Hello all-
Been lurking here for a few months, and will admit up front, if it weren't for this most excellent forum, I'd likely be the owner of something other than a brick right now.
I sold the '99 Triumph Trophy 1200 that kept me happy for 7 or 8 years, and picked up a '94 K75 standard. It was sitting behind that full fairing on hot summer rides (and sitting in traffic) that forced the move. My personal thinking is that you can always add more (and heated) clothing when it's cold, but when it's silly hot, you can only take off so much... I am a ATGATT rider (after a few years of wrenching / pit crew at the track). So, the bike will be the naked one here... Yeah, anyway-
The K had 46K on the clock, had no rear brakes and idled pretty poorly cold when we met. The PO wasn't a 'real' rider (1000 miles in 2 years that he had it), but kept it clean. I talked him down a bit for the brakes, and ultimately to a sweet deal after all was said and done. The package included the OEM tank bag with raincover, side bag liners, a BMW heated vest, and an AeroStich Roadcrafter Gore-Tex jacket and pants (they even fit!). These evidently came from the original owner. Not new, but in A- shape. All for $2000. :2thumbup:
So far, I have replaced the vacuum plugs on the throttle bodies (idles fine now), filled and bled the (dry, go figure) rear brakes, changed the trans and final drive oil, and adjusted the throttle position switch. It got an oil change and new battery earlier this spring, so it'll be good til winter (when I hit the 'big' list).
So, thanks, Duck, Johnny, Tim etc. more later-
-Mike
