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Flying Duck
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 Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:27 pm Post subject: Look what followed me home today... |
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... on my trailer.
Picked it up off of Craig's List for a grand. 1991 K75S. Heck, the bags are worth $350 by themselves so I figure it's a pretty god deal.
Dead battery and hasn't been run in a year or two. I took a battery with me but it wouldn't start. I could hear the fuel pump though so it probably just needs the fuel system cleaned out and some fresher fuel injectors.
All in all, it's in pretty good shape with 42k on the clock. Been dropped at least once on each side but in the parking lot so there's just some minor scrapes on the engine covers and the fairing is solid. The seat is shot but I picked up a nice Corbin Dual Sport in October for $75.
I think it'll clean up quite nicely. I don't have room in the garage but it's supposed to be clear (and cold) this weekend. Plan to get it running, change the fluids and give it a spline lube. Hopefully I'll have a nice running K75S by Monday.
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drmalacarne
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| Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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Great buy! For 1k!!
Guilherme.
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Scott_Anderson
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| Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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Damn Drake, you have the knack for finding deals. 
Looks like another good one.
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Ted
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:22 am Post subject: |
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There was a guy here in DC selling a 1991 K75S for a grand just a few days ago as well, oddly enough it too had not been run in a year or two and had similar miles.
I was going to go look at it but by then I had already bought my K75RT 
Looks like a great buy!
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:26 am Post subject: |
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Looking forward to the finished product!!
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rydor
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:10 am Post subject: |
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Good score, Drake  |
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Ernie-NH
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:33 am Post subject: |
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Some guys have ALL the luck....!!
Have fun with this great deal........// Ernie-NH
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Das Boot
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Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Ted wrote: | There was a guy here in DC selling a 1991 K75S for a grand just a few days ago as well, oddly enough it too had not been run in a year or two and had similar miles.
I was going to go look at it but by then I had already bought my K75RT
Cool Ted bought another bike 
Looks like a great buy! |
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supercat1
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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how come when i was looking for a bike i never saw anything at that price? hell even now, there isn't anything in that price range around here.
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Flying Duck
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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| supercat1 wrote: | | how come when i was looking for a bike i never saw anything at that price? hell even now, there isn't anything in that price range around here. |
I check the local Craig's List for BMWs every morning. Stuff like this comes up only very rarely and usually they're crashed with a salvage title in this price range. Even then you have to jump on them and show up with cash.
This guy had it listed very poorly for $1,000 a few weeks ago. (I thought it was scam ad it was so poorly listed.) Then last week he put up a better ad for $1,500. It's a non-running, somewhat dirty bike with a completely trashed seat. This really limits the guy's ability to sell it because he has to find a buyer that a) is looking for a bike in December, b) has a trailer/truck, and c) is willing to buy a bike that won't even start.
It's a combination of luck and persistence.
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Ted
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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HERE is what I used to check Craig's List (and the MOA, IBMWR and ADVRider) every morning and evening. Works well
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Flying Duck
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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Ted:
Have you posted pics of your new ride yet? 
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86 K75C w/paralever, hi perf cams,TURBO!
91 & 92 K75Ss
91 K1
86 custom K100
14 WR250R
IBA #17739 (SS1K, BBG, 50CC)
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Ted
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Not yet - it was raining pretty hard when I bought it  I have my camera in my car ready to go the first nice, warm day!
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Flying Duck
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Ted wrote: | | Not yet - it was raining pretty hard when I bought it I have my camera in my car ready to go the first nice, warm day! |
Excuses, excuses. 
That's way cool that you a 94 with the electric windscreen. What color is it? How many miles?
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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)
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Beachcomber
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Location: Redditch UK and Reichenau [ Saxony ]
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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Don't know what it is with these 75's but I'm hooked too!
Everyone keeps telling me how sweet the motor is, and then I remember the howl of the Triumph Trident.
I'm currently negotiating on a low miles K75S which has been stripped and powder coated frame and components and is currently virtually a rolling chassis. Loads of spares. Actually there's parts [ including frame ] from 2 bikes.
Should know if it's mine over the weekend - then just a 400 mile round trip to collect it!
It's VERY cheap.
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owrstrich
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Phil Marvin
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
If you do buy the K75 in the picture, I'd advise changing the rear brake fluid reservoir to the newer, round reservoir and mount it on the relay box away from sunlight. On this side of the pond, those like the one in the picture have been known to craze and shatter after a few years from exposure to the sun.
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supercat1
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Location: Hoboken, NJ
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| Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 1:22 am Post subject: |
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| Ted wrote: | | HERE is what I used to check Craig's List (and the MOA, IBMWR and ADVRider) every morning and evening. Works well |
if i had any idea how to do anything with html, javascript, and teh intrawebs i would consider making something like that. in the mean time i'll stick to writing robots and gadgets for google wave in java.
how did you develop that?
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Flying Duck
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| Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 1:35 am Post subject: |
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| supercat1 wrote: | | Ted wrote: | | HERE is what I used to check Craig's List (and the MOA, IBMWR and ADVRider) every morning and evening. Works well |
if i had any idea how to do anything with html, javascript, and teh intrawebs i would consider making something like that. in the mean time i'll stick to writing robots and gadgets for google wave in java.
how did you develop that? |
You can do something like that in MS Word. Taint rocket surgery.
All I gots is this, everything I need on one page:
www.tinyurl.com/fdkdws
(Some of the links are local and only run from my laptop but I also have it on-line for convenience when I'm traveling and using foreign PCs.)
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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)
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supercat1
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Location: Hoboken, NJ
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| Flying Duck wrote: | | supercat1 wrote: | | Ted wrote: | | HERE is what I used to check Craig's List (and the MOA, IBMWR and ADVRider) every morning and evening. Works well |
if i had any idea how to do anything with html, javascript, and teh intrawebs i would consider making something like that. in the mean time i'll stick to writing robots and gadgets for google wave in java.
how did you develop that? |
You can do something like that in MS Word. Taint rocket surgery.
All I gots is this, everything I need on one page:
www.tinyurl.com/fdkdws
(Some of the links are local and only run from my laptop but I also have it on-line for convenience when I'm traveling and using foreign PCs.) |
sadly, i'm overall pretty intrawebs illiterate. considering how overall savvy i am with a pc it is a glaring oversight on my part. but for me, aside from basic linking in forums and copying/pasting urls, i have no idea how to do stuff related to the web. and because of that i have about 5 or 6 websites that i visit on rotation to simplify what i have to remember cause i don't like bookmarks. XD
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