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Title: Just bought one of frankenduck's old bikes!
Post by: F14CRAZY on February 11, 2014, 05:15:31 PM

 :bmwsmile Which also happens to be my first road bike, an '87 K75c with a Pichler V1 fairing

(https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1/1798470_10104573897764034_1280171915_n.jpg)

With a mere 45k miles...wait...

About a week ago I found this particular bike on craigslist via searchtempest.com. Though I've been trolling ebay and craigslist for like 9 months looking at BMW's I hadn't seen one with this Pichler fairing before. I googled and found Drake's classicbikes site with photos of a K75 with a similar Pichler fairing...

...and from the craigs photos, seemed to be the exact same bike, but Drake's photos indicated it looked good for having 80k miles...

I emailed Drake and spoke on the phone with him (cool dude BTW). He said he sold it to a guy in Alabama a few years ago with around 80k miles. The seller of the bike I bought it from indicated he bought it about 5 years ago (from a guy in Alabama). At some point the bike's odometer reading got halved and I'm certain the seller I bought it from didn't know about it or have any hand in it (he said he put 5k miles on it since he bought it). From what Drake said the bike was in excellent shape when he sold it, and the seller I bought it from took good care of it (nice retired guy that has owned a fleet of BMW's throughout the years). So at any rate, knowing that, and being an '87, and buying it for $1750, I'm not really worried at all about it.

I only rode it a couple miles as a test ride but I'm sure the fiance and I are going to love it

I'll be reading old posts here quite a bit, and I'm sure I'll be posting n00b questions, but thought I'd introduce myself and the bike with a slightly interesting history.

Title: Re: Just bought one of frankenduck's old bikes!
Post by: roninvt on February 11, 2014, 06:09:47 PM

hi there F14crazy,   cool bike!!  I have a 1990 K75C, great bike

Title: Re: Just bought one of frankenduck's old bikes!
Post by: johnny on February 11, 2014, 07:32:25 PM

greetings f14crazy...

welcome to motobrick.com...

j o

Title: Re: Just bought one of frankenduck's old bikes!
Post by: octobot on February 11, 2014, 07:58:40 PM

Nice bike, and congrats.  have fun!

Title: Re: Just bought one of frankenduck's old bikes!
Post by: F14CRAZY on February 11, 2014, 09:36:29 PM

(https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/q73/s720x720/1012398_10104583100431814_1097503449_n.jpg)

Another shot on the Foothill Parkway

Title: Re: Just bought one of frankenduck's old bikes!
Post by: K75RT Keith on February 19, 2014, 11:07:45 AM

Welcome from Ohio F14Crazy. 
Cool bike! Hope you enjoy the K75 as much as I do. 

As you come across things that need fixing or when you have questions, don't forget the search function.  Most issues you may run into have been discussed and recommendations to resolve the problem are either in a thread or in the Liberry. 

Ride Happy and Ride Safe!     

Title: Re: Just bought one of frankenduck's old bikes!
Post by: F14CRAZY on February 23, 2014, 01:32:23 PM

Thanks for the welcomes. I've been reading through the Lieberry to get a bit more familiar with the technical aspects of the bike. Hopefully before too long it'll be a bit closer to riding season and I can change the fluids, lube the splines, and be all set. I'm glad I bought a bike that doesn't really need anything though

Title: Re: Just bought one of frankenduck's old bikes!
Post by: Elipten on February 23, 2014, 11:52:54 PM

Looks sharp.

Title: Re: Just bought one of frankenduck's old bikes!
Post by: Grim on February 24, 2014, 04:33:19 PM

Cool bike. I really like that fairing. Shame the odometer was tampered with but by all accounts Drake is anal about his bikes and it's probably in better shape then many bikes with half the miles.

Welcome to the forum.