Author Topic: Hello from Australia  (Read 10574 times)

Offline SteveO

  • Curious
  • Posts: 3
Hello from Australia
« on: May 25, 2025, 06:35:39 PM »
Good day all.
Very happy to be a part of this community.
I have been wanting to do a flying brick cafe racer for years but had to put it on hold while I tried to move my family from South Africa to Australia.
We're now here, I bought my dream bike so let the fun begin.
Looking forward to learning from everyone here.
  • Brisbane
  • 1992 BMW K100 LT

Offline daveson

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Re: Hello from Australia
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2025, 10:40:47 PM »
G'day Stevo, welcome and enjoy the ride.

That's a very unusual looking windshield you got there.
  • Victoria, Australia
  • Current; '85 K100RT~100,000km; four other bricks. Past; Vulcan 1500, V Star 650, KLX 250(dirt bike) TT250(dirt bike)

Offline Kaos

  • Vlad the Extractor
  • ^ Proficient Motobricker
  • Posts: 241
Re: Hello from Australia
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2025, 02:32:37 PM »
ɥǝllo ɐup ʍǝlɔoɯ sʇǝʌǝO
  • Basically Everywhere
  • 1988 K100 RT; 1988 K100 LT; 1989 K 100 LS
"When Kaos reigns, bolts shall break" - Vlad the extractor, 2024

Offline SteveO

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  • Posts: 3
Re: Hello from Australia
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2025, 11:42:59 PM »
Thanks guys. Yes, white a large windscreen, but it is on its way out. The bike has been standing for q few years so just figuring out the bugs.
Turns out the rubber housing for the start motor has disintegrated and the motor has sucked up a piece and is jammed.
Going to just replace the entire fuel system.
  • Brisbane
  • 1992 BMW K100 LT

Offline simple_ben

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Re: Hello from Australia
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2025, 11:22:30 PM »
Howdy Steve, I'm a new K-bike owner here too in OZ. Good luck on the project! Only thing I would say is man that bike looks mint the way it is. Maybe find a rougher K-100?   :welcome

  • Tasmania
  • K100

Offline SteveO

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Re: Hello from Australia
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2025, 01:15:18 AM »
Thanks Ben. But looks can be deceiving. The bike has been standing for a really long time. Most of the switches on the handlebars are seized, cloth shoved in between panels and the tank to prevent running and the wheels were brittle from being flat for so long.
  • Brisbane
  • 1992 BMW K100 LT

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