Hello all!
This is the start of my K100 "TT" build thread on the Motobrick forum. :)
Austin has been the host to two great events for the past several years: MotoGP at Circuit of the Americas and the Handbuilt show. After going to this year's show, I felt inspired to build a bike. In the past I've dabbled with cafe-racering my old Street Triple and built a race bike out of my Daytona 675R. For this project I wanted to start with something older, simpler, and less expensive. A bike that I could tear down, put back together, and modify to my hearts content. I thought about R-bikes and old Hondas, but they are getting harder to come by unmodified and/or for a reasonable price.
A little over a month ago, I found a 1985 K100RT with 77k miles for a very reasonable price to use a the basis of my build. This bike had obviously been dropped on the right side, was missing some fairing pieces, no radio, etc. -- perfect for my purposes. I handed over the cash, and rode it home in a light rain, fairings shaking all the way home. I believe I'm the 5th owner (the 4th bought it to fix and flip it).
