Hello, my name is alabrew and I‘m addicted to Motobricks. I first dreamed of a R80 as I had read that the engine was sooooo smooth that you could balance coins on the heads as it idled. As luck would have it, the first Beemer I found locally was a 1985 K100RT with 9,500 miles in 1990. It was love at first ride. I kept it about 10 yrs and 100k. I replaced her with a 1988 K100LT that shortly after caught fire from a broken fuel hose, luckily a passing motorist had a fire extinguisher and it was quickly put out. I rebuild it but didn’t trust it so I bit the bullet and bought a new off the floor 2002 K1200LT. In late 2006 at 40k, a little old lady ran a traffic light and lightly hit me, totaling it. I replaced it with a 2005 K1200LT with 3,500 miles in early 2007 and now have 85k. I’ve ridden over 200k on BMW K bikes. I have taken test rides on R-Rt’s but they just don’t have the power band of the K bike.
The LT was pretty hot during the summers here in Alabama, so this past year, a friend had a couple of K bikes he wanted to sell so I bought his 1991 K100RS 4v with 52k. A big selling point was that cruise control had been added. (I LOVE cruise control!) After fixing a few things, resetting the ABS, new SS brake lines, rear brake rebuild kit and doing a full service I got it on the road, WOW, what a bike! Turned out that the RS fairing was too effective and it to was too hot during the summer, so I negotiated the purchase of the same guy's 1985 K100 Standard that had 20k. Took a bit more work getting it even started as it had sat outdoors for over 3 years. New fuel pump, filter, injectors, rear master cylinder and a full service, I finally got it running. This week it is getting new tires and front brake lines.
Thank you Motobrickers, you all have been invaluable in making repairs to these bikes and getting them back into service.
