What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ?

[drut]

Had a slight weep from n/s/f caliper so fitted new seal kit & bled brakes,first time I have used my new lift.It certainly makes working on the bike much easier although I was a bit nervous loading it on to the lift.

[F14CRAZY]

aw man those K100RS' in white with blue...timeless bike right there

[roninvt]

Drained gearbox and final drive and filled them with hypoid 75w90. lubed final drive spline with Guard Dog moly....good for another 10k miles!! 

[F14CRAZY]

I gave it a good wash for the first time today. I used some Purple Power to do a little de-greasing (fortunately no active leaks, except for my Progressive rear shock that began to weep this week). I would not suggest using it on bare aluminum because it seems to be slightly corrosive after a few minutes...not like it was burning a hole in it but left it looking a little different (wasn't a disaster or anything on the bike  :2thumbup:)



Previous owner cracked the fairing and its got a rear drum but hey I still love this view on K's. Anyone else notice how a Monolever with a drum brake looks like a Paralever?

[Scott_]

Well today was service day.
Both bikes, coolant, oils, and a battery in the '95.
Tomorrow comes the brake fluid flush.

Spent more time trying to reset my fuel+ system only to find a broken wire at the battery connection, and created an abs fault in the process...... more time to diagnose and reset.

Done for tonight. Time for some M*A*S*H and a beer or 2. :2thumbup:

[WayneDW]

new front brake line, bypassing the non-working ABS pump.

I was hoping for a blue a little closer to my bike's blue, but oh well...

[vintagemilano]

Had a few moments of free time so finally got around to changing my frayed clutch cable and installed the headlight relay kit. Interestingly there is not a single instruction anywhere about changing the clutch cable in Haynes or BMW, just how to check and adjust.

[Zipster]

Today I did a strip down, clean up and rebuild of my front master cylinder after finding some fluid had wept out of the rubber seal. There were loads of crystal deposits around there so it must have been leaking for a while. All seems good now though. 

I also created a new phone mount by adapting a mirror mount 1" ball and bolting it to the dash. Now my phone which is also my sat nav is in a better position.

[Zipster]

Looks like I'm gonna need to investigate my master cylinder further as I'm still getting brake fluid leaking. On the plus side, the phone mount is just about perfect!

[drut]

Looks like I'm gonna need to investigate my master cylinder further as I'm still getting brake fluid leaking. On the plus side, the phone mount is just about perfect!

I fitted a seal kit to my master cylinder(Magura 20mm) but still leaked slightly,ended up fitting new cylinder.

[voodooskin]

Replaced the battery, which was starting to give me the 'ol ABS  :nono on most startups, with an Odyssey PC680

[Zampano]

Firstly, I want to thank you dudes for the advice/help.

Over the past few days I have managed to:

• remove/clean tank
• soak fuel pump and run submerged in a container of techron
• install new damper & reinstall
• change fuel / air filter
• get injectors serviced by mr. injector and back on without incident
• pull final drive and lube splines (couldn't get to front of driveshaft)
• change final drive oil
• change transmission oil
• get new rear tire on.
• drink innumerable $1.69 25 oz cans of Rolling Rock

Still need to get a hose on the fuel filter strainer. Two auto stores had no submersible hose, so any mice in the tank could be sucked up by the filter. Cest la vie. Could that affect how it runs? Does that upper aluminum tube do anything?

Also need to balance throttle bodies. Either with my homemade contraption or an actual carbtune esque device. Anyone in san diego with one? There are two bottles of green flash in it for you... (the other two are mine.)

Also need get the tire put on and balanced again; this time rotating in the right direction. I have had a front tire mounted incorrectly at the dealer and now my rear mounted backwards at another shop. And they come with arrows on them. Just goes to show you that whether you are in "the sticks" or a "nice city", there are folks everywhere who just want to finish the day and get home. You cannot assume a thing about any work except your own.

I have a strong feeling I will be changing the water/oil pump seal plus/minus the timing chain guides (i've been told these can be ignored but the rattling is driving me bonkers.) By the time that is fixed the tranny will give out or the rear seal will explode. In the meantime we keep on riding it.

thanks again for the help here!!

[drut]

R/H fork seal blew,still not happy with front left hand brake caliper:it seems to have a slight weep between caliper halves so bike in bits again.I like working on bike well enough but today it was warm & sunny and I really would have liked to have gone for a ride but that's life.

[TaosBrick]

Figgered I needed a prescription for Radials for my '92 K75, so I consulted with the Good DRxBMW, who happened to have a three-spoke rear wheel in his pharmacy. For a very reasonable price, the Good Doctor sent the wheel AND a nearly new Michelin Mac 50  :2thumbup:.
  So today I slapped that puppy on Chile Red. Tomorrow, I ride from Taos, NM to Nashville TN. And... some months from now I will mount me some Radials!

[TimTyler]

Valve Check and Shim Adjustment
I noticed I was only getting about 38mpg on the Twisty Bovine ride....

Following up on this. I'm getting 44mpg now. Valves in spec is a good thing.

[F14CRAZY]

Changed engine oil/filter along with the trans and final drive. Previous owner gave me some Coastal synthetic blend 75w90 so I used that as the gear oil. He also gave me like 5 Bosch oil filters (seems he bought a Beemer Boneyard kit). I used that Bosch along with Valvoline 20w50 motorcycle oil. I know it's always up for debate but I felt it won't hurt to use "motorcycle" oil even if we have dry clutches and self contained transmissions. It's like $4.79/quart at Meijer so I don't feel like I'm wasting money on "motorcycle" oil

[roninvt]

Bought a 1993 K1100RS. Brother brought it to his place in Mebane NC.  So far I have installed gps, worked out some funky wiring chit, changed oil and filter, changed gearbox and final drive oil and topped off rear brake master...heading from Mebane to home in Vermont Sunday morning.   Pix of new bike to follow!!!

[Chaos]

rode it!

[Glacial]

Fitted a Givi rack in place of the OEM version.

[Chaos]

Rode the piss out of it, couldn't break it :eek:

[Zampano]

"hey, nice rack !!"  :2thumbup:

i attempted to adjust throttle bodies with my roman engineered makeshift sync tool. #3 was little high in vid. Eventually got them steady and even. Tach needle at idle much more steady. Engine sounds feels about the same.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/5fBoW3V1FDE

The tire change was biggest improvement yet. BT-45. Feels like a different bike. I should have dumped that balding one earlier but was being cheap.

1st/2nd shifting still dodgy. Some whirring that feels like it is originating in the tranny but who knows. Had a cali highway 2 a.m. ride and it was mostly solid at 80 mph (warp speed.)  Some vibration in footpegs. A little more on the right (could that be alternator bushings?)

2 cent = I think a better windscreen would top my list. Too much buffeting. Ducking under and the ride is a different feel altogether. Does the lip add-on raise the pocket enough? Not a lot of options for a K75s.

[Motorhobo]

Put the transmission back on after spline lube. Put a new fan motor in the fan assembly. Rode the other K75 a couple hundred miles...heated grips switched off for a welcome change.

Love the Givi -- have it one on K75 and the OEM top case on the other one -- the OEM case is falling apart and doesn't fit much. Givi better but IMO doesn't look as good. Also -- dumbass installer drilled an extra hole in the cowl for the Givi -that's gonna be a PITA to fix and paint-match. So if anybody's considering a Givi -- measure twice drill once.

[Red]

Back in the latter part of March '14, I performed a spline lube and clutch replacement on my '97 K1100LT. At the time all went well , no leaks and I was pretty happy that I had gotten through my first spine lube job. Well, about 300 miles down the road I noticed that telltale oil drip coming off the bottom of the engine again ... but, this time, after I had settled down and really took a look at the oil drip, I thought that it must be oil coming from the transmission and not engine oil coming from my rear main seal. So I tore the bike apart again and sure enough the front of my transmission was all oiled up and that transmission oil had splashed all over the back side of my new clutch, (friction plates). I had to clean up the new clutch, replaced the friction plates, (thought about those oil resistant plates, but just did not have the additional monies to get them). Was deathly afraid of tearing into the transmission, but even though the manuals said to pop the lid, my transmission cover allowed me to pull the seals from the outside.     I also had a problem in that with this second teardown I cracked the plastic covers on the swingarm bearings .... I had an old spare swingarm available and utilized that when putting the bike back together. Plan is to replace the bearings in the original swingarm down the road.  :musicboohoo:  I've got about 100 miles on the LT so far, as a test, and no leaks. I plan to take off tomorrow, Friday, heading up into Northern California, to (Mt. Shasta, CA. USA). The overall trip should be around 800 miles. We shall see how well she holds up. 

[roninvt]

I put a set of Michelin Pilot Road 3s on my K1100 :yes

[WayneDW]

Added some LED running lights per these instructions: http://classickbikes.com/ckb.tech/0.ckb.tech.files/auxled/auxled.htm