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Grunter
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 4:29 pm    Post subject: K1100LT Reply with quote

I sold my K1100 almost 2 years ago and boy do I miss it. The main reason being it was getting a bit on the heavy side for me (I am now 75 yrs old) but I would still like another one.

They are getting very rare, in UK, good ones that is. Not with mileages that suggest it has circumnavigated the globe 4 or 5 times, or so badly beaten up they are next truck to the breakers.

I have as you will see from my signature line 2 x K75's and they will almost all the K1100 would do but with a little more effort needed. These two5 bikes are each value at £1500 so I should be able to buy a decent one if I sold both but there are so few around.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 12:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good luck finding one!

The K11s aren't worth much over here anymore... anywhere from $1,500 - $2,500 in good enough condition.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 12:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There's plenty of them in Germany. Swap the instrument cluster and you're all done. Smile
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 7:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just be patient. I'm sure there's a half decent one out there with your name on it somewhere.

If you're just looking at for sale ads is there place where you can place a wanted ad?
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 9:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Take your pick. There's plenty to choose from.

https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/search.html?damageUnrepaired=NO_DAMAGE_UNREPAIRED&isSearchRequest=true&makeModelVariant1.makeId=3500&makeModelVariant1.modelDescription=k1100lt&maxPowerAsArray=PS&minPowerAsArray=PS&scopeId=MB&sfmr=false&usage=USED

https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-motorraeder-roller/k1100lt/k0c305
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 10:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another thing: Even though I'm still a young buck (just turned 60) and can still get a K1100LT up on the center stand, last year when my foot was messed up I bought one of these to hold the bike upright so that I could check the oil and do maintenance until my foot was better and right leg was strong again:


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 11:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Who makes that one?
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Motorcycle-Stand-Wheel-Chock-Upright-Adjustable-1800lb-Capacity-Support-/112163869587
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Grunter
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 3:19 pm    Post subject: K1100 Reply with quote

Good ones in UK are still atracting good money. I saw one advertised yesterday with 29k miles and they were asking £3200 for it. It was an early one from 1993 The advert admitted the ABS wasn't working. For that sort of money everything must be top order, or at least working.

It wasn't the weight when I was putting it on the stand, it was manoeuvring the bike out of the garage which was the problem. Also I got tipped of on a corner when a car clipped me on a bend. I was on my own so it was a real struggle to get it upright again. Having a full fuel tank didn't help!
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 5:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Flying Duck wrote:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Motorcycle-Stand-Wheel-Chock-Upright-Adjustable-1800lb-Capacity-Support-/112163869587


Hmm. I need something with wheels of some sort so I can easily reposition the bike in my garage. Seen anything like that?
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 7:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Apparently some of those devices are still available. There used to be several on the market. I bought a Turnabike in 2011 - looks like he's out of business. Too bad - 8 hospital grade casters makes it easy to roll the bike around.

This turntable was out there for awhile: https://www.st-owners.com/forums/threads/turnabike-tab-st-motorcycle-turntable.79255/

Try https://www.acebikes.com/en/handling-service/bike-a-side_motorcycle_dolly/

You could try putting a wanted ad on the IBMWR marketplace. Someone might have one sitting around they're willing to sell. https://ibmwr.org/index.php/ibmwr-marketplace/
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 7:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

flybd5 wrote:
Flying Duck wrote:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Motorcycle-Stand-Wheel-Chock-Upright-Adjustable-1800lb-Capacity-Support-/112163869587


Hmm. I need something with wheels of some sort so I can easily reposition the bike in my garage. Seen anything like that?


I have one of these that I picked up for $50 used locally many moons ago Works fine for the Ks but given the K bike lean it works best if you throw a chunk of 2x4 under the side stand.

Search for "motorcycle dolly" to find one.


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86 K75C w/paralever, hi perf cams,TURBO!
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86 custom K100
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 11:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That is a good idea, but since I only have a one-car garage I need one that stands the bike fully upright. There are a lot of idiotic, overpriced ideas out there, but I think I'm going to spring for the money and get one of these, hopefully I can find a used one.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BKNXJ7G/?tag=100568-20
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 03, 2020 12:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you use a chunk of 1x4 or 2x4 to keep the bike fairly upright the Harbor Freight dolly doesn't take up that much room. At my old place I had a one car garage and before I got the dolly I could only get two bikes and a car in the garage. The dolly allowed me to get three bikes and a car in the garage.

Given the width of fairing and mirrors on an LT I don't think that upright one will be materially thinner than a bike on the Harbor Freight dolly slightly tilted. The fact that it tilted helped me get my LT deeper into the corner on the HF one.

JM .02.
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86 K75C w/paralever, hi perf cams,TURBO!
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Grunter
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2020 7:39 pm    Post subject: K1100 replacement Reply with quote

Flying Duck wrote:
Just be patient. I'm sure there's a half decent one out there with your name on it somewhere.

If you're just looking at for sale ads is there place where you can place a wanted ad?


There are a number of places I can advertise including the UK BMW club pages. Then there is an on line agency www.autotrader.co.uk/bikes and they occasionally have one. If I were seriously in the market, I would have to sell my K75 bikes first to fund the purchase and more importantly to make space in the garage.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 4:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Grunter...
You mentioned that at 75 you were having a bit of a trouble with the weight of the K1100...Well I’m 78 and ride my K1100 in addition to others, and found that a 2” plastic block added to the Side Stand helped enormously... in addition, I go to the gym twice per week all year long and concentrate on keeping legs muscles as strong as possible for an “old duffer”.
Like you I had thought about selling the K due to weight, BUT RIDING ANYTHING ELSE, even my other bikes, is about as rewarding as kissing your sister !
Heavy or not, just keep the K and ride it as long as you can and still feel safe !
Best of luck,, Ride Safe ..... / Ernie in NH
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 15, 2020 10:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, Daffy, credit where credit is due. You were right. Again. Smile


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PostPosted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 6:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looking good, flybd5. What's the right bar end? Is that a Euro throttle lock?

Jim wrote:
8 hospital grade casters makes it easy to roll the bike around.


Does that make it Covid-19 resistant too? Laughing
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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
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 8:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Flying Duck wrote:
Looking good, flybd5. What's the right bar end? Is that a Euro throttle lock?

Jim wrote:
8 hospital grade casters makes it easy to roll the bike around.


Does that make it Covid-19 resistant too? Laughing


No, my bar in the living room take care of that. Smile That is this:

https://www.wunderlich.de/shop/en/wunderlich-cruise-control-26160-102-1.html

Works *perfectly*. Keeps my hands from curling up in pain on long trips.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 10:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Flying Duck wrote:


Jim wrote:
8 hospital grade casters makes it easy to roll the bike around.


Does that make it Covid-19 resistant too? Laughing


Sure does!
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