Replacement Shock

[Andrew2]

  I finally took delivery of her today so I'm officially a K100RS owner 30 years after my first ride on one :clap: .





  It took a week to fix the odometer which wasn't working and 28.1 kms from the shop it stopped again :bang-head:  so they're sending me another one. You can see this time the trip meter knob has tried to escape from the speedo housing :hehehe so I'm guessing when they fixed it it wasn't put back together correctly.





 When the new one gets here I'll pull the original one apart and see if I can fix it as they have just put all new cogs in it. According to the last registration papers the kms are genuine ( 33,900 kms ) so I would like to keep that on on the bike. If I remember I'll take photos when I do it and post them up.


  Cheers
  Andrew

[Andrew2]

  I just discovered something interesting on my "new" rear tyre that was supplied with the bike.


  It's a Michelin Macadam 50 which I believe hasn't been produced in over 10 years. If I'm reading it right this is an 11 years old " new" tyre they've put on.

[Martin]

I had two of those on my Brick twenty years ago, and hated them. They were unpredictable every so often the back end would break away on different corners. A mate tried the bike and had the same problem, and told me to get Avons. Once I changed tyres the problem went, I am now back on Michelin Pilots and like them. No way known would I be riding on the tyres they have supplied, probably old stock they got cheap.
Regards Martin.

[Andrew2]

It's coming straight off. Goodness knows where they found an 11 year old tyre from. The weird part is I had just taking it for a fairly hard ride up MacQuarie Pass ( my local tight mountain twistie road ) and it went well. I won't be pushing my luck again though. Luckily the front is a Pirelli Sport Demon that's up to date so I'll get a match for that.

  Cheers
  Andrew