Author Topic: K75 Ultima  (Read 7947 times)

Offline Ultima

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K75 Ultima
« on: March 29, 2017, 04:29:31 AM »
Hello!
I post some pics of my new acquisition. I could not resist when I spotted this add for a 25.000 original kilometers Ultima!
I bought it. And back to brick again!
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Offline Ultima

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Re: K75 Ultima
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2017, 04:31:57 AM »
Hope it work soon with the pics....
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Offline Ultima

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Re: K75 Ultima
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2017, 04:33:16 AM »
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Offline The Mighty Gryphon

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Re: K75 Ultima
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2017, 09:13:09 AM »
Wow!  That bike looks to be in really good shape.   It would make a really nice cappuccino racer.   :hehehe
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Offline K1300S

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Re: K75 Ultima
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2017, 12:36:38 PM »
Wow!  That bike looks to be in really good shape.   It would make a really nice cappuccino racer.   :hehehe

LOL! 

what the heck is an ultima?  an RT with a sticker from a nissan?
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Offline Dennis de Vries

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Re: K75 Ultima
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2017, 01:17:09 PM »
The Ultima series were the last K75's. Pretty nice bikes, and to find one that hasn't even been run in yet, woah what a find!

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Offline K1300S

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Re: K75 Ultima
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2017, 08:21:42 PM »
how did they differ from a normal k75?
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Offline jaxon

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Re: K75 Ultima
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2017, 08:24:11 PM »
The sticker?


 :yes


I found this:

Extras : Ultima edition which includes; fuel gauge, temp gauge, electric screen, and Ultima Colour scheme. ABS, full set of original BMW Touring tragkorbs, Top Box, 12V outlet etc.


Edited: that font size was crazy small.
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Offline Laitch

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Re: K75 Ultima
« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2017, 08:31:46 PM »
"Extras : Ultima edition which includes; fuel gauge, temp gauge, electric screen, and Ultima Colour scheme. ABS, full set of original BMW Touring tragkorbs, Top Box, 12V outlet etc."
The shock on the model pictured isn't the standard K75 shock either.
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Offline The Mighty Gryphon

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Re: K75 Ultima
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2017, 02:57:00 AM »
The Ultima looks like an inventory control/marketing scheme.

Since they were going to discontinue the K75 in favor of the K1100 series, specifically the K75RT, it made no sense to purchase more parts than they were sure to use in production.  Even better would be to run out of K75RT specific parts during the run.  There would be minimum left over inventory to have to dispose of.

To cover production requirements for the balance of the model year after running out of RT parts the factory could create a special edition model using K1100LT parts.  This would not only justify the use of the next generation parts, it would give the dealers a limited edition bike that they could promote to customers.  The idea being that a special edition is more attractive to buyers than a soon to be obsolete model.  Pretty slick.
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'92 K100RS16V "Moby Brick" (RIP, deceased in a vehicular assault)
'94 K75S Special Edition Dakar Yellow "Cheetos"
'89 K100RS Special Edition "Special Ed"

Offline Ultima

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Re: K75 Ultima
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2017, 04:28:12 AM »
All what you mentioned is right guys.
There is heated hand grips too. The stripes are hand painted.
Right to say it is a way to sell a nearly ending model and get rid of the left over parts in stock.
A way of celebrating the end of a line too.
A bit like the r80 GS basic which had special features and even parts of the K série fitted to it like the footrests and the handle bar switches with their blinker system.
On my Ultimate the rear shock is an aftermarket Bilstein.
I removed the original blue saddle for this confort saddle much Better on highway.
This moto is really light and feels like a bycicle in town despite the added weight of the fairing.
 By the way, there was also a much rarer naked K75 ultimate which was santorini blue



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Offline K1300S

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Re: K75 Ultima
« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2017, 06:37:21 AM »
So it sounds like the only difference was the two gauges and the graphics?  Everything else was available on normal k75's.
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Offline Laitch

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Re: K75 Ultima
« Reply #12 on: March 30, 2017, 07:57:23 AM »
So it sounds like the only difference was the two gauges and the graphics?  Everything else was available on normal k75's.
The electric windshield and shock upgrade might have been options on normal K75RT models but interest in revealing the truth about  of this ancient marketing scheme is waning up here. :giggles
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Offline Ultima

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Re: K75 Ultima
« Reply #13 on: March 30, 2017, 10:40:27 AM »
The electric windshield and shock upgrade might have been options on normal K75RT models but interest in revealing the truth about  of this ancient marketing scheme is waning up here. :giggles
Everything is an option at BMW! :bmwsmile
I don't think you could order a bike with electric windshield. Had to buy it afterwords and the price is enormous. Like fitting an ABS on an existing K. Possible but price is discouraging...
Mine does not have ABS, nor radio. No crash bars.
The shock was standard and the previous owner who spent ten years on K75 Gendarmerie bikes as a Gendarme, made the swap. For him the standard one was a crap.


To resume, as standard features on the RT Ultima was the electric windshield, the gauges, the blue seat, the color scheme with stripes ( grey for the RT , blue with white stripes for the naked) , the 3 spokes wheels.
On the naked one had the blue color the 3 spokes wheels and maybe the gauge. That is all.
In 1996 if you wanted à K75RT there was only the Ultima available.







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Offline K1300S

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Re: K75 Ultima
« Reply #14 on: March 30, 2017, 11:43:59 AM »
yes, none of the marketing intent takes away from the fact that Paris got a dang nice example of a K75!!!
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Offline Ultima

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Re: K75 Ultima
« Reply #15 on: March 30, 2017, 12:02:17 PM »
Theoretically I cannot drive it in Paris since this crazy Mayor women passed a law forbidding all vehicle prior to 1997 to drive in town!!!
I don't give a f... she's not going to spoil my pleasure! :riding: :riding:
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Offline F14CRAZY

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Re: K75 Ultima
« Reply #16 on: March 30, 2017, 08:56:10 PM »
Theoretically I cannot drive it in Paris since this crazy Mayor women passed a law forbidding all vehicle prior to 1997 to drive in town!!!
I don't give a f... she's not going to spoil my pleasure! :riding: :riding:

dafuq? I'd vote with my feet over on that law
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Offline Elipten

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K75 Ultima
« Reply #17 on: March 30, 2017, 09:35:14 PM »
Really?  That is pure insanity!  But remember this is the society that thinks Jerry Lewis is a comedic genius.


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Offline jakgieger

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Re: K75 Ultima
« Reply #18 on: March 30, 2017, 11:29:21 PM »
That is a nice bike no matter how you look at it...similar things have been said regarding marketing and my rs-se :hehehe .   I still like my paint job!
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Offline Ultima

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Re: K75 Ultima
« Reply #19 on: April 01, 2017, 12:58:17 PM »
looks like RS special edition is quite rare. And the features unseen on other BMW...
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