Hey folks, happy to join you with my new to me 91 K75s. I think it's in pretty decent shape for the deal I got. It joins my KLR 650 as a more road oriented tourer. I'm a big guy so I need to get the suspension sorted of course. It reads 29k but the odo gears stripped and stopped turning, I believe it's close.
Need to lube the splines and sort a couple electrical issues. Abs light goes out after moving but the bulb light stays solid, all brake lights and switches working. Neutral and gear indicator switch is funky. The Previous owner had an issue with the cooling fan and wired it to a hard switch, I will need to sort that. I believe he indicated the fuse for the fuel pump had blown a couple times, it whines pretty good, I will pull it to check the rubber and change the filter. There occasionally is a sharp grinding sound when trying to start it, thinking it's the sprag mechanism, but maybe the starter needs to be looked at, picked up some of the rislone treatment for the motor and sprags. There is a vibration gravelly sound at low Rpms, thinking this is the monkey nuts I've read about. Valves need to be adjusted. Need to reinstall the belly pan he gave me with no hardware, it's been dropped and the bar is tweaked so I need to straighten things out and eventually paint.
Starts and runs easy. What a sweet sweet smooth motor! I won't let go of the handle bars again, but it seems to handle decent considering the age and shape of the tires and suspension. Hoping to have her sorted and enjoy many many smooth miles on her. A lot of soul in that motor.
Aloha!
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