Greetings and salutations fellow Brickers!

[AtLarge]

Long time lurker here from Iowa.  I inherited a 94 K1100RS but, only recently and finally received papers and plate.  Though I am no stranger to motorcycles, I am completely green on BMW's.  I have had the bike just over two years and have intentionally not done anything except research because it wasn't a sure thing I would get to keep it.  The PO left me with a couple service manuals so, between that light reading (har har) and your website I'm starting to get psyched up.  I can see there is a wealth of knowledge in the membership here so, I think I am in good company.  Thanks for letting me join.     

[AtLarge]

Oh, and my apology.  As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.

[Laitch]

I have had the bike just over two years and have intentionally not done anything except research because it wasn't a sure thing I would get to keep it. 

Does that mean you've neither ridden the moto nor run the engine?

[The Mighty Gryphon]

Oh, and my apology.  As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.

Looks like it's finally broken in...

Welcome!

[Chaos]

Nice!   

[AtLarge]

Does that mean you've neither ridden the moto nor run the engine?

Not exactly.  I rode it into the trailer to bring it home early September 2017.  I filled up the tank with fresh gas and the prescribed amount of Seafoam.  Ran the motor and one spin around the block to work it through the fuel system. With the motor warm, I drained and replaced the oil and filter.  Connected the battery tender and let it sit in a garage.

Summer of 2018 I siphoned out as much gas as I could.  Topped up the tank with fresh gas and again Seafoam.  Did not try to run it.

Summer of 2019 nothing except continue to cycle the battery tender on and off like in the past.  Seafoam is supposed to keep gas from going bad for up to two years.

So, here I am 29 months later, the legal owner and now with insurance on it trying to plan my attack.  Everything appeared to work originally but, it wasn't tested thoroughly.  I did detect coolant in the crankcase when I changed the oil so, that's one of the reasons I didn't run it periodically.

Ya, it's just barely broken in.   

[jdub]

Oh, and my apology.  As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.

Now THAT's an great odometer reading!     

[AtLarge]

Now THAT's an great odometer reading!     

And shows what happens when you live in Florida.  The bike was my big brothers and he rarely drove his cage.

[Bon Jon Bovi]

Digging that Kawasaki 350 F9 in your siggy; my first new store-bought bike was a 1975 Kawasaki 250 F11 in Baby Poop Brown. Welcome here.
 

[AtLarge]

Digging that Kawasaki 350 F9 in your siggy; my first new store-bought bike was a 1975 Kawasaki 250 F11 in Baby Poop Brown. Welcome here.
 

Thank you for noticing.  Yes, those two models are virtually identical.  The Bighorn was one of my dream bikes as a child.  I brought this one back from the dead.

[Bon Jon Bovi]

Thank you for noticing.  Yes, those two models are virtually identical.  The Bighorn was one of my dream bikes as a child.  I brought this one back from the dead.

WOW That takes me back! I rode the 250 from Tallahassee to Pensacola once. I couldn't feel my elbows or hands from the buzzing. When I bought the monoshock Yamaha DT175 in 1977 while in USAF tech school in Illinois, I was amazed at the diff in the vibes. Anyway, beautiful resto ya got there!

[K1300S]

Not exactly.  I rode it into the trailer to bring it home early September 2017.  I filled up the tank with fresh gas and the prescribed amount of Seafoam.  Ran the motor and one spin around the block to work it through the fuel system. With the motor warm, I drained and replaced the oil and filter.  Connected the battery tender and let it sit in a garage.

Summer of 2018 I siphoned out as much gas as I could.  Topped up the tank with fresh gas and again Seafoam.  Did not try to run it.

Summer of 2019 nothing except continue to cycle the battery tender on and off like in the past.  Seafoam is supposed to keep gas from going bad for up to two years.

So, here I am 29 months later, the legal owner and now with insurance on it trying to plan my attack.  Everything appeared to work originally but, it wasn't tested thoroughly.  I did detect coolant in the crankcase when I changed the oil so, that's one of the reasons I didn't run it periodically.

Ya, it's just barely broken in.   

welcome!  looks like the brick is in great hands!

[jakgieger]

Welcome from a fellow mid-westerner!  Good luck with the bike...lots of help here .