Author Topic: K75rt Cafe Project - almost finished (Read 50752 times)

Markus77 · « **Reply #50 on:** January 28, 2017, 06:36:18 AM »

The cowl was from BSK Speedworks:
http://www.bskspeedworks.co.uk/k-cafe-seat-unit.html

The cowl was fibreglassed to an aluminum seat pan that bolts to the frame. Good luck with your build!

kenbass · « **Reply #51 on:** January 29, 2017, 08:11:13 PM »

Thanks

Markus77 · « **Reply #52 on:** January 31, 2017, 05:54:20 AM »

Got the exhaust back with the satin black ceramic coating and I'm pretty pleased with the results! Unfortunately I can't get it back onto the bike until there weather is a bit better (no space in the garage to work!) but I'm looking forward to seeing how it looks on the bike. I'll post up some more pics when that happens. Here's a few of how it looks after the coating:

The Mighty Gryphon · « **Reply #53 on:** January 31, 2017, 08:43:21 AM »

Wow, that looks good.

Kai Ju · « **Reply #54 on:** January 31, 2017, 10:58:01 AM »

That exhaust came out really nice, as did the rest of the bike.
I love the layout of the pin striping on the fuel tank. It makes that big tank look smaller, more elegant. Nice job.
Ditto with the seat and the detail you added between the seat base and the subframe. BMW left us such an awkward, hard to work with area right there.
Can't wait to see it with the pipe installed.

Markus77 · « **Reply #55 on:** January 31, 2017, 01:22:35 PM »

Thanks guys - can't wait to get it on the bike and see how it looks:)

Markus77 · « **Reply #56 on:** February 20, 2017, 04:24:45 PM »

It was fantastic weather and I had some time so I put on the exhaust back on the bike this afternoon. Overall I'm pretty happy as the black fits better with the rest of the bike. Kind of lousy pictures with my phone but I'll take some better ones when the spring comes and I'm riding the bike again:

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mw074 · « **Reply #57 on:** February 20, 2017, 05:11:47 PM »

The black exhaust looks great. Nicely done.

jc55 · « **Reply #58 on:** February 20, 2017, 09:27:39 PM »

Yeah it looks awesome!

Markus77 · « **Reply #59 on:** February 21, 2017, 05:45:31 AM »

Thanks guys!

Boxermann · « **Reply #60 on:** February 21, 2017, 05:56:48 AM »

Looks great! If you ever have time, please upload a video on youtube so we can hear how it sounds. :)

duckytran · « **Reply #61 on:** February 21, 2017, 09:53:21 AM »

Awesome bike Markus! I like how you trimmed the front fender. I did something similar with my K75. Are you planning to leave your front forks as is?

Markus77 · « **Reply #62 on:** February 21, 2017, 10:21:27 AM »

I'll try and post up a youtube link of the exhaust sound soon. As far as the forks I'm planning to leave them as is - I tried them with gators on but didn't really like the look of them. To each their own though:)

MaraudeRS · « **Reply #63 on:** February 21, 2017, 01:24:12 PM »

Great looking exhaust!

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jaxon · « **Reply #64 on:** February 21, 2017, 03:26:50 PM »

My favorite so far. No doubt.

Christopherguzzi · « **Reply #65 on:** June 09, 2017, 09:44:08 AM »

Holy transformation Batman! Very nice build. :clap: Love the overall look as well as all of the little nice touches. Looks like you're running Shinko 712 tires. How do you (or others) like them? I'm considering these or the 230's.

Markus77 · « **Reply #66 on:** June 09, 2017, 01:56:22 PM »

So far I've had no issues with the shinko tires but to be honest I have put many miles on them - others here gave them a good review and I have no complaints to date - they certainly seem to be a good bargain!

bakfietss · « **Reply #67 on:** September 06, 2017, 02:27:33 PM »

Hi Markus,

First off, what an excellent job you did there, really well done.
The seat with the striping looks superb.

Yesterday i bought a K100 myself, building one just like de BSK K100 or your K75.
Do you mind if i contact you if i stumble across some problems or when advice is needed?

Anyway awesome project you got there!

Kind regards,

Rick

critter · « **Reply #68 on:** September 06, 2017, 02:41:24 PM »

beatiful job you will have to make big shelf in your lounge room to put on when not riding looks that nice well done

Markus77 · « **Reply #69 on:** September 06, 2017, 04:34:07 PM »

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the kind words - only wish I had more time to ride! Happy to help with any questions you have if I can,

Mark

duckytran · « **Reply #70 on:** September 06, 2017, 09:12:18 PM »

Quote from: Markus77 on September 06, 2017, 04:34:07 PM

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the kind words - only wish I had more time to ride! Happy to help with any questions you have if I can,

Mark

Hi Mark,

Are you experiencing a lot of backfire with the shortened exhaust? I'm having a lot of backfire from gear 1-3 with my K75 setup using an Arrow GP2 canister.

Thanks,
Duc

Markus77 · « **Reply #71 on:** September 07, 2017, 07:00:05 AM »

Hi Duc,

Yes I do get the odd backfire especially when I'm off the throttle and gearing down from 3rd to 2nd etc. I believe I had more when I first put the pipe on, but it was too loud for my liking and I put a db dawg unit in which reduces the overall noise level and I think reduced backfire as well but I can't really be sure of the latter as I didn't really test it or anything or spend much time without the db dawg in,

Mark

Laitch · « **Reply #72 on:** September 07, 2017, 07:35:45 AM »

Quote from: Markus77 on September 07, 2017, 07:00:05 AM

. . . but I can't really be sure of the latter as I didn't really test it or anything or spend much time without the db dawg

Increasing deafness will improve things for you over time. :yes

duckytran · « **Reply #73 on:** September 07, 2017, 09:30:08 AM »

Quote from: Markus77 on September 07, 2017, 07:00:05 AM

Hi Duc,

Yes I do get the odd backfire especially when I'm off the throttle and gearing down from 3rd to 2nd etc. I believe I had more when I first put the pipe on, but it was too loud for my liking and I put a db dawg unit in which reduces the overall noise level and I think reduced backfire as well but I can't really be sure of the latter as I didn't really test it or anything or spend much time without the db dawg in,

Mark

Thanks for the feedback. Glad to know I'm not alone with this. I've also put in a db unit into my Arrow canister. It helps with noise reduction, but the backfiring is still there. I'll just have to live with it and startle little kids and their parents when I roll out of the hood. :yes

Are you using the stock speed sensor along with RBM circuit board?

Markus77 · « **Reply #74 on:** September 07, 2017, 09:49:40 AM »

Yes using the stock speed sensor the connects with the Brotbox 2.0 and then had to calibrate the acewell but it is pretty accurate. Hey at least the kids will get out of your way as you roll through!

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