincy Hwy. :2thumbup:
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hmmm.... having difficulty posting a photo. I get this: (http://) when i click on the "insert image" icon on the post reply page but the copy/paste feature won't insert a photo between the two little "img" blocks.
What, pray-tell am i doing wrong?
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by the way, the title says it's an RS. Little cafe-style fairing.
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hmmm.... having difficulty posting a photo. I get this: (http://) when i click on the "insert image" icon on the post reply page but the copy/paste feature won't insert a photo between the two little "img" blocks.
What, pray-tell am i doing wrong?
I use a Mac, so this might be different than what you have to do, but this works for me.
1. Click on "Attachments and other options"
2. Click on 'Browse"
3. Highlight the picture that you want to attach
4. Click on the "Open" button and you should have your picture attached.
Does this help you at all?
An "RS"? Now I really want to know what you have. I only know of four different bikes, a "C" model, the "S", a standard bike,
and a touring version (RT?).
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Oroville-Quincy Hwy. :2thumbup:
Yesss! That's a wonderful strip of tarmac. During the hot summer months, you can pause for a roadside swim too.
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Trying these photos again. Taken in Truckee at about 34 degrees. Riding it home from Reno to Sacramento. Dec 17th.
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Thanks for the help on the photos - it worked! I was baffled too. The title says "Body Style" and then Plainly says "RS". HUH? I don't know of any RS. Searching online there's an RS for the K100 but no such thing in a K75. I tried the last 7 digits of the VIN - trick from frankenduck and I can't decipher the code that comes up. Last 7 numbers are 0135286 by the way if someone else wants to try it. Just got finished installing a very loud dual air horn and I'm delighted with it. The next unconscious driver who comes over without signalling into my lane will likely pee a bit.
Rode it up past Camp Far West Lake thursday at sunset - very pretty.
Now that I know how to post photos i'll begin to do so on the various parts of this forum. I'm a professional photographer so I oughta get some good ones.
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Hey Argent - your photo posting tip helped me post a little bitty photo. Now I'd like to learn how to post a large one like the big boys do. I did open a photobucket account but can't figure out how to get the photo pasted between the little IMG IMG gizmo. The little "insert image" should work but I'm obviously doing something wrong. I use a PC
Anybody?
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Trying these photos again. Taken in Truckee at about 34 degrees. Riding it home from Reno to Sacramento. Dec 17th.
You have a "C" series K75. Those are kinda neat, you don't see them very often.
At least the little cockpit fairing looks like one from a C bike. Not as sexy looking as the R90S, but probably a more practical piece of equipment.
What year did you say the bike is? Someone may have thrown the fairing on after the bike was built. It is my understanding that the "standard" replaced the C series.
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Standard K75s were available from 1986 on and were the first K75s made, followed closely behind by the C and S, and in 1990 the K75RT. Sometime around 91ish they reworked the standard (a.k.a. K75/2) by going from a drum to a rear disc and making ABS available.
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Welcome to our madness. How did you find us? Send a PM, looking forward to meeting you. cool shades
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Standard K75s were available from 1986 on and were the first K75s made, followed closely behind by the C and S, and in 1990 the K75RT. Sometime around 91ish they reworked the standard (a.k.a. K75/2) by going from a drum to a rear disc and making ABS available.
Well, once again I stand corrected. Not the first time, nor will it be the last, I am sure.
So, what about something called a K75/3 A ?
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It's a 1994. Have NO idea why/how the title says "RS" but I have a Haynes manual published in 1999 and the photo of the "C" looks right. The owner of A&S BMW in Roseville, Ca said it looked stock to him and agrees that the "low seat kit" was done at the factory.
trying once again to insert a larger photo:
(http://s1327.beta.photobucket.com/user/kightboy/media/IMG_0669_zpsdbeaaa1c.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0)
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You're linking to a web page, not an image file.
(http://i1327.photobucket.com/albums/u680/kightboy/IMG_0669_zpsdbeaaa1c.jpg)
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ALRIGHT! How did you DO that? There's my photo all big and everything. I put my images up on photobucket. What should I be putting between the [img][img] that comes up when i click on the "Insert Image" button. I'm a professional photographer fer gawdsakes and this shouldn't be so hard for me. Or is there some other "secret of the motobrick members" that I have to become initiated to learn?
Also below, Roy S asks me to "send a PM" - whuzzat? Prime Minister? Post Menopausal? Pretty Motorcycle?
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So, what about something called a K75/3 A ?
Never heard of that. The /2 shows shows up in the parts catalog but not a /3.
However, since BMW updated the wiring harness and alternator in 94+ K75s it's possible that had a /3 designation. :dunno
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Use one of these links:
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(http://i1327.photobucket.com/albums/u680/kightboy/IMG_0666_zps200a35c8.jpg)
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Well YAY! Thanks for the help. Now you'll receive a lot of photos because I take so many. I hope I don't become a blight on this forum
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Hey Roy
What's a PM?
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I think the "RS" thing is either a federal or insurance general model type and not body-specific. Take a look at a chunk from a WA title for a K75S.
Since the bike has Y spoke wheels I'd guess that it came out of the factory as a regular K75 and the C fairing was added later.
What are the last seven digits of your VIN?
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PM = Private Message
Click on the user's name and then Send PM
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0135286 VIN - last 7 numbers
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how would one include some sort of photo underneath his name in the forums?
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how would one include some sort of photo underneath his name in the forums?
At the top of any page, hover your mouse pointer over Profile and select Forum Profile from the list of options. You'll be presented with a page at the top of which are a number of options for adding what is known as an avatar.
Make sure the image you use isn't too big - keep it to around 150 pixels max width or height otherwise it screws up the page layout.
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Well YAY! Thanks for the help. Now you'll receive a lot of photos because I take so many. I hope I don't become a blight on this forum
Lots of photos are a good thing. I enjoy looking at motorcycles.
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hey
thanks for the help on the whole avatar thingie.
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0135286 VIN - last 7 numbers
Your bike left the factory as a standard K75 in March of 1994. :bmwsmile
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Thank you o Duck-Meister. So it's sort of a frankenbike. This little fairing has two pieces of windshield that, somehow the wind flows between and around. Pretty effecient for one so small and it says "laminar lip" on the side of it. Never seen one before. (http://i1327.photobucket.com/albums/u680/kightboy/DSCF1872_zpsb3826b60.jpg)
definitely looks different than the photo of the k75C in my Haynes manual. like maybe the "laminar lip" was added on after market.
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This one looks like yours:
http://www.laminarlip.com/k75c.php (http://www.laminarlip.com/k75c.php)
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aha!!
it's the laminar lip company. i will say this - i'm protected behind this little bitty windshield as if it were much bigger. it works.
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IMO that's one of the better Laminar Lips. Most of them are mounted with 3M Dual-Lock (hard core Velcro) but the C one uses the OEM windscreen bolts.
Somebody also added those handguards. K75s never had those but the R100 ones fit because they have the same throttle and clutch perches.
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IMO that's one of the better Laminar Lips. Most of them are mounted with 3M Dual-Lock (hard core Velcro) but the C one uses the OEM windscreen bolts.
Somebody also added those handguards. K75s never had those but the R100 ones fit because they have the same throttle and clutch perches.
I had looked at the K75S lip, I wondered how it attached. I have the Aeroflow headlight cover/protector that attaches with the Dual-Locks.
I don't know how I would feel at 80 mph with a plastic piece attached to the windscreen a few inches from my face with just those holding it on. But they must do the job okay.
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I've ridden a K75S with a Laminar Lip. It pushes the wind up a bit but not that much. I was hoping it would push it up enough to ride without a helmet but I'm 6-2 and that wasn't the case.
I've never heard of one coming off but what I'd recommend is trying it with the Dual-Lock and if you decide to make it permanent then drill it and the factory windscreen and bolt it on with nylon hardware.
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this laminar flow windscreen thing is on there very solid. not going nowhere. and it really workswell
re: the handguards - I put them on last week so my hands don't freaking freeze!
after riding the bike home in december Reno to Sacramento over the Donner Pass with 4 feet of snow on either side of the road, stopping in truckee i almost couldn't open my hands because my fingers were froze! this is MUCH better for winter riding and they come off really easy too!