What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?

[frankenduck]

The only down side is the riding position is hard on my elbows but time will improve this as I get used to it.

Master Yoda Riding Position

[CRASH]

Brake rotors were still in spec, but not by much.  Noticed last tire change some grooves and pitting.  A little searching and a set of Galfer Wave Rotors were purchased for less than a single OEM rotor.   And now there is no more "Loud Brakes Saves Lives" squeal!

OLD OEM


NEW GALFER

[pallum]

Really...   :dunno

[Chaos]

  A little searching and a set of Galfer Wave Rotors were purchased for less than a single OEM rotor.



NEW GALFER

Ohhh, those are pretty.  Me jealous   :beer:

[frogy]

Will be replacing what I believe is a Very old front tire that still has all its tread. Will be replacing with Radials now that I finally recieved my Wayne Parks ??? balancer.Darn this thing is accurate,spun just the rim to find heavy spot (it wasnt the valve stem) and it took a while to stop going back and forth.
I road this bike for a few miles before I started tearing it down,and noticed when I would ride on grooved roads it would try and follow the grooves-not fun.Cant wait to finish this project and ride on radials vs bias.

[kightboy]

Installed the NASTIEST, LOUDEST, MOST ANNOYING Stebel Air Horn that I could find.  The wiring and the relay were interesting as well as the adventure of where to run the wires but it's LOUD.  Happy days!
 

[argent brick]

How did you mount the horn?

[Brad-Man]

I didn't do it TO it, but went and picked up a  40K 4V engine, tranny and final drive(swingarm, housing, driveshaft, final, disk and caliper) for $450.

Now to get the paralever and a shock...

[Kyle10]

Very nice, clean.

Would you, could you jot down the shopping list for this?

[BillyMac]

Finally changed my fuel filter($4!), and FINALLY fixed the leak on my crank case cover. Thanks to Duck for the advise, didn't have to drain the coolant or remove the gas tank, just snuck it in after loosening up the crank case bolts. No more leak!

[kightboy]

Re: Stebel Horn mount.
From Stebel i purchased the horn and, for another $18 or so, a kit that had all the wires, the relay that was needed and nutsnbolts to mount is.  Total cost was about $85 if you include shipping.
On my K75 the horn hangs down below the radiator with a one-bolt mounting site.  The existing mounting plate for the stock horn is just three strips of metal with a hole in both ends.  The three strips layer together to make one thick strip.  Don't know why any old strip of thicker metal wouldn't work.  This horn fit perfectly with the existing mount.  I had to run a buncha wires back and forth to the new horn because the added relay needed added wiring.  The existing horn wires are used to send signal to the relay that THEN sends the juice to the air horn compressor.  No big deal.  The instruction for running the wires was VERY easy to follow, incredibly simply worded and they take you one little baby-step at a time.  I was worried about this part because I do NOT know wiring but it was cake.
The hardest part of this mount was finding a really good grounding bolt on the bike in a convenient but hidden place because i was too lazy to remove enough of the bike parts to get to the negative side of the battery.  the pos side was reachable but the neg side is tucked way underneath and I couldn't get a tool on it.
this sucker is loud.  halfway between the dual horns of a ferrari and a mack truck.  my wife doesn't allow me to erm...."test" it in the enclosed garage any more because it scares her AND the cats.  (which, of course for me is "fun" but i've now had my fun and will attempt to behave.  On the road though - all restrictions are off.

[billday]

Wife and stepdaughter are away for a few days, a bunch of other obligations are taken care of -- at LAST I can start putting my air/fuel system back together. Cleaned the top of the block and the bottoms of the manifolds (having declined to spend $200 on new manifolds), used some red Permatex to get a good seal, cleaned up the insides of the throttle bodies with carb cleaner and Q-tips (don't know if that'll make any difference but it felt good), installed new vacuum hoses, installed the new "bushings," started to install my new fuel lines (including fancy insulation for the line from the FPR back to the tank....

The headache of the moment is that the hose clamps I got per Max's fiche are busting my butt -- they are to spec (p/n 17 12 1 461 500) but they sure act like they're too small for the job.

Tomorrow is another day! Really happy to have my hands back in the guts of my bike...

Oh, and a question. Should I attach the plenum to the throttle body assembly before or after I install the throttle body assembly on the manifolds? Any opinions or experience?

[frankenduck]

Lower manifolds to head.
TB to those.
Hoses on plenum (hopefully you replaced those too - only $5 each.
Plenum.

At least that's how I do it.

The 13mm clamps are 13311460928 and should work.

[billday]

Sorry, forgot to mention mine is an '85 -- no hoses. Would you still mount the throttle bodies and then the plenum, in that order?

[Brickhead]

1996 K1100RS, Ripped it apart again heading to the transmission shift lever. I have some serious play in the foot shift lever and had this problem last summer.
Ok, I "fixed" this issue last summer (well I thought I fixed it  :eek2: but my gear shift lever loosened up this past fall and just getting to it now. I haven't ridden it being unemployed and hence having not much money  :dunno2:. Anyway the last "fix" involved red Loctite (not sure what number) supposedly the "won't come loose stuff". The shift lever is attached to a shaft which goes into the transmission and is secured to a lever with a set screw. Well this set screw is the culprit. I'm not sure what I did wrong but obviously it didn't hold.

My question is half rhetorical and half serious. I wonder if Loctite is resistive to trany fluid and if anyone has had to deal with this same issue I wonder what you used to secure said set screw?

[billday]

Got my fuel system pretty much back together. Everything but the bottom half of the air box -- which tomorrow I'm going to put a hole in, and follow through on my airbox-mounted-ingnition-switch brainstorm.... I'll have pictures of that...

[branandfox]

So the used K1100rs fairing bits I picked up from a guy parting out his K11 is now getting read to be repainted. got a price yesterday and decided on getting the whole damn thing "Lamborghini Orange" with some Black vinyl decals custom made on the bellypan with " K100rs" and "Nessy" on the other side. shes going to be a real show stopper soon! rounding up my dollar bills and taking it in in a few weeks. So new pictures in a month or so!

[TimTyler]

..."Lamborghini Orange" ...

Is that different from "Traffic Cone Orange"?

[argent brick]

Or Caltrans orange?

[tsbt]

So the used K1100rs fairing bits I picked up from a guy parting out his K11 is now getting read to be repainted. got a price yesterday and decided on getting the whole damn thing "Lamborghini Orange" with some Black vinyl decals custom made on the bellypan with " K100rs" and "Nessy" on the other side. shes going to be a real show stopper soon! rounding up my dollar bills and taking it in in a few weeks. So new pictures in a month or so!

I'll be keeping track of your project. Sounds like fun. Doing the same thing to mine once I find a few more fairing parts. Good luck with it!

[argent brick]

Speaking of orange K bikes....

[frankenduck]

Here's my orange K bike:

[argent brick]

Here's my orange K bike:

What fairing is that? It is not stock is it?

[branandfox]

Im gonna put a bet on the table and say that is the Newer Pichler fairing :o
Also, here is a picture of the lamborghini orange that My bike will be. Metal flakes galore!

Love the depth of the paint!

[frankenduck]

Here's my orange K bike:

What fairing is that? It is not stock is it?

Aftermarket: Pichler. (Pronounced "Pickler" since they're Krauts.)

Newer? That bike is an 87 and that fairing had some miles on it.