K100RS

[Vento3600]

Same ole same ole on Hula Hoops. 

Ha I take your point...to be honest I saw a pic of a cafe and said yep.  I’ll have a go (I’m probably going to get a bit of grief for my next comment)...I was kinda of thinking about doing a similar color scheme to my GS - blue frame with blue infill on the knee section and RS instead of GS...oh and rewiring the bike for new clocks etc etc.  Plus I needed a 30 year old bike for classic insurance, so far so good (depending how you feel about GSs)

I was all set...been picking out parts, looking at wiring diagrams...then that bike came up for the same price as a bad example and I was like hey why not, relatively decent base. 

If it was really bad I’d have done it by now but it’s so close...I showed it to a guy who lives near me and at first he was all don’t do that...but the more he looked at it he changed his mind.

[Vento3600]

Yeah I thought I was going mad so I thought asking you guys would help, hence posting it in this and not classics...sleep on it I guess see how I feel tomorrow.

[Martin]

Riding it for a while in stock form may help with a decision either way. They are a prodigious mile muncher.
Regards Martin.

[Vento3600]

Riding it for a while in stock form may help with a decision either way. They are a prodigious mile muncher.
Regards Martin.

Yeah I’ll give it a go, like Laitch says might need a spray booth 

[Filmcamera]

I would sell it to some one who appreciates a SE K100 RS, probably the most collectable K out there after the K1 and use the money to buy almost any other K if you want a cafe racer (my vote would be for a 89 K 100 RT but that is just me)

[Laitch]

Look, Vento; it's your moto!

[The Mighty Gryphon]

This is what I was thinking...

Interesting; no visible intake system, battery, ECU or stands.  I wonder what else the builder eliminated.  I guess they just truck it around for photos.

[Vento3600]

What if it look more like this?

This is what I’m aiming for just a blue and white scheme.

Maybe straighten up the tank line too.

[Martin]

Reality it's a dry weather, short distance bike only, if it's ridden at all. No mudguards, seat padding virtually non existent, c lip on bars (back killer). It is a project bike that will be ridden to the local café at the most. If they are finished they don't seem to keep them for long. Most don't get finished, a few mates and I over the last 20 years have sourced parts off these projects never to see them again. I've listened to their plans to create a unique one off, but it doesn't seem to eventuate. Maybe you have different plans for yours and it's going to be finished and ridden and kept for more than twelve months. Good luck which ever way you go.
Regards Martin.

[Vento3600]

Reality it's a dry weather, short distance bike only, if it's ridden at all. No mudguards, seat padding virtually non existent, c lip on bars (back killer). It is a project bike that will be ridden to the local café at the most. If they are finished they don't seem to keep them for long. Most don't get finished, a few mates and I over the last 20 years have sourced parts off these projects never to see them again. I've listened to their plans to create a unique one off, but it doesn't seem to eventuate. Maybe you have different plans for yours and it's going to be finished and ridden and kept for more than twelve months. Good luck which ever way you go.
Regards Martin.

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head there Martin.  Appreciate that it won’t be for touring and yes if it were done I would be happy to have a bike that I built in the garage for the rest of my life...I’ve got a CBR that is like the day it came out of the factory in there too and has been for the last 20 years.

I think I’m going to strip it down...easy now everyone...and see where it goes.  As I see it, as long as I don’t chop the frame it can always be returned to stock.  That said the plastics are in a shocking state (again you can’t see it on the pics but it really isn’t good).  This way I can do bits and see where it takes me down the line. 

Whatever happens stuff needs doing; for example the paint is coming off the front wheel; so might as well make a start.

[alabrew]

I suggest stripping her down and cleaning her up, like you would do if you were to convert it, but rebuilding her as a Standard w/o a fairing and riding that around for a while.
Gives you the opportunity to do something special with the headlight (maybe dual?).
You could change out the seat to one of the plank type and see how you like that.
I would recommend against messing with the electronics, too many long thread about how to get those systems to work.

I'm on my RS today. A WONDERFUL motorcycle. The 4 valve motor is soooo smooth and powerful.
I jumped on the Interstate on the way in and rush hour traffic was running 90+, no problem on the RS, and then I shifted into 5th...