Hello from Buffalo NY

[NickAndHisBrick]

Im Nick, and I own a brick. (85 k100RT w/ 75k). It was my fathers bike and he wound up giving it to me. I was given it on a couple conditions:

1) I fix it up
2) If i sell it, he gets $1000
3) I ride legal (equipment, license, insurance)
4) I dont kill myself

Finally picked it up on Thursday from his house with the help of a licensed friend who had a k100 at one point (figured that would be the safest bet) and he reports that it does 130+ just fine but does need shocks all around

It was at the shop for all of 7 hours before a buddy pulled the clutch in to start it ..... while it was on the sidestand. Of all the people that COULD have done this I'm glad it was him. He tried to fix it for a lil while and then just went online and ordered me a new cable, apologized a million times, and tossed me a few bills for cigarettes.

Ill post my list of plans latter, gonna go meet dad for some beers now.

When we first got it back to the shop:

after the cable broke .... which caused me to start stripping it

Next day out front

[frankenduck]

I'll buy it for $1,001.  Think of the profit you'll make. :deal:

Welcome to motobrick.com. :mbird

[argent brick]

Yeah, I will give you $1002 and... A CASE OF BEER !!!

Question, if you kill yourself, how is your father going to take the bike away?

Welcome to the best K bike forum you will ever find.

[Rick G]

$1003 and 2 cases of beer but you gotta deliver it.

If ya kill yourself whats he gonna do to ya.  Spoze he could use ya for bait  :dungee

[argent brick]

I can't beat 2 cases of beer, sorry.

[NickAndHisBrick]

If i kill myself on the bike Im sure he will reverse haunt me.

Planned mods:
1) lower the bike. stock height is workable
2) Box up all the fairings and install a round headlight
3) Make brackets for the back of the saddle bags so i can use them w/o the OEM brackets
4) One-up sized seat w/ rear fairing (trimmed down frame) the rear fairing will be genuine BMW if i can find what i want.
5) cut up and reweld the stock bars to fit the look a bit better
6) clean all alum. maybe paint most of it black
7) triangular side panels to hide the battery / ecu. Most likely black. Maybe made of mesh
8) Repaint. Maybe factory color. Maybe yellow. Maybe Audi Santorinblau

required maintenance work:
1) slow oil leak from the pan needs attention. looks like someone tried to smear it with RTV at some point
2) shocks all around. gets scary on offramps
3) TGPI (?) doesnt work
4) oil changes / spline greasing ect.

Ive been told that im going to "ruin a perfectly good k100" by a few people already, but in reality I plan on doing this bike in a way that i COULD weld the seat frame back on and put it back to stock.

As for anyone thats wondering. Im a former welder / fabricator who is currently an Audi / VW / Beemer / Benz / Mini / shit the cat drags in mechanic at a small used car lot. Hence the Beemer & 2 Audis in the background of the first pic.

[beemerlen]

He did you a favor,breaking that cable.............as a matter of fact it would have failed on the road anyway. Trust me I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!