1987 BMW K100 - Originally a K100LT
The K100 are actually quite cool I think, unique engine layout, engine used as a stressed member, single sided swim arm, shaft drive and super reliable. Should suit me well as a project.
So, I'd always wanted a cafe racer project, but hadn't planned on it for a few years yet, I saw this however and bought it on the spur of the moment. Its pretty much good enough to ride once I give it a full service and fix a few problems so it can get an MOT, horn not wired, speedo not working, master cylinder needing rebuilt, etc. Its not however up to my standards so I'll be slowly improving everything I can. For now I want to keep it on the road and only do jobs not requiring much spending.
Once the 260Z project is complete however I will strip this completely and rebuild from the ground up. I plan to alter the frame, seat, new rearsets, custom rear shock, fully rewired with an M-Unit, change the front shocks and brakes to S1000RR units and fully repaint and polish everything.
The K100 are actually quite cool I think, unique engine layout, engine used as a stressed member, single sided swim arm, shaft drive and super reliable. Should suit me well as a project.
So, I'd always wanted a cafe racer project, but hadn't planned on it for a few years yet, I saw this however and bought it on the spur of the moment. Its pretty much good enough to ride once I give it a full service and fix a few problems so it can get an MOT, horn not wired, speedo not working, master cylinder needing rebuilt, etc. Its not however up to my standards so I'll be slowly improving everything I can. For now I want to keep it on the road and only do jobs not requiring much spending.
Once the 260Z project is complete however I will strip this completely and rebuild from the ground up. I plan to alter the frame, seat, new rearsets, custom rear shock, fully rewired with an M-Unit, change the front shocks and brakes to S1000RR units and fully repaint and polish everything.
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