Cheep Bike Challenge <$1500 - Page 114

England-Kev · 09-09-2012, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by bmwloco

One more try...

Here you go

England-Kev · 09-09-2012, 06:20 AM

At todays exchange rate I paid $1200

As you may have seen in the Eurojumble post, I bought a new bike while there yesterday, well it was delivered today, so my first chance to really get to see what I bought, and as you can see it is a stunner.
Sure there a couple of small items that will need sorting, Rear indicators, weeping master cylinder, being the most urgent at this time, it also smokes quite badly when it starts, but that soon dissapears when warm, I have heard this is quite common though, although I am not sure to what extent.

I intend to to get it booked into the garage though, and get them to give it the once over, just to be sure all is well. They can also fit a new seal set to the master cylinder while it is there.

Also there was a surprise in the storage area, Tool kit, new disk lock, new cable lock, and the service pack.

frogy · 09-09-2012, 09:05 AM

Very clean bike.The smoking is usually caused by oil bypassing the rings after the engine has been turned off and you lean it on its sidestand.Before you lean it over to the left onto its sidestand,lean it to the right for a moment after turning it off.The oil will drain into the pan (at least most of it will).The miles on your RS is nothing for the piston rings if she's been taken care of...great find.

NortwestRider · 09-09-2012, 11:44 AM

YES,that bike ( Trey ) was bought from Pat.It use to be blue but my wife wanted purple and ofcourse Pat had a set of just about every color body work Suzuki put out so purple it became !!.

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bmwloco · 09-09-2012, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by England-Kev

Here you go

Ah, many thanks Kev. Speedo has been reset to 000000... that way I know exactly when to service it again. I have new pipes, just need to pop on a header set up and it'll be about 94% quieter. As it is, though, it makes a nice throaty roar.

Great K100RS too. I used to sell those when they were new! It was an interesting time. Airheads still available, K100 and K75 models on the floor, and the new R1100RS just coming out.

They were the Legendary Motorcycles of Germany then. The ones that remain still are. Everything else from BMW is suspect.

stainlesscycle · 09-10-2012, 10:33 AM

1974 mx175 - $600
MX360 front end $150
skyway 6th gear pipe $125
redwing shocks $200
footpegs, bark busters, real tires,seals, etc. $150.00
tank $75.00

waiting on a seat cover. gotta build up foam in front of seat to stop the ballbuster
now ready to race

Motoduc1 · 09-10-2012, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by stainlesscycle

1974 mx175 - $600
MX360 front end $150
skyway 6th gear pipe $125
redwing shocks $200
footpegs, bark busters, real tires,seals, etc. $150.00
tank $75.00

now ready to race

I can hear that bike from here! Great find! Nice original tank, too!

Andyvh1959 · 09-11-2012, 08:21 AM

91 k100-rs
At todays exchange rate I paid $1200

At that price you got a beautiful classic BMW. Those are known to easily go WELL over 200,000 miles with no engine work. Two members in my BMW club exceeded 225,000 on their K-bikes.

The smoking, after the bike is parked on the sidestand, is a very common characteristic of the K-bikes. But it is not necessarily caused by crankcase oil seeping by worn rings, because the oil sump level is actually below the pistons. More often it is caused by oil mist that had condensed in the air box (the crankcase breather is routed into the airbox). When the bike is parked on the sidestand that oil can dribble down into whichever throttle body is the lowest, and at startup the smoke is caused by that very minimal oil being burned in the combustion chamber.

To put your mind at ease, have a compression test done. If it comes back in spec, then you only have the typical K-bike Startup smoke and nothing to worry about it. Ride it, enjoy it!

FlySniper · 09-12-2012, 04:24 PM

$550 before new tires, chain, sprockets, tune up, etc... Got it home and cleaned the carbs, added gas and a battery... went for a ride!

The cases came with my DR650, the mounts I made. Been riding the thing for a few months and have about 6000 miles of my own on it. (17,000 miles now.)

Too bad my first post here is with a crappy cell phone pic... but I just happened to remember I wanted to put this up.

senatorperkins · 09-12-2012, 06:05 PM

1970 CB350 bought for $200.. missing carbs, rear brake lever, battery, clutch/brake levers, center stand, key switch, drive chain, rear taillight, air filters, throttle/tach cable, mirrors, horn, header had a missing flange, cracked speedometer..

And it had these dumb glass pack mufflers. I new it was never going to be a pretty bike, but I got it all tuned up and had a lot of fun blasting around town on it. About $250-300 worth of parts into it, then I got tired of riding around on the stock tires and installed some new ones before selling it.

1973 Yamaha MX360 given to me for free by a friend of my dad's who had ice raced it as a younger lad. Cleaned the carb, converted for pre-mix, rode it around my parking lot a couple of times and seized it due to a big exhaust leak and/or gunk in the bottom/top end.

Had a friend weld the crack in the pipe, flushed the bottom end, rebuilt the top end with a fresh piston + rings, hone job, small end bearing, new gaskets all around. Rear shocks stuck, no rebound in front fork.. useless tires, laid it down on the grass once and decided it wasn't for me. Sold it for $400 to an old dirt rider who liked the old thumpers.

stainlesscycle · 09-13-2012, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by senatorperkins

1973 Yamaha MX360 given to me for free by a friend of my dad's who had ice raced it as a younger lad. Cleaned the carb, converted for pre-mix, rode it around my parking lot a couple of times and seized it due to a big exhaust leak and/or gunk in the bottom/top end.

Had a friend weld the crack in the pipe, flushed the bottom end, rebuilt the top end with a fresh piston + rings, hone job, small end bearing, new gaskets all around. Rear shocks stuck, no rebound in front fork.. useless tires, laid it down on the grass once and decided it wasn't for me. Sold it for $400 to an old dirt rider who liked the old thumpers.

doh! if you find another one you'd like to sell for $400, i'd be all over it.....

Dorzok · 09-13-2012, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by stainlesscycle

doh! if you find another one you'd like to sell for $400, i'd be all over it.....

I've a '76 for a couple hunert more if u interested.
well a YZ 250 annyway.

blaine.hale · 09-13-2012, 12:29 PM

1973 BMW r75 /5 Toaster LWB bought for $1000 even. Has just over 19k confirmed miles on it. There's a build thread on over in the Airhead sub forum.

England-Kev · 09-13-2012, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by blaine.hale

1973 BMW r75 /5 Toaster LWB bought for $1000 even. Has just over 19k confirmed miles on it. There's a build thread on over in the Airhead sub forum.

Nice one Blaine

Dorzok · 09-13-2012, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by blaine.hale

1973 BMW r75 /5 Toaster LWB bought for $1000 even. Has just over 19k confirmed miles on it. There's a build thread on over in the Airhead sub forum.

needs to be link in this thread.

09-09-2012, 06:20 AM	#1697
England-Kev Beastly Adventurer Joined: Feb 2007 Location: Berkshire, England. Just off the Beaten Track! Oddometer: 2,570	91 k100-rs At todays exchange rate I paid $1200 As you may have seen in the Eurojumble post, I bought a new bike while there yesterday, well it was delivered today, so my first chance to really get to see what I bought, and as you can see it is a stunner. Sure there a couple of small items that will need sorting, Rear indicators, weeping master cylinder, being the most urgent at this time, it also smokes quite badly when it starts, but that soon dissapears when warm, I have heard this is quite common though, although I am not sure to what extent. I intend to to get it booked into the garage though, and get them to give it the once over, just to be sure all is well. They can also fit a new seal set to the master cylinder while it is there. Also there was a surprise in the storage area, Tool kit, new disk lock, new cable lock, and the service pack. __________________ http://kevindean.zenfolio.com/ http://motodelcurva.wordpress.com/ http://backstreetthunder.wordpress.com

09-09-2012, 09:05 AM	#1698
frogy Studly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2010 Location: Ballwin,MO Oddometer: 614	K100rs Very clean bike.The smoking is usually caused by oil bypassing the rings after the engine has been turned off and you lean it on its sidestand.Before you lean it over to the left onto its sidestand,lean it to the right for a moment after turning it off.The oil will drain into the pan (at least most of it will).The miles on your RS is nothing for the piston rings if she's been taken care of...great find.

09-09-2012, 11:44 AM	#1699
NortwestRider TRIPOD ADVENTURER !! Joined: May 2008 Location: 3.7 miles North of Hell...SEATTLE.... Oddometer: 2,353	YES,that bike ( Trey ) was bought from Pat.It use to be blue but my wife wanted purple and ofcourse Pat had a set of just about every color body work Suzuki put out so purple it became !!. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ 2012 Honda NC700X..THE SILVER BULLIT 1982 GS850G..BLACK SUNSHINE..The tripod !! GS500PE..THE PURPLE EXPLORER So what your saying is that I have the worst hack AND a smelly wife??. MY BUILD http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...=657673&page=6

09-10-2012, 10:33 AM	#1701
stainlesscycle Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2008 Location: morgantown, wv Oddometer: 1,639	1974 mx175 - $600 MX360 front end $150 skyway 6th gear pipe $125 redwing shocks $200 footpegs, bark busters, real tires,seals, etc. $150.00 tank $75.00 waiting on a seat cover. gotta build up foam in front of seat to stop the ballbuster now ready to race __________________ current bikes 07 gasgas xc300-94 duc 900ss-86 morini camel (2)-84 IT200-83 IT175-78 guzzi lm1-77 pursang 250-76 morini 3 1/2 strada-76 frankentaco pursang 200-74 frankentaco pursang 200-74 morini 3 1/2 sport-74 mz ts250/0-74 puch 175 (3)-73 can-am 175tnt-71 guzzi frankeneldo-71 ossa Stiletto-70 frankentaco sherpa s(2)-66 morini corsarino(2)-63 morini corsaro + many more stainlesscycle screwed with this post 09-10-2012 at 03:06 PM

09-11-2012, 08:21 AM	#1703
Andyvh1959 Cheesehead Klompen Joined: Feb 2012 Location: Da frozen tundra, 1.5 mile west of Lambeau Oddometer: 125	91 k100-rs At todays exchange rate I paid $1200 At that price you got a beautiful classic BMW. Those are known to easily go WELL over 200,000 miles with no engine work. Two members in my BMW club exceeded 225,000 on their K-bikes. The smoking, after the bike is parked on the sidestand, is a very common characteristic of the K-bikes. But it is not necessarily caused by crankcase oil seeping by worn rings, because the oil sump level is actually below the pistons. More often it is caused by oil mist that had condensed in the air box (the crankcase breather is routed into the airbox). When the bike is parked on the sidestand that oil can dribble down into whichever throttle body is the lowest, and at startup the smoke is caused by that very minimal oil being burned in the combustion chamber. To put your mind at ease, have a compression test done. If it comes back in spec, then you only have the typical K-bike Startup smoke and nothing to worry about it. Ride it, enjoy it! __________________ When life throws you a curve,.....lean into it!

09-12-2012, 04:24 PM	#1704
FlySniper Bleh... Joined: Aug 2007 Location: Here Oddometer: 1,595	$550 before new tires, chain, sprockets, tune up, etc... Got it home and cleaned the carbs, added gas and a battery... went for a ride! The cases came with my DR650, the mounts I made. Been riding the thing for a few months and have about 6000 miles of my own on it. (17,000 miles now.) Too bad my first post here is with a crappy cell phone pic... but I just happened to remember I wanted to put this up. __________________ A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar. "Think about how stupid the average person is. Now, realise that half of them are dumber than that." - George Carlin

09-12-2012, 06:05 PM	#1705
senatorperkins Adventurer Joined: Jun 2012 Oddometer: 31	1970 CB350 bought for $200.. missing carbs, rear brake lever, battery, clutch/brake levers, center stand, key switch, drive chain, rear taillight, air filters, throttle/tach cable, mirrors, horn, header had a missing flange, cracked speedometer.. And it had these dumb glass pack mufflers. I new it was never going to be a pretty bike, but I got it all tuned up and had a lot of fun blasting around town on it. About $250-300 worth of parts into it, then I got tired of riding around on the stock tires and installed some new ones before selling it. 1973 Yamaha MX360 given to me for free by a friend of my dad's who had ice raced it as a younger lad. Cleaned the carb, converted for pre-mix, rode it around my parking lot a couple of times and seized it due to a big exhaust leak and/or gunk in the bottom/top end. Had a friend weld the crack in the pipe, flushed the bottom end, rebuilt the top end with a fresh piston + rings, hone job, small end bearing, new gaskets all around. Rear shocks stuck, no rebound in front fork.. useless tires, laid it down on the grass once and decided it wasn't for me. Sold it for $400 to an old dirt rider who liked the old thumpers.

09-13-2012, 12:29 PM	#1708
blaine.hale Beastly Adventurer Joined: Feb 2009 Location: Atlanta, Ga Oddometer: 2,294	1973 BMW r75 /5 Toaster LWB bought for $1000 even. Has just over 19k confirmed miles on it. There's a build thread on over in the Airhead sub forum. __________________ 1974 BMW R90 /6 1968 Bultaco Matador MK3 1973 BMW R75 /5 Toaster LWB 1969 Bultaco Bandido MK2 2013 Husqvarna Terra TR650

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