This looks like a great forum! I come here as a recent K1100RS owner, my bike is virtual at the moment! I've never seen it in the flesh.
I purchased it from a gentleman in California who stores the bike in Munich Germany. I hope to ride the K1100 in France next spring or fall. Here is one of the more interesting paragraphs from the bike's history:
"I have kept the bike in Munich since and ride it once a year for 2 weeks at a time. On occasion I have 2 trips a year. Initially the bike was kept and serviced at the Munich Neiderlassung, the BMW factory store. They train mechanics, service bikes, store bikes (indoors) over the winter as well as sell new and used bikes, parts, and accessories. Fred, the service advisor there, has set up his own shop to service and care for about 6-7 bikes, all from USA owners. So, about 4-5 years ago the bike went from being cared for by the Neiderlassung to Fred’s workshop. As such, there are no written service records. In the common German way, he takes care of a bike and doesn’t believe that the customer needs to know all the details – a very un-American way of doing business, but that is how it is done there. " My motorcycling interests vary and come and go over time. I enjoy running my forum:
RideDualSport, restoring Indian motorcycles and riding my Super Tenere, Buell and BMW R100/7.
I have been labeled a "Purist" which I suppose is a derogatory name, but I don't mind it. I have tons of respect for those who take a
totaled bike, or a
worthless bunch of junk parts and turn them into a machine that otherwise would not live again, customized or not.
Of course my latest interest centers around my Virtual K1100 RS.
Cheers!
1953 Indian Chief
Super Tenere
Former KLR
BMW R100/7
Buell S3