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Offline Cromwave

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New Member! Brought back a parts bike from the dead
« on: September 07, 2016, 08:44:06 AM »
Hey! I'm glad to have found a community like this, especially with all the questions I have with my new bike.

I have a 1985 K100 that used to be the "RS" I believe. It was bought as a parts bike after being dumped a few years back (super bald rear tire so I wonder how that happened..). A bit of the plastics, front fairing and original seat had been scavenged, but the bike seemed functionally complete. The seller was really nice, and also gave me a bunch of parts with it too!
I replaced some fuses, plugs, oil changed, etc, frayed wires and some cracked fuel lines and she fired right up. It runs pig rich but it was great to hear it start.

My goals are to make a scrambler-esque cafe naked bike and fully solve the engine and incomplete brake system issues.  (I believe some of it was scavenged too) I'm super excited to have found such a profound example of BMW engineering.

Here are some pictures of the bike how it came, and I'm also selling (or trading is cool too) all the plastics that I acquired with it!

Thanks guys!  :bmwsmile
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Offline Brad-Man

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Re: New Member! Brought back a parts bike from the dead
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2016, 10:27:48 AM »
Welcome!
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Offline Chaos

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Re: New Member! Brought back a parts bike from the dead
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2016, 10:50:39 AM »
Nice find.  Those bars look more like an RT, but after 30 years who knows what PO's have done to it.  If you have the rack and mount plate for that 22Litre box you should be able to get a pretty good price for it.  http://www.ibmwr.org/ has a marketplace and a wealth of information.
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Offline The Dude

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Re: New Member! Brought back a parts bike from the dead
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2016, 02:43:38 PM »
Looks like you've arrived,Cromwave.Welcome.
Before you ask,fill out your profile details of the bike,vin, and read up on your particular mysteries from the vast amount of information here.At least it will make it look like you tried.
Maybe someone did a "burn out" with the back tyre?Oh well,best of luck.
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Offline Cromwave

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Re: New Member! Brought back a parts bike from the dead
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2016, 03:26:11 PM »
Quote from: Chaos on September 07, 2016, 10:50:39 AM
Nice find.  Those bars look more like an RT, but after 30 years who knows what PO's have done to it.  If you have the rack and mount plate for that 22Litre box you should be able to get a pretty good price for it.  http://www.ibmwr.org/ has a marketplace and a wealth of information.

Thank you! I'll see if anyone is looking for some tragkorb boxes too. I just bookmarked that site!  :riding:

Thanks The Dude, I'll fill out the rest of my profile when I get home from work. I've already been able to fully utilize the search feature to figure out some "running rich" problems. I'm about to check into the FPR when I get home too.

Thanks!
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Offline Martin

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Re: New Member! Brought back a parts bike from the dead
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2016, 04:29:27 PM »
Welcome to the asylum from OZ.
Regards Martin.
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Offline TrueAce

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Re: New Member! Brought back a parts bike from the dead
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2016, 07:02:02 PM »
Welcome! What are the other toys there in your garage?
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Offline Cromwave

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Re: New Member! Brought back a parts bike from the dead
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2016, 07:44:48 AM »
Quote from: TrueAce on September 07, 2016, 07:02:02 PM
Welcome! What are the other toys there in your garage?

Thanks! I have a 1985 BMW 325e that I've built for local drifting events and fun. It had a bastardized 5.0 mustang V8 conversion but now is going through the process to fit an OM617 Mercedes diesel with tremec 5 speed in it. It's also been transformed into a pickup. (I don't think I'd get along with the purists). The other E36 is my roomates track car.
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Offline TrueAce

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Re: New Member! Brought back a parts bike from the dead
« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2016, 10:35:37 AM »
Very interesting.......a  diesel drifter pickup :yow? Let's see some pics!
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Offline Cromwave

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Re: New Member! Brought back a parts bike from the dead
« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2016, 11:24:49 AM »
Quote from: TrueAce on September 08, 2016, 10:35:37 AM
Very interesting.......a  diesel drifter pickup :yow? Let's see some pics!

Soon! I'm struggling through some early parts of it  :bmwsmile
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