Hey Everyone,
Big noob here; started riding a year ago on friends' extra 250 POS's in Kansas City while on an extended business trip and have been in love with riding ever since. As soon as I got my license I started looking at R65's and the like; my uncle has been riding for 30 years and almost insisted on BMW, even though he's a Ducati guy who also owns a really slick Suzuki GT380. After riding a few airheads I liked I found a real, "runner", K75s that I thought I would ride just to see how I liked it. As soon as I took on the freeway I knew I had to have it.
When I say a, "runner", the horn, rear running light, tach and temp gauge did not work. There's a crack in the belly pan, some amateurish fiberglass work done on the front-right hand-side where there was a freeway "bump", one of the side cases is a little warped and therefor a little rain can find it's why inside. But hey, we all know that the most important thing is how it rides and I couldn't deny it. Needless to say I got a great deal.
Mechanically I'm retarded and only recently started learning more about motorcycles from my uncle; a motorcycle aficionado and longtime rider. Since buying the bike I've fixed the running light and determined the actual horn was busted; a quick $18 fix from
www.kbikeparts.com. I have yet to take apart the cluster and check out why the tach doesn't work.
Anyway, despite the bike's many flaws I simply love it to death and it looks good to me. I really want to fix this baby up and take care of it. I look forward to the invaluable advice from fellow K-Bike owners as long as you don't mind helpin' a big noob.
A cellphone picture of my 1988 K75S on the side-stand:
