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piggy

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Greeting from the UK
« on: February 10, 2013, 01:43:27 PM »
Hi ladies and gents
I'm Simon but everyone calls me piggy. I'm 27 from the north of England an have had my K75rt for about 5 and half years now and I still love it...actually when i bought it my dad (a triumph man) said "you'll never have anything but bm's now". I've ridden the old girl through Spain once and France twice as well as all over the UK. It's a 93 with about 43k on the clock and plenty more waiting to go on :-) Mods wise I've converted it to a K1100 lt  top box with a bit of help from bmw to get hold of all the proper conversion kit (not as straight forward as i'd imagined), a comfort seat and a laminar lip on the screen. I also have a cheap megaphone exhaust (muffler) that i take off when touring as it's great for letting cars know you're there but WAY too loud when doing a lot of miles



I've also got a '98 7 speed cagiva mito, Honda c90 cub and a custom monkey bike.
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Offline frankenduck

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Re: Greeting from the UK
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2013, 02:28:37 PM »
Welcome tio MB.com.  :mbird
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Qdude

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Re: Greeting from the UK
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2013, 04:19:56 PM »

I'm curious about the megephone exhaust... as I miss the noise of my past bikes. I believe it to be safer. I wonder what it would do to the overall performance, gas consumption and power...

Good looking bike.
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Offline TIV

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Re: Greeting from the UK
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2013, 06:47:44 AM »
Welcome to the forum Piggy. Nice bike you´ve got there! I´m curious about prices on the 1.st generation K´s in the UK. Do you feel they are going up? I am determined to get my K75S before the prices skyrocket, and I get to old.  :oldguy:
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Offline WayneDW

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Re: Greeting from the UK
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2013, 10:15:00 AM »
Looking good, Simon.  Welcome!
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Lucky Lou

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Re: Greeting from the UK
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2013, 12:07:19 PM »
Welcome .... which bit of "up North" are you from i am in Gods County Yorkshire making do with my R untill i finish repairing my K after a recent try at horizontal riding.
This is my beast before i dropped it...

Lou
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Offline RetDet

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Re: Greeting from the UK
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2013, 09:41:25 PM »
Greetings and welcome. I too have a 93 K75RT, same color, 44K and wrong period bags also.
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Offline Bassv

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Re: Greeting from the UK
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2013, 05:33:32 AM »
Nice bike! Welcome!
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Offline Lawrence

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Re: Greeting from the UK
« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2013, 01:43:33 PM »
Welcome Piggy.  That's quite a nickname!  There must be a story there....
You've managed to fit quite a bit of "essentials" on your bike!  :eek:
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Offline argent brick

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Re: Greeting from the UK
« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2013, 08:26:49 PM »
How does your bike handle with all that kit piled on it?
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Offline racinrich

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Re: Greeting from the UK
« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2013, 09:33:32 PM »
welcome :2thumbup: :mm
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