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Shoganai · Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 6:39 am Post subject: How to butcher a 1993 K1100RS

When we met by chance in the summer of 1999, she was a one owner commuter; garage kept and well cared for. It was a love at first site that would change my life forever. I named her ichimokusan but a year later I would start calling her The Shop Whore because she like to be on her back on a lift letting the mechanic fuck with her. She didn’t blink a headlight as I forked out almost $10,000 over 18 months and what’s worse, neither did I. Who know you could have an S&M relationship with a motorcycle? She kept hurting my wallet and I kept coming back for more. She owned me.

After 181,000 miles shared together, making her carry WAY more than her makers ever designed for and trying hard as hell to convince her she was indeed a dirt bike and just needed more practice, the toll was too great. I put her out to pasture in hopes that one day I would have the time and money needed to do a full restoration.

Instead, one day never came and years pasted and she became an edifice to my desire exceeding my resources.

Last week as I looking for ways to save or create funds to make ends meet, I thought I could sell her for parts because she was worth more dead than alive.

It was killing me to think about it. I stared at own failure to honor my trust to take good care of her. I felt guilty for sitting on the potential resources she could provide for my family.

I was crying while trying to pulling The Shop Whore apart but I Jim Beam will ease any pain…for a while.

You can't know what this bike has meant to me and you can't know how deeply I have loved it. I don't expected anyone to understand how I feel about my K11's not even my husband. He dose try though, or at least doesn’t dismiss my feelings.

The next morning we talked and it was agreed we would find the money somewhere to make ends meet.

This has been her sad tomb for over three years

After skinning her, I started gutting her.

I disemboweled her.

Bleeding it out is best done before gutting, but in my distressed state of mind I forgot this.

Next hang it up but I would suggest not using suboptimum string, even if it’s all you have laying around; smashed fingers will delay proceeding

Now It’s mostly apart

And the wiring harness is mostly intact.

Remember the bleeding before gutting part…just sayin’

This week I’ll start cleaning, bagging and tagging parts and making a shopping list.

Tomorrow I’ll mount the engine.

My basement aka workshop when I last saw it.

After the New Year I’ll start by powder coating the frame dark blue.

Anton has always been so kind to me and supportive of my wrenching. When I spoke with him this week he offered to help show me how to do a complete top end, rings and water/oil pump rebuild.

I’m glad to be owning my responsibility to The Shop Whore and I hope with the extra hours I’m working at the hospital and possible second part time job I could be done in 1 year.
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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

kelso · Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 8:52 am Post subject:

You have as big a HEART as your "K".
Well done.
Richard
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1993 K1100lt Tourer
Purchased 3rd Nov.2012
Miles app. 60,000
Restored bike after sitting for 12 years.
+ Kawasaki 1978 KZ1000LTD

SugarHillCTD · Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:33 pm Post subject:

Saw it on your ADV post.

Wink

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John & Cathy

'92 K100RS4V Pearl White SOLD
'04 K1200GT
IBA Several-SS1k, BBG, 50CC NYC to S.F.

Flying Duck · Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 6:17 pm Post subject:

A stock shock??? I'm shocked! Shocked

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Shoganai · Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 1:02 pm Post subject:

Today I'm cleaning and organizing the parts pile. Not surprisingly, I don't feel like I need to label a lot of things but I'm sure if I don't I'll live to regret it later.
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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

SugarHillCTD · Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 1:08 pm Post subject:

I put my RS on the lift today........that's as far as I got. Laughing

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John & Cathy

'92 K100RS4V Pearl White SOLD
'04 K1200GT
IBA Several-SS1k, BBG, 50CC NYC to S.F.

Scott_Anderson · Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 2:45 pm Post subject:

I shoveled snow and ice from in front of my garage today so I can move the bikes around for service later.
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Ride safe.

1995 K1100LT 0302044
2017 FLHTK Ultra Limited
Garmin StreetPilot 2820
Garmin Zumo 550
Garmin Zumo XT
"One who does not ask questions is ashamed to learn" Danish proverb
1997 K1100LT 0302488(R.I.P.)
1997 R1100RT ZC62149(sold)

Shoganai · Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 3:55 pm Post subject:

You guys are so funny.

Does anybody know what could be used as a release / nonstick agent if using epoxy putty?

I have exhausted all local resources looking for a suitable shim that would have an approximate 5/8th OD and a M8 ID.
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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

Scott_Anderson · Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:22 pm Post subject:

A piece of wooden broom handle turned down and drilled out?
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Ride safe.

1995 K1100LT 0302044
2017 FLHTK Ultra Limited
Garmin StreetPilot 2820
Garmin Zumo 550
Garmin Zumo XT
"One who does not ask questions is ashamed to learn" Danish proverb
1997 K1100LT 0302488(R.I.P.)
1997 R1100RT ZC62149(sold)

Shoganai · Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:49 pm Post subject:

Steve came home and helped me understand that I really didn't need to shim it if I put it together a certain way. Crisis averted.
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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

Shoganai · Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:57 pm Post subject:

I cleaned up the parts pile and organized the parts onto 6 shelves and 6 small parts . Tomorrow I'll mount the engine on a stand, remove the fork brace from the frame.

Next week I'll start prepping the frame for powder coating.
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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

Shoganai · Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 1:01 pm Post subject:

So I got all the parts kinda organized.

I skipped cleaning anything and I only labeled a few things. I may regret that later, but what the hell, I'll cross that bridge when I get there.

Here's all the small parts.

And here's all the big parts.

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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

Shoganai · Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 1:31 pm Post subject:

Next, get the engine off the floor.

Using the intermediate housing bolts hole for the engine mount seems natural however the bracket I'm using is for car engines. That is to say it's real big when compared to the back side of a k1100 transmission housing.

I took some measurements and determined I needed (4) 8M x 1.25 x 80 bolts.
Ace Hardware, Auto Zone, Advance Auto and Lowes didn't have any but NAPA did.

Steve showed me how to use washers to provide a good contact surface, shim the bolts and help center them in the bracket.

After 30 min. of trying several combinations of bolt locations I found one that would work. I didn't want to use the mounting pin locations but found I had no choice.

So I shimmed it with a pair of washers to help transfer the force to the housing.

I did much better using this home made lifting system this time and things went smoothly. Especially considering I've never done anything like this.

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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

Shoganai · Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 2:39 pm Post subject:

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Next, remove everything from the frame.

The red circles are to help me remember where these parts go later.

The BMW Service Manual said to mark these so I did. The Clymer did not.
Can anyone tell me why?

This needs 'splainin'.

I could not loosen the nut on top of the steering head with a ratchet or a ratchet AND a hammer. I kept doubting myself and read and re-read both the Clymer and the Service book.

So I used a ratchet and the pipe for leverage to turn the nut and a crescent wrench to hold the big nut.

I'm sure now I still did it wrong.

What I was calling a 'nut' (number 3) was in fact a screw. I think I was supposed to hold that screw still and turn the real nut (number 4) below it.

Oh well, I'll deal with that later, what is done is done.

[IMG]http://www.maxbmwmotorcycles.com/fiche/Diagrams/B0000626.png?v=04302013[/IMG]

I had no problem tapping out the lower bearing race and the top was a SERIOUS PITA.

I've done steering head bearings and races before so this was not my first rodeo. But after 2-1/2 hours I gave up. I knew I did this without a race puller but I think the difference was that I didn't have the weight of the bike to help.

When Steve came home we went to the basement. He flipped the frame upside down and using a slide hammer to hook the race lip he used a real hammer to strike the slid handle.

In the future I'm going to get this awesome tool.

http://www.cycleworks.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=29_33_50&products_id=64&zenid=dd24e28b80aabab215b09df4b355fbec

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdC8IkwfL4

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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

Scott_Anderson · Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 8:03 pm Post subject:

Marking that ring will not matter at this point because you will be installing new bearings and they will have a new pre-load(adjustment) anyway.
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Ride safe.

1995 K1100LT 0302044
2017 FLHTK Ultra Limited
Garmin StreetPilot 2820
Garmin Zumo 550
Garmin Zumo XT
"One who does not ask questions is ashamed to learn" Danish proverb
1997 K1100LT 0302488(R.I.P.)
1997 R1100RT ZC62149(sold)

Shoganai · Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 8:28 pm Post subject:

Thanks Scott.
It crossed my mind that might be the case.
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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

SugarHillCTD · Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 8:10 am Post subject:

Gwen,

How organized! Nice work. Very Happy

We will be watching this "Bat channel" for your progress.
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John & Cathy

'92 K100RS4V Pearl White SOLD
'04 K1200GT
IBA Several-SS1k, BBG, 50CC NYC to S.F.

Shoganai · Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:25 am Post subject:

I know I set HM VII as the dead line but Steve and I talked about the reality and the depth of this project last night.

If I only had $200 a month, that's only $2400.
The truth of the matter it will cost several thousand dollars.
Steve estimates $6000

Let me break it out as far as I understand this process.
(just off the top of my head)

1. Powder coat frame - Cobalt blue

2. Powder coat all of the following black.
Final Drive
Drive shaft housing
Intermediate housing
Exhaust protection plate
Exhaust bracket left
Both foot peg brackets (black with cobalt blue raised areas)
Transmission housing
shift lever
Triple clamp
fork tubes
handle bar (minus where the controls attach)
Clutch and brake handles
rear brake lever
brake caliper housings
"H" bracket
Rims with cobalt blue pin stripe
Center and side stands
alternator housing cover

Satin Black Velvet Ceramic coated exhaust headers

ChromeX bright polished aluminum ceramic coating exhaust can

Black Gloss Ceramic coating the following
Engine block
Oil sump
Oil pan cover
Timing chain cover
Crack case cover
Cylinder head cover with cobalt blue stripe

Assess every nut, bolt, washer and screw for stainless steel replacement

New wiring harness (I'll make this from scratch)

Rebuild the water/oil pump

Rebuild the top end

Rings and assess cam tolerances

Create functional crash/drop bars for front fairing

Create functional crash/drop bar for panniers

Replace panniers with NEW ones

Repaint the entire bike (color yet to be chosen)

Keep in mind to paint power train (front to rear) they will have to opened and gutted so there'll be a mess of one time use things that'll need to be bought.

Anton said he would help me with the deep engine work.

Flying Duck · Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 10:58 am Post subject:

Shoganai · Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 11:21 am Post subject:

You are one funny Duck. Cool

This was a test, wasn't it?

Even you my dear knows one does not use a torque wrench to loosen anything. Rolling Eyes

Edit: From another forum - "Lets not complicate this. Torque wrenches should be used only to take you through the last few LBS/FT of torque. Not to loosen bolts, crack nuts, open beer bottles, beat enemies to a pulp, unclog toilets, scratch your back, stir margaritas, clean gutters, kill spiders, stoke the fire. Errrrr, sorry, one of these days I will break the piggy bank and get a life."