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TECHNICAL MOTOBRICK WRENCHING In Remembrance of Inge K. => The Motobrick Workshop => Topic started by: JPaganel on May 15, 2019, 03:58:00 PM

Title: K100 II side cover bottom attachment
Post by: JPaganel on May 15, 2019, 03:58:00 PM
So, I have the nifty K100 II side covers. The left one is in place nice and solid, but the right one that covers the air intake is loose at the bottom.

I can't quite figure out what is supposed to be there. K100 II does not appear to be listed on RealOEM, and googling is getting me nowhere.

Does anyone know?
Title: Re: K100 II side cover bottom attachment
Post by: Laitch on May 15, 2019, 04:08:02 PM
It might help if you post photos of the inner and outer surfaces of both covers.
Title: Re: K100 II side cover bottom attachment
Post by: JPaganel on May 15, 2019, 04:12:56 PM
This is the cover on the bike and what the bottom looks like.

The other cover doesn't matter - there is no bottom mount like that.
Title: Re: K100 II side cover bottom attachment
Post by: Laitch on May 15, 2019, 05:33:51 PM
Does that tab slide beneath the lower half of the air filter box and rely on friction to hold its position?
Title: Re: K100 II side cover bottom attachment
Post by: daveson on May 15, 2019, 05:56:58 PM
On the crankcase, in the middle of the air box,  just beside the crank cover is a bolt hole (at least mine has)  Does the hole in your cover fit over it? If not you could make a bracket between the two and bolt them together.

The slot beside the cover hole looks like an incredibly small access point for tightening by Allen key. Obviously designed by Bastards Incorporated, a company, luckily, not widely known outside Australia.
Title: Re: K100 II side cover bottom attachment
Post by: Laitch on May 15, 2019, 07:25:49 PM
Attached is a photo of the crankcase right side. At the tip of the arrow is a blind plug. Will that plug's hole align with the cover's mounting tab? If it will, then maybe a friction-fitting plug or a self-tapping screw can hold that cover in place. All will be revealed in the fullness of time.

(http://www.motobrick.com/gallery/2/1601-150519191940.png)
Title: Re: K100 II side cover bottom attachment
Post by: Laitch on May 15, 2019, 09:00:37 PM
Here's a descriptive post (http://www.k100-forum.com/t4829-where-can-i-get-those-radiator-covers#62181) from a thread concerning these covers.
Title: Re: K100 II side cover bottom attachment
Post by: JPaganel on May 16, 2019, 01:56:05 AM
Does that tab slide beneath the lower half of the air filter box
It does

and rely on friction to hold its position?
Doesn't seem to be holding it.

On the crankcase, in the middle of the air box,  just beside the crank cover is a bolt hole (at least mine has)  Does the hole in your cover fit over it? If not you could make a bracket between the two and bolt them together.
I have that hole.
I put a bolt in it. The big hole in the cover does not fit over it.  It does poke out of the small slot next to it.

The slot beside the cover hole looks like an incredibly small access point for tightening by Allen key. Obviously designed by Bastards Incorporated, a company, luckily, not widely known outside Australia.
Potentially, could be. Not sure.

Attached is a photo of the crankcase right side. At the tip of the arrow is a blind plug. Will that plug's hole align with the cover's mounting tab? If it will, then maybe a friction-fitting plug or a self-tapping screw can hold that cover in place. All will be revealed in the fullness of time.
I don't remember that from when I pulled out the airbox. Might have to pull it again.

Here's a descriptive post (http://www.k100-forum.com/t4829-where-can-i-get-those-radiator-covers#62181) from a thread concerning these covers.

Looks like what I need is 10, 11, 12, 13 in this picture.
Title: Re: K100 II side cover bottom attachment
Post by: JPaganel on May 20, 2019, 04:19:00 PM
Well, this was a letdown.

I was all excited to find that a website let me order all this stuff. And then, a couple of days later, they told me the little bracket is unavailable.

Not that I am surprised a part that obscure is gone, I'm annoyed the catalog didn't say it up front.

I guess I'll be fabricating.