K11 Owners Group

[Shoganai]

[Shoganai]

Another way the mirror can come off is let's say for example, your lover rides back into the garage after a ride on some sweet dirt roads and clips your beloved K-bikes mirror.



Then calls you out to take a pic for this thread.

Note the extended wire



Note the little bit of grease on the studs.





Align the studs with the cups and gently bump the mirror with your other hand.


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1993 K1100RS aka The Shop Whore
1994 K1100RS aka Blue Streak

The long road is a rainbow and the pot of gold lies there.
So slip the chain and I'm off again,
You'll find me everywhere. I'm a Rover. - JT


Nana korobi ya oki

[Flying Duck]

I have some braided steel leashes on my K11RS mirrors that I stole from my parts RS. Easier and cheaper is what I did on my K100RS4V - just used some nylon paracord.
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93 LT (x2)
94 RS
86-97 K75F(K75/100/1100 Frankenbrick)
86 K75C w/paralever, hi perf cams,TURBO!
91 & 92 K75Ss
91 K1
86 custom K100
14 WR250R
IBA #17739 (SS1K, BBG, 50CC)
Buy parts HERE

[Shoganai]

[Flying Duck]

My dad likes to smack my right mirror off with his rear door when I have my bike in the side of his garage in Rancho Mirage. He's done my K!00RS4V once and just recently my K1100RS - I"m very thankful I put leashes on my mirros.

I'd recommend using some nylon rope to make your own leashes as those electrical connectors will pull out and let the mirror smash to the ground.

I wish it were that easy on an LT 'cuz I'd like leashes on those mirrors too.
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93 LT (x2)
94 RS
86-97 K75F(K75/100/1100 Frankenbrick)
86 K75C w/paralever, hi perf cams,TURBO!
91 & 92 K75Ss
91 K1
86 custom K100
14 WR250R
IBA #17739 (SS1K, BBG, 50CC)
Buy parts HERE

[Michael]

Those were so pretty funny replies - THANKS!

I guess I should of been more precise with the question: I did a search and found out how to take them off the bike from earlier posts. My question should have been worded –

How do you take the glass section out of the mirror so I can paint behind the glass? I found a little “C” clip inside that goes around a stud that sticks thru the plastic. I took that off and pushed on the stud but nothing moved. I noticed in your pictures that it looks like the glass just snaps in? This is just guessing off of your pictures.
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Michael
93' K1100RS

[Jim]

hi Michael - your question is answered somewhere on this board. To save you a search, I'll answer it here again. Fold a towel so you have several layers. Place the towel on your workbench. Slam the mirror assembly down on the towel - mirror down- the glass part should pop right out.
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Jim
1997 K1100LTSE 94,000 - still has gremlins!
1995 R100RT Classic 16,650 crashed - repaired!
1992 K75RTP 46,000

"We shall not all die, but we shall all be changed."

[chopper_harris]

Folks

As I start to reassemble the K11 LT after painting, it occurred to me that even a minor knock on the LT mirrors would see them left behind on the tarmac.

My solution was to dip into my odds'n'sods box - 4 screw nipples (The emergency cable repair type) and two 6" lengths of inner bowden cable.

I drilled a 3mm hole through fairing and mirror base. To fit, push the cable into mirror from the outside, fit the nipple (This avoids having to remove the glass from the housing).
Pull the nipple inside the mirror body, and thread the other end through the fairing body.
You should drill 25mm up from the centreline of the lower two fixings, to avoid the internal reinforcer.

It is easy to remove for cleaning, and requires minimal butchery of the panelwork.
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C1 200 (2001)
R100 RS (1990)
NSU Quickly N (1964)
Honda 400/4 F1 (1977)
MotoGuzzi 1000C (1978)
Suzuki TL 1000 R (1999)
Kawasaki KLV1000 (2005)
K12R Sport (2007) - Wifeys

[Geoff]

I installed mirror leashes on my bike.
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2000 R1100RT
2008 H-D Electra Glide Ultra Classic

[michaelcurrin]

For my mirror leases I used steel fishing leaders and installed snap swivels to make them easy to remove when needed.

Mike
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Mike Currin
20 BMW R1250RS
93 BMW K1100RS / EML Speed 2000
06 Ducati ST3
67 Triumph 650 chopper

[Klinker]

[michaelcurrin]

[will3hawks]

Everyone needs to have a good whore!!
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The truth is 100 miles east of Memphis
BMWMOA# 70125
94 K 1100RS (Speedwagon)
"Even if I should die on the road, this would be the will of heaven"
Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694

[6899]

Wow! A girl on a FAST bike!

I enjoyed your post and the pics tell a 1000 words. I'm a gearhead but I have a lot to learn about the K since I had a R100/7 for 29 years before that. That machine was simple.

Thanks for sharing all the info.

Now I want auxillary lites + relay and updated headlite bulbs.


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1996 K1100LT, 73K (bought at 61K on 2006)
1977 R100/7, bought new, rode 97K in 29 yrs before parting out
1970 R50/5, bought used, rode 40K & sold

BMWMOA #6899 since 1976
Indy BMW Club since 1975

[Mystic Red]

[Shoganai]

[Shoganai]

Ok, time to address my shortened side stand.

A little history first. In '06 I had the suspension lowered because I'm short and had dropped the bike several times at a stand-still.

The forks were custom shortened and a lower slung Works shock was put on the rear. The problem that caused was the center stand and side stand were now to tall.

So Steve shortened both. Here's a series of pics that should tell the story.

Here's the shortened center stand and orginal side stand.























Well there was much gnashing of teeth but we solved all the fouling with the exhaust, and fouling with each other and both stands worked.

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1993 K1100RS aka The Shop Whore
1994 K1100RS aka Blue Streak

The long road is a rainbow and the pot of gold lies there.
So slip the chain and I'm off again,
You'll find me everywhere. I'm a Rover. - JT


Nana korobi ya oki

[Geoff]

Nice job!
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2000 R1100RT
2008 H-D Electra Glide Ultra Classic

[Shoganai]

Fast forward. On my ride to Alaska in '06, the fork seals blew and before I could get to Anchorage where the freshly rebuilt ones were being shipped, they were utterly destroyed. The new ones were of course OEM ie. taller.

By the time I got home, the Works had given up the ghost

So I upgraded to Olins

In time we put an orginal centerstand back on because with the suspension returned to near orginal height, and the modified one was now useless.

That left me with a side stand too short and between me running out of enough leg to lift it if it were leaned way over and all the princess parking I had to find, it was time to address it

I visited my parents this weekend and my Dad helped me with this project. First, I went to a metal shop and picked up a round drop for free.




First things first, before attaching a welding machine to one's bike. Thanks Steve.















Yeah, I see the hole, but I didn't want to bother my Dad with it. I'll get it filled in soon.












I want to dress it up a bit first, then I'll paint it.

It was a HUGE inprovement on my ride home.
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1993 K1100RS aka The Shop Whore
1994 K1100RS aka Blue Streak

The long road is a rainbow and the pot of gold lies there.
So slip the chain and I'm off again,
You'll find me everywhere. I'm a Rover. - JT


Nana korobi ya oki

[Flying Duck]

Wouldn't it be easier just to get some thicker boot soles?
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93 LT (x2)
94 RS
86-97 K75F(K75/100/1100 Frankenbrick)
86 K75C w/paralever, hi perf cams,TURBO!
91 & 92 K75Ss
91 K1
86 custom K100
14 WR250R
IBA #17739 (SS1K, BBG, 50CC)
Buy parts HERE