Author Topic: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?  (Read 63398 times)

Offline Rcgreaves

  • ^ SuperNatural Motobricker
  • Posts: 973
  • "I'd rather be flying, but this will do nicely"
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #125 on: October 21, 2019, 04:48:01 PM »
GW is a 2016 resto acquired for a dollar and two days laboring for a needy friend.  Very satisfying tourer two up w Shannon.

 Second corners poorly tops out about 105...unless you dive.   Id never say it to my pilot pals, but bricking is a more satisfying grade of freedom to my taste. 6/2021 Piper archer added 12/2020

96 Interceptor
96 K1100RS main seal and clutch project nearing completion 4/2020
2001 GL1800 added 8/2020

  Other son's Yamaha R6 fits into that wow category mentioned above.. A howl like an F1 car and 150 mph before i realized I ought to get off it.
  • Livingston in Southwest WI. USA-"With the good earth all around."
  • 94' K75S, 85' GL1200 Aspencade, 96' VFR750F, 01' GL1800. Restoring: 95' K1100RS, 83' R80RT NEW: Motorvation Formula II
Doing “better than I deserve"

Offline AMS155

  • Motobrick Curious
  • Posts: 10
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #126 on: October 23, 2019, 03:33:40 PM »
1980 R100Rt
  • Boston ma
  • 1987 K100RS

Offline Barry in IN

  • ^ Proficient Motobricker
  • Posts: 347
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #127 on: October 23, 2019, 04:34:17 PM »
Only a couple days away from springing to life:

* 7E701622-17E1-4139-9ECB-FEBA855CE35D.jpeg (85.06 kB . 768x576 - viewed 931 times)
1975 Rupp Roadster II
  • Indiana
  • 1992 K75S Lili Von Shtuppe
A pox on cafe “builders”

Offline johnny

  • TrailBrakingThrottleWhacker
  • ^ Quintessential Motobricker
  • Posts: 7650
  • Whacking...n...Chopping Sliding...n...High Siding
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #128 on: October 23, 2019, 08:42:48 PM »
greetings...

72 roebuck 5hp tecumseh... its what started this mess...


* 1970s-sears-roper-minibike-mini-bike_1_36eae55fed6a8263b3eaa7ed7acf5fc2.jpg (41.43 kB . 400x300 - viewed 923 times)

j o
 
  • :johnny i parks my 96 eleven hundert rs motobrick in dodge county cheezconsin  :johnny
Agree Agree x 1 View List

Offline Barry in IN

  • ^ Proficient Motobricker
  • Posts: 347
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #129 on: October 24, 2019, 02:43:17 AM »
That’s a stylish tank on the mini yee-haw.   

Some local guys have started an underground minibike racing league in a bar parking lot on Sunday mornings.  Courses are laid out around cars left behind from the night before.  That’s the impetus behind getting the ol’ Rupp back in action. 
I’ve only gone a couple of times, but have seen some neat old mini bikes drug out from behind the garage and brought back to life. 
  • Indiana
  • 1992 K75S Lili Von Shtuppe
A pox on cafe “builders”

Offline overeasy

  • Motobrick Curious
  • Posts: 17
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #130 on: October 29, 2019, 04:44:35 PM »
My father-in-law's 1971 Yamaha 175 enduro wouldn't start for the first time after 38 years of use since he bought it new, so he gave it to me.  I put a condenser in it and kept enjoying it in all it's un-modified minty-ness (even has original tires) He replaced it with a new (09) Honda Rebel 250.  Before he died, he asked me and his son which of us wanted the Rebel, and which wanted his 94 Corvette (automatic, perpetually dead batteries) and I quickly said "the bike!"  He was 5'9" and I'm 6' and it's just a little small for me, but I love riding a slow bike fast so I made a bobber thing out of it using some fabricated parts, some ebay junk, and a Blue Collar Bobbers fender kit.   It's a blast to ride and I think it looks sharp.  I don't know it's future once my K100 is on the road, but I do really enjoy it on my daily commute and exploring backroads.  I don't have a picture of the Yamaha on this computer, but it's identical to the one in the ad.
  • Pennsylvania
  • 85 K100 RS

Offline overeasy

  • Motobrick Curious
  • Posts: 17
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #131 on: October 29, 2019, 04:45:21 PM »
Bobber, from above post.
  • Pennsylvania
  • 85 K100 RS

Offline Past-my-Prime

  • ^ Proficient Motobricker
  • Posts: 495
  • All of us are better when we're loved.
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #132 on: February 11, 2020, 05:35:59 PM »
Just brought it home today, to add to my very slowly growing stable.

Heck, at this rate I'll have 4 bikes when I turn 100!

Now I need to get to wrenching on the new (to me) bike.



  • North Shore of Lake Superior (in my garage)
  • BRICK: 1989 K75 RT - Rocinante; NON-BRICK: 2007 F650 GS Dakar - Betty Blue

Offline Chaos

  • Administrator
  • ^ Quintessential Motobricker
  • Posts: 3038
  • Mars needs women!
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #133 on: February 11, 2020, 06:17:40 PM »
Just added a carbon fiber wonderbike to my fleet, big step up from the gravel grinder on the left.  Paid more for it than my first new car (72 Spitfire) Worth every penny!
  • sw ohio
1987 K75S    VIN 0231
Original owner, Original litter
200,000 miles (plus or minus) and 5 paint jobs
sold 6/23
2023 Ural 2WD sidecar (BMW's bastard step child)

Offline Past-my-Prime

  • ^ Proficient Motobricker
  • Posts: 495
  • All of us are better when we're loved.
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #134 on: February 11, 2020, 06:27:33 PM »


I guess you can see hanging from the ceiling in my garage -- a Giant carbon fibrer mountain bike that I've had for 25 years and like Chaos' cost more than my first car (a '62 Falcon) and a Kestrel Talon that was even more (and either one cost more than my new motorbike!!)
  • North Shore of Lake Superior (in my garage)
  • BRICK: 1989 K75 RT - Rocinante; NON-BRICK: 2007 F650 GS Dakar - Betty Blue

Offline Scott

  • ^ Motobrick Curious
  • Posts: 77
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #135 on: February 11, 2020, 06:32:28 PM »
This is my newest addition to the stable, 2009 Suzuki dr650se.  This one was modified (very common on these bikes) with an aftermarket carburetor, airbox and exhaust, a very loud exhaust.  But I almost immediately put it back to stock. How people tolerate 96+ db from the exhaust, i don't know.  Now it just purrs quietly and the stock carbie returns well over 50 miles per gallon of regular petrol.  Fun bike.

* DR stock_ 001.jpg (67.05 kB . 768x432 - viewed 803 times)
  • SoCal
  • bmw R100r, bmw k75, hondapotamus G/W, XT 500 enduro

Offline KCinSB

  • ^ Proficient Motobricker
  • Posts: 258
  • Still learning about Bricks from this site!
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #136 on: August 04, 2020, 11:20:40 AM »
I figure this is the last of the fleet. Had to get rid of many projects and previous rebuilds. It was tough at first, but I’ll tell anyone in that situation, it’s actually a relief after they are gone. Hoping to keep these as long as possible....... 
  • Santa Barbara, CA
  • SOLD
No good turn goes unpunished, but it's fun to keep trying.........
1993 K1100RS, with LT Rack&Case, some old BSAs and Triumphs,... some even run!! Recent Dark Side foray... '65 XLCH tractor.

Offline edgeoftheworld

  • Motobrick Curious
  • Posts: 19
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #137 on: August 04, 2020, 12:37:42 PM »
My K bike is the newest to me.

I've got an 87 R65 and an 09 R1200GS.  You might notice I have a thing for BMW bikes.
  • CT
  • 1992 K75S
1987 RMW R65 | 1992 BMW K75S | 2009 BMW R1200GS

Offline Edward

  • Curious
  • Posts: 5
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #138 on: August 11, 2020, 10:27:30 PM »

* 20200812_033419.jpg (31.65 kB . 350x576 - viewed 673 times)

MV Agusta Brutale 910s 2008
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
  • K75s 1987, MV Agusta Brutale 910s 2008 | Original owner
K75s 1987  | Original owner | RK BMW
MV Agusta Brutale 910s 2008 | Original owner | FBF

Offline natalena

  • ^ SuperNatural Motobricker
  • Posts: 604
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #139 on: August 21, 2020, 08:47:37 AM »
2005 XL1200C, love the carburetor version. In process of building up another Museeuw for next season roadracing.

  • MST
  • 1987 K75s #0919, '05 Sportster 1200C
We don't need no stinkin' moly.

Offline BoardOfCan

  • Motobrick Curious
  • Posts: 28
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #140 on: August 21, 2020, 10:36:48 AM »
I just got half my engine back for this little beast - freshly bored, valves and guides replaced, new gasket set and pistons to be installed.
It was terrifying with a massive compression leak, I'm quivering with antici.............

......pation
  • Massachusetts
  • 94 K1100RS

Offline Laitch

  • Faster than a speeding pullet
  • Administrator
  • ^ Quintessential Motobricker
  • Posts: 10120
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #141 on: August 21, 2020, 11:18:13 AM »
Is that an '85?  :johnny  How many miles have you put on it?
  • Along the Ridley in Vermont.
  • 1995 K75 89,000 miles
I wept because I had no radials until I met a man who had no splines.
https://tinyurl.com/RillRider

Offline BoardOfCan

  • Motobrick Curious
  • Posts: 28
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #142 on: August 21, 2020, 12:02:47 PM »
It's an '86. I've put around ~10k on it, which puts it at a whopping 34,000. I got the K because I'm 6'4 and riding a race bike is a masochist exercise. Totally worth it, not a good idea for more than an hour or two if I want to stand upright the next day.
  • Massachusetts
  • 94 K1100RS

Offline Skunky

  • ^ SuperNatural Motobricker
  • Posts: 524
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #143 on: August 22, 2020, 04:26:53 AM »

* Honda 1.JPG (108.81 kB . 768x576 - viewed 628 times)
* Honda 2.JPG (104.72 kB . 768x576 - viewed 622 times)

1974 Honda 400F long term restoration project from the good old US of A with stupidly low mileage on the clock. I bought this bike in the middle of my K build so haven't really started it yet other than getting it running (it hadn't ran for a very very long time). The brake fluid had turned to powder and the carbs were full of old fuel which had turned to tar. It has good compression but I think i'm going to need to do more work there. I have had the frame repaired (someone had hit the side stand HARD!) and I have repainted it. I don't expect to finish it for at least a year.
I won't be chopping this one.
  • Derby GB
  • BMW K100lt
Rebuild it and they will come..
90 K100lt
Triumph Thruxton 900
Honda CB400F

Offline Scott_

  • Administrator
  • ^ Quintessential Motobricker
  • Posts: 2190
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #144 on: August 25, 2020, 05:41:39 AM »
I've added a new ride to my stable this last week. Unfortunately it came as the result of the loss of one of my K's.
It's a work in progress as it did need some tlc, but for the price with everything else that came with it I just couldn't say no.
  • My Garage
1995 K1100LT 0302044
1997 R1100RT ZC62149
2017 FLHTK Ultra Limited
1997 K1100LT 0302488 (R.I.P.)
"One who does not ask questions is ashamed to learn" Danish proverb

Offline Barry in IN

  • ^ Proficient Motobricker
  • Posts: 347
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #145 on: August 28, 2020, 09:19:32 PM »
I've added a new ride to my stable this last week. Unfortunately it came as the result of the loss of one of my K's.
It's a work in progress as it did need some tlc, but for the price with everything else that came with it I just couldn't say no.

I think you’ll like it.  I got an R1100RS a year ago and have been very happy with it. 
  • Indiana
  • 1992 K75S Lili Von Shtuppe
A pox on cafe “builders”

Offline herseyb

  • ^ Proficient Motobricker
  • Posts: 366
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #146 on: September 07, 2020, 09:15:23 PM »
just cracked 3,000 miles on this DL650 since April.  Not as gyroscopically perfect as the K, and the doesn't have quite the top end torque, but the L twin revs to 10K.

It went above and beyond going down White Lake ATV trails in Langlade county Wisconsin this weekend in order to get my girlfriend and I out to hike the Kettlebowl segment of the Ice Age Trail.  Tackled some babyhead rocks, some rutted hill climbs and sandy washes and the ride there and back too.

The 6th gear is nice too - not a jetfighter but admirably willing to tackle what you throw at it given the limitations.


* vstrom650 1.jpg (69.74 kB . 768x432 - viewed 567 times)
  • Brooklyn
  • '93 K1100RS

Offline AtLarge

  • ^ Proficient Motobricker
  • Posts: 150
  • Not too many bikes. Garage too small.
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #147 on: September 07, 2020, 11:29:01 PM »
My first street legal bike when I was 13 1/2 and the world was my oyster.  I don't get her out much now.  It has to work hard to haul my fat ass around.   :laughing1:
  • IA
  • 1994 K1100RS
1973 Honda CL70-K3, 1975 Kawasaki 350 F9-C, 1994 BMW K1100RS, 2023 Honda CRF300L Rally ABS

Offline beemuker

  • ^ Quintessential Motobricker
  • Posts: 1110
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #148 on: September 08, 2020, 09:16:03 AM »
My first street legal bike when I was 13 1/2 and the world was my oyster.  I don't get her out much now.  It has to work hard to haul my fat ass around.   :laughing1:

Mine was a Honda 90, at 15 years old [and holding a learners license] the bike had to be 5HP or less, and the 90 was 5HP. Got a Honda 350 when I turned 16, then a Honda 750 when I was 17. It's the one with the fiberglass unibody and 4 in 1 pipes at left.
  • Panama City, FL
  • '00 R1100RT,’92 K75 RT,past tense:'83 R80ST, '93 K1100LT,,94 R1100RS K75s, Honda NC700, Suzuki Bandit 1200, bmw R75/5 Honda 750

Offline natalena

  • ^ SuperNatural Motobricker
  • Posts: 604
Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #149 on: June 02, 2021, 09:13:17 PM »
It ain't on 2 wheels, but it's still a blast to scoot around in, and climbs slopes you'd think were impossible ... it's amphibious too, in case you make a wrong turn in Albuquerque and have to cross water  ;)  It's a lot muddier now.
  • MST
  • 1987 K75s #0919, '05 Sportster 1200C
We don't need no stinkin' moly.