Hi guys,
I bought my first
motorcycle a couple months ago. This is what it looked like. Pretty clean, and smooth running, but not perfect.
Paint is very good, now all I had to do was to strip it down and start improving it...
I gave it a good wash, and am now ready to start. Actually I realy like the streetfighter look of the bike without fairings, but I bought the BMW because I already own a naked Honda CBX1000Z. Maybe I'll get a K75 one day... Who knows? Actually, the K75 got me here... I was looking for one, but then this K1100 made sense.
I am cleaning it in detail, slowly, taking my time, hydrating everything plastic with silicone and (one of my favourite products for old plastic and rubber) leather conditioner.
Today it was time for some detail painting.
Front brake area was a little ugly, so it needed some sanding and respray.
The engine looked... Well, it looked like it's 25 years old:
So I painted the engine covers with high temperature paint. Painted the silver screws as well (took 5 at a time from each side).
This is midway through the process:
And then here is the end result:
Hope you like it. I'll keep you guys posted!