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Flying Duck · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:54 pm Post subject: I'm leavin' on a jet plane....

... don't know when I'll be back again.

I found another motobrick to buy. Couldn't help myself. Gonna hop on a plane tomorrow morning to go pick it up and ride it home. Very Happy

Pics and a ride report upon my return...
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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

Jim · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 3:00 pm Post subject: 'nother K

you could at least have told us a little about it. Hope it looks a little better than the last one you bought... Laughing

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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."

Rider · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 3:10 pm Post subject:

Duck. you are well and truly beyond hope!

Have a safe flight.

Ed
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2007 650 Burgman, 2003 400 Burgman

Some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you.

Flying Duck · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 3:19 pm Post subject:

Flying Duck · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:10 pm Post subject: Re: 'nother K

Flying Duck · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:43 pm Post subject:

By the way, this is all Saltcreek's fault for posting about that Craig's List reader. I was looking for a headlight or C fairing for my to-be-built K75 and thought that might be useful so I decided to give it a whirl. Of course I can't help looking at all of the K75s and K100s for sale around the coutnry. I clicked on one ad and five minutes later I was hanging up the phone after closing the deal.

I have to delete that search engine now. It's not safe in my hands. Laughing

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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

SugarHillCTD · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:44 pm Post subject: Re: 'nother K

endoman100 · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:50 pm Post subject:

I hope you have a safe trip.
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Time Is On My Side
Yes It Is
1993 K1100RS

Jim · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:59 pm Post subject:

I thought you were getting on a damn aeroplane!!! But no - you're hanging out on K11. Have a safe trip!
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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."

Saltcreek · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:25 pm Post subject:

Flying Duck · Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 2:04 am Post subject:

OK, gang. Here it is. It's a very well-taken care of 1987 K75C with a Pilcher fairing. It's got Progressive suspension front and rear and PIAA lights on the forks. I just got home and it now has 79,300 miles on it.

I picked it up 100 miles outside of Boise, Idaho and took a detour on the way home via The Tetons, Yellowstone, Beartooth Pass and Lolo Pass. Here it is on the way up to Beartooth Pass:

Yeah, it's just a 1987 K75 but I am absolutely thrilled that I bought it and after riding it home 1,500 miles am totally in LOVE with it. Very Happy

More details later. I just got home at 10:15 and it's way past beer-thirty. Laughing

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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

Jim · Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 4:21 am Post subject:

cool paint job! I like the fairing.
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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."

Mystic Red · Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:21 am Post subject:

What the hell is all that white stuff in the background? Twisted Evil

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Scott Hespelt, '94 K11LT
K11 OG #466

SugarHillCTD · Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:24 am Post subject:

NICE!
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John & Cathy

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

rydor · Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:06 am Post subject:

Good going, Duck Very Happy

Mystic Red · Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:22 am Post subject:

That is a nice looking paint job. And he installed roundels. Always nice to buy something from someone who obviously loved it. OTG, note the SFD.
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Scott Hespelt, '94 K11LT
K11 OG #466

Flying Duck · Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:38 am Post subject:

The good:

It runs like a top.

Fairing works great. It protects pretty well in frog-strangling rain (including your feet) and is wonderful to ride without a helmet when the sun is out. Shocked

The headlight and aux lighting work quite well.

The valve and crank covers are polished too.

Has brand new ME 880s.

The previous owner also still has the C fairing, radiator shroud and belly pan which he's shipping to me. This means I have an almost complete setup for my project bike.

The bad:

Rear drum brake. I'll replace that with a black disc brake FD/swing arm/transmission this winter after I wear out the tires.

Desparately needs heated grips and cruise control. I'll take care of that this week.

The ulgy:

Sticky downshifting. I suspect that the tranny input splines are dry. I'll take care of that this week too. Twisted Evil

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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

Milton · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:32 am Post subject:

Nice score. Have you got it dismantled yet?
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Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick!

1992 K100RS 48K. Dead for now.
1998 Triumph Tiger 43K->56K. Doin it in the dirt.
1978 Honda CB400T 32.5K. For my boys.

Flying Duck · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:54 pm Post subject:

Milton · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 6:04 pm Post subject:

So did that fix the balky shifting or have you got it back together yet?

Milton S.
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Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick!

1992 K100RS 48K. Dead for now.
1998 Triumph Tiger 43K->56K. Doin it in the dirt.
1978 Honda CB400T 32.5K. For my boys.