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MOTOBRICK.COM => Welcome To Motobrick.Com => Topic started by: TIV on March 08, 2013, 01:56:17 PM
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Hi, I was very pleased when I discovered this Forum. Thanks frankenduck and others for starting it up. Iīm 59 years old veteran motorcyclist. I have had all kinds of motorcycles. Got my first bike in 1973, it was a Suzuki TS400. I was short of cash back then, so I bought old British bikes cheap, repaired them and rode them. In 1985 I found a BMW R75/5 and restored it, and since then I have been hooked on the beemers. Iīve restored quite a few boxers, including the famous R69S, one of only two such bikes that were imported to Iceland. Iīve had Harleyīs and Japanese bikes to. Despite my tinkering and wrenching I have always looked at myself as a MC rider first and foremost. I love travelling on motorcycles.
I was always a bit curious about the flying bricks, and few years ago, when I was offered a 1990 K75RT, I jumped on it. Itīs a low mileage ex Police bike. It had only 28.000 genuine kilometers on the clock, approximately 17.000 miles. It spent most of its Police life garaged. As it happened it was bought new for a small Police district near Reykjavik, and the problem was they didnīt have a specially trained officer to ride it most of the time so it was auctioned off. The guy who bought it had it for about 12 years and for some reason or other almost never used it.
It was neglected and lacked maintenance after standing unused (inside) for 12 years. I tore it apart, learned how everything worked, and repaired and changed everything that was less than 100 percent. To make long story short, I fell for this bike. Itīs character is unlike any other bike I have used, and I really like the simplicity, smoothness, lightness and reliability. These bikes are unique and will be sought after in the future. For some reason it is a real fun to ride this bike. After the first summer I changed the front forks to Showa. The Fichtel & Sachs that came with it were harsh and to stiff for my taste. This upgrade did wonders and now the ride is silky smooth.
:mbird
Cheers
Throstur Vidisson
Reykjavik
Iceland
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Welcome aboard. The K75s are famous - I had a K100RS, but rode a K75 for 800 miles or so and fell in love with this light, smooth machine. Should have bought it!!! :mm
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Welcome, fellow Brickhead.
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Hello and welcome
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Only 17K miles? That's great. :2thumbup: Sounds like it ended up in the right hands as you've gone through it completely to get it up to snuff.
Post up a picture when you get a chance.
And welKome to MB.com.
:mbird
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Welcome to the fold from a new forum member.
I also found the perfect bike in the three cyl.
Tell us about that blue pool, and what the roads in Iceland are like?
My wife has an Icelandic pony she is an amazing horse.
Welcome.
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Welcome to you.
Sounds like you have quite a gem of a bike.
I however do not. I love it just the same!
I too would love to see some pics.
Cheers
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Welcome, congratulations on the bike and good luck in the search for the K75S
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Looking forward to seeing pics of riding in Iceland, something few of us will ever have the chance to do.
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Welcome Throstur!
I've had my first brick since last September, and I've been slowly replacing rubber bits that have turned to stone over the last 25 years. I've learned a great deal and I've diagnosed problems on this forum. :2thumbup:
We need pictures.
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You should be able to see pictures here: :loopy:
http://s1073.beta.photobucket.com/user/throsing/library/K75RT%20Rebuild_Overhaul%202010 (http://s1073.beta.photobucket.com/user/throsing/library/K75RT%20Rebuild_Overhaul%202010)
http://s1073.beta.photobucket.com/user/throsing/library/K75RT%20Testing%20without%20fairing%202010 (http://s1073.beta.photobucket.com/user/throsing/library/K75RT%20Testing%20without%20fairing%202010)
http://s1073.beta.photobucket.com/user/throsing/library/K75RT%20on%20the%20road (http://s1073.beta.photobucket.com/user/throsing/library/K75RT%20on%20the%20road)
http://s1073.beta.photobucket.com/user/throsing/library/K75RT%20cleaned%20and%20fluids%20changed%202013 (http://s1073.beta.photobucket.com/user/throsing/library/K75RT%20cleaned%20and%20fluids%20changed%202013)
(http://i1073.photobucket.com/albums/w393/throsing/K75RT%20on%20the%20road/263011_2163260209877_133435_n-1_zps1409df6a.jpg)
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Welcome Throstur. Nice sets of pictures. Impressive job on the K75RT. I will be in Iceland for 3-4 days in July on my way to visit Norwegian relatives. I will keep my eye out for a clean, white K75RT, while we (wife and daughter) wander around the country. Don't be too surprised if you see three tourists waving at you as you ride by.
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That was a great introduction, Throstur. Welcome to a group of like-minded enthusiasts. I believe you are the first member from Island, so we're curious as to what it may be like to be a rider there in your corner of the world. A special thanks for posting the pictures :2thumbup:
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I will be in Iceland for 3-4 days in July on my way to visit Norwegian relatives.
Robert, let me know if I can assist you and your family in any way when you come over in July ;-)
Thanks Lawrence and others, I will post pictures of landscape and scenery soon.
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Beautiful bike! I love the white finish.
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I would like to quote Henry Ford here (almost): "I like every color there is, as long as itīs white". :lol:
Since I got her, she has actually been two colors. Somewhere along the road the lower panels and front fender have been resprayed with the "wrong" white color. You will probably see it on the pictures when you know about it. BMW has two colors for the Police bikes, "Police White" and "Police Cream". The "Police White" is a kind of bluish white, a fantastic color really, while the "Police Cream" is.... well cream. The lower halves of the fairing and front fender are "Police Cream" and the rest of the bike is "Police White".
Now, you would think that they are quite similar, but to the naked eye, the difference screams at you. I am now in the process of respraying it with "die richtige Farbe". :loco:
It would be fantastic one day to pinstripe her along the edges with traditional BMW black double lines. :bmwsmile
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....so will it go all cream or police white.
I like whipped cream..
My wife liked the pics of the horses..
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I like cream to...... but it will go Police white...... :yes