1986 BMW K75T Monterey Bay Area, California Central Coast
30,055 mi
$2,800 (without aux lights and controller)
$3,100 as is
Clean California title in my name. Cash greatly preferred (its affordable!). Test rides only with cash in hand and M1.
I might consider trades for 1997 or newer Toyota 4runner (or other 4 door 4wd valued around $3k-$5k..?)
The fuel injected 3-cylinder powerplant is silky smooth, with a great sound and plenty of power for acceleration, both around town or when passing at highway speeds. I bought the bike for camping trips with my wife and it did the job with aplomb. Now we have a 6 month old so no more couple's trips on the bike for a while.
The "T" model is a nice setup, with engine-mounted crash bars, a tall windscreen, and system cases (tragkorbs). The bike has minimal bodywork (no faring or belly pan as on the RT or S models), which keeps it looking lean and purposeful, and is also makes routine maintenance very convenient. It also has the taller, wider handlebars shared with the K75C model, that are well known as the most comfortable bars for the bike.
Before I bought the K75, the previous owner did a significant amount of maintenance and upgrade work on the bike. His work is top notch. You will get copies of the previous owners maintenance records, my own records, plus everything I have from previous owners, which seems to be a pretty complete service history. The instruments were replaced in 1990 by Second Wind BMW (have all the paperwork), so total mileage on the bike is 6,136 more than the current odometer reading of 23,919.
Factory toolkit, riders manual, warranty paperwork all included.
The previous owner preemptively replaced just about every piece of rubber on the bike (vacuum lines, crankcase breather, intake "bushings", fuel lines, rubber fuel pump bushing, foot peg and shift rubbers, all valve cover gaskets).
Radiator fan motor, and a broken clutch cable were replaced by PO and the bike comes with a brand new spare throttle cable. Fuel filter and air filter are recently replaced as well. I serviced the rear driveshaft splines, and they looked pristine less than 1000 miles ago. I lubed them with the recommended Guard Dog Moly GD-525 grease, so they should be good to go for a while before their next service. Valves clearances checked out OK at 19,290 miles (odometer). It's a really cherry bike.
Upgrades include:
- Progressive Suspension 465 rear shock (huge improvement over stock, fully adjustable damping, and plenty of spring rate for two-up touring)
-Progressive suspension front fork springs (great improvement over the dreaded OEM springs)
-Oddessy PC 80 battery less than 1 year old.
-I think it has the BMW ‘comfort’ seat—visually, it’s different than the square, stock seat and it is remarkably comfy but doesn’t have any aftermarket labels on it.
- Added OEM BMW accessory powerlet outlet
- Added OEM BMW 4-way flashers (hazard lights)
- Run'n'lites rear turn signal running light conversion
- 4-position fuse block right next to the factory fuses
- full-size cigarette lighter outlet (power from accessory fuse block)
- Eastern Beaver headlight relays, both low and hi beam (for much improved headlight output, plus no risk of frying the expensive BMW headlight switch; fed by huge 12 ga wiring, with power from the accessory fuse block)
- Rigid Dually LED driving lights, on a Skene Designs IQ-107 dimmer that's triggered off the high beams. These things throw a ton of light and really help with being seen. NOTE: these lights and dimmer are not included in the above sale price (I can use em on my other bike), but can be yours if you cover the cost of a new set of LED lights and dimmer for my GS. You get the slick and tidy installation for free! If you keep the lights installed, the price of the bike would be $3,100
Plus some uninstalled aftermarket accessories
- Run'n'lites front turn signal conversion (with the LED lights in front, I didn’t bother with installing the front Run’n’lites)
And whatever spares that are in ‘the K box’.
This is a ton of bike for the money, the market just grossly undervalues these bikes. I can confidently say you could spend thousands more on a newer bike and get far less.
You can see I replaced a lost side panel but didn't get around to painting:
Run'n'lites and license plate bracket lights for visibility:
