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chopper_harris
Flying Brick Rider


Joined: 28 Dec 2007
Posts: 232
Location: Nr Wigan, UK

PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:14 pm    Post subject: UK + RoI Riders - Show Yourselves ... Reply with quote

After seven glorious months here, it is nice to see a steady stream of new faces joining K11OG Very Happy

There are many UK and ROI riders, and it makes sense for us to post some basic details.
This will allow easy comms, potential to meet up and to share any spare parts or tools which other members may need Wink

So, don't be shy - post a reply !
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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


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chopper_harris
Flying Brick Rider


Joined: 28 Dec 2007
Posts: 232
Location: Nr Wigan, UK

PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Chopper Harris

Shevington, Wigan.
(The cold, wet bit of England near Manchester).

Regular attendee at classic bike shows and auctions.
Ride-out around Staffordshire, Derbyshire and up to the Lakes/N Yorks.

30 years of spannering/restoration of motorcycles, and a decent workshop if anyone is ever stuck for assistance
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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
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DaveVoorhis
Flying Brick Rider


Joined: 22 Mar 2006
Posts: 223
Location: Derbyshire, UK

PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dave Voorhis

Alkmonton, Derbyshire
(near Ashbourne, which is near Derby)

Attend yearly show in Stafford (though I missed it this year), and some Sundays at Matlock. (http://first4gear.com/bikemeets/matbath.html)

Ride around Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, South Yorkshire, etc.

30 years riding, wrenching, and wrecking. Have garage and tools, including a big hammer. Twisted Evil

Founder of "Wings on the Internet" (http://woti.org)

Born in the USA, raised in Canada, and spent half my adult life in the UK, so don't try to place my accent. Wink
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rover759
Big Brick Rider


Joined: 30 Jul 2007
Posts: 68
Location: Houghton Regis,UK

PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

David Barnett in Houghton Regis which is near luton Shocked
Almost finished rebuilding my K1100 bought as a write off from RS in Halifax
Just need to replace my handle bar rubbers for the MOT
I have a dignostic tool and a 4LB hammer Laughing ...some would say he same thing....
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Technician
Flying Brick Rider


Joined: 13 Aug 2007
Posts: 176
Location: Enfield, North London

PostPosted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm down on the northern outskirts of the smoke with a huge toolbox [at work] and a good selection at home, can't remember what specialist BM tools I've got stashed in the cupboard but ask and I will go seek.
I am up in Cheshire about 59 miles from Bakewell from the 7 August for a week with a few mates so any suggestion on local attractions are welcome.
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Tim (Midland Section)
Flying Brick Rider


Joined: 08 Apr 2005
Posts: 960
Location: Pinxton, Nottingham, England.

PostPosted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 8:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tim in Cotgrave, Notts NG12, Will tackle any job on a K if it saves me Gold.
Booked in @ main club National Rally Bank Holiday.
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K11Martin
Mad Brick Rider


Joined: 22 Jul 2008
Posts: 123
Location: North Notts, UK

PostPosted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Martin Ellis, near Mansfield, Notts.

Early 50s, severely unfit Very Happy but so ******* what?

BMW Club Director, Forum administrator and section social secretary.

Delusions of grandeur...experienced megalomaniac Smile

Competent spanner man, borne largely out of reluctance to pay for a mechanic and a firm belief that if you want something doing properly, do it yourself.

Average 12,000 bike miles per year.

Consider Tim (above) a very good friend, and he lives only 25 minutes away.

Confirmed 'K' man. Had a David Brown Cropmaster once so feel I would know what any 'R' bike will be like, therefore have no intention of buying one. (took one for a test ride once and was severely underwhelmed Razz Cool Laughing .

Like to wind up owners of 'R' bikes, which in reality are not quite as bad as I make out Very Happy Shocked Very Happy .

Only had two BMWs so far, a K100 (called Trigger)



Which I repainted Blue, thus..



and this one, which I'm still riding


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Currently riding a '93 K1100LT (ABS1) decked out with lights and aerials (Ex 70's Vespa rider)

Why not join the UK owners club at http://forum.bmw-club.org.uk/


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RobWheatley
Flying Brick Rider


Joined: 06 Jun 2008
Posts: 261
Location: Chatham, Kent. UK

PostPosted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rob Wheatley from Lordswood, Chatham in Kent.
Im in my early 40's and work as a lecturer at a London College.
Recently converted to Bricks after passing test and having an XJ600 Yam Shocked
I do all my own servicing and any repair jobs needed on bikes and cars (just done the clutch on my K)
I ride up the A2 to london every day and anywhere the feeling takes me at weekends.
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littlebluesanta



Joined: 17 Jul 2007
Posts: 12
Location: berkshire UK

PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm in Reading Berkshire
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aries



Joined: 13 Nov 2008
Posts: 10
Location: Surrey. UK

PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi
Am in Shepperton, not far from Guildford and a nice hack down to Bahnstormers every so often.
Do as much as possible of my own servicing, but limited garage space for too much spanner wielding.
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hirschhs
Flying Brick Rider


Joined: 28 Dec 2006
Posts: 343
Location: Bucks, UK

PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just outside Aylesbury, 15 years riding (and dropping) Ducs in Italy (10 years ago), now convinced K11! Doing about 20k pa.
Always happy to help a rider in need though my enthusiasm isn't matched by my technical ability or know-how.
No garage, few tools but plenty of liquor and a real fire.
Applied linguist and proud of it - 59.
Cool
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K-less in Bucks
2001 ST1100A

1994 Yamaha 600 Diversion 'Hers'
2006 Kawasaki Z750s 'Hers'
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MadStu



Joined: 12 Nov 2008
Posts: 22
Location: Brighton, UK

PostPosted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 1:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm Stuart from Brighton.
Im 30 and work as a medical despatch rider.

I've only recently started this cushy medical job and have been a despatch rider in various places in and around London for about 10 years - and a pizza delivery boy before that and since before I left school.

I'm used to having company bikes and so not done any of my own servicing really. But now I've got my own K1100LT and want to learn how to do it all myself.

And like hirschhs, I've got no garage and very little tools - but I haven't got a real fire Laughing
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Tim (Midland Section)
Flying Brick Rider


Joined: 08 Apr 2005
Posts: 960
Location: Pinxton, Nottingham, England.

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
And like hirschhs, I've got no garage and very little tools - but I haven't got a real fire

You are lucky, I service mine in a shoe box in't middle of 't road. Twisted Evil
BTW 57 next year, almost a grumpy old man. well versed in Anglo-Saxon.

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K11Martin
Mad Brick Rider


Joined: 22 Jul 2008
Posts: 123
Location: North Notts, UK

PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 5:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hirschhs wrote:
Applied linguist and proud of it....


Que ? Very Happy
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Why not join the UK owners club at http://forum.bmw-club.org.uk/
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hirschhs
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Joined: 28 Dec 2006
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Location: Bucks, UK

PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 6:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

how languages are created / learned / taught / develop / work / an' all that.
Proud of it because we sometimes get a rough deal in certain sections of the 'practical' literature for locking ourselves away and 'pronouncing'. I don't, I get my hands dirty as it were.
Claro?
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hirschhs
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Location: Bucks, UK

PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 6:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="Tim (Midland Section)"
You are lucky, I service mine in a shoe box in't middle of 't road. Twisted Evil
[/quote]

Shoe box? You were lucky.. we used to DREAM of a shoe box to do 'tservicing in. We did ours in a baked bean tin stuck 'alf way up a tree int' middle of a frozen lake but we were 'appy. An' you try tellin' that t't young folk these days...
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hirschhs
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Location: Bucks, UK

PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

rover759 wrote:
David Barnett in Houghton Regis which is near luton Shocked

Dave, we are very close indeed. I'm on the A418 just past Wing. A stone's throw. If you fancy meeting up, PM me. I'd love to see your project...
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gpzoduibh
Big Brick Rider


Joined: 10 Aug 2007
Posts: 70
Location: Co. Meath Ireland

PostPosted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sneaking in on the hairy edge ? Wot you dont have a K11 ?
Help how did I get here ? I drive a 1995 Grinnall Scorpion with a 16v K1 engine and I am across the small pond in Co. Meath Ireland however I have found this site great for info and links and everyone on this site to be helpfull and in most cases knowledgeable.
At the moment I have a 1984 GPz900r A1 , a 1957ish C15/B25 trials project bike , remains of a V50 guzzi which will power an Osprey two man hovercraft all on going projects however being 43 with three kids means I rarely finish things as quickly as I would like.
Regards
Bill Black
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2010 KTM 450 EXC
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1989 K100RS (8V) special edition
1974 Yamaha DT360
1972 Sanglas 400 T
1980 Yamaha XS110-Watsonian Palma sidecar
1966 Bridgestone 175 dualtwin
1980 BMW R100RS
1979 Bultaco sherpa T 350
1979 Yamaha DT175MX
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Adrian
Mad Brick Rider


Joined: 17 Aug 2007
Posts: 98
Location: Weston super Mare, Somerset, UK

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Adrian Stone, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.

Closer to 50 than 40, 30+ years riding. Limited competence in wielding a spanner, mostly as it usually goes wrong...a few tools and a garage Smile

Have owned alsorts of BMWs and European/British bikes.

I'll be at the BMW Club AGM - my first one in 15 years of club membership as it's local and there's camping!

Adrian
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K1100LT SE
145,000 miles and counting Smile

https://sites.google.com/site/worlestone/
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WidgetMan



Joined: 23 Oct 2008
Posts: 11
Location: Derby, UK

PostPosted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Castle Donington, Derby.

Embracing midlife crisis - K1100LT is my first proper bike (not counting 4 months with a twist'n'go Peugeot I got to get me through my 1st year's teacher training placements last year after 20 years of working for a living). I need something big, as I'm 6'4", and cheap, as I'm now a trainee teacher. I know nothing about bikes but am learning fast. K was an Ebay non-runner, ex-police then owned by succession of squaddies, then left outside for 2+ years. Got it through its MOT but its been unreliable so far; can't think why. Its getting better with each bit of work I do on it (now running on 3 pots) but it'll probably never win prizes.

Met Tim (Midlands) briefly outside Pidcocks Long Eaton last Sept as I was looking for my first bits for the K.
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K - 75,000 miles, me - 4000 miles.
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