Back on February 4th I picked up another(!) K100RS in pearl silver with 0nly 31,000 miles to ultimately be the new Moby Brick. Paint is in very good condition, so I will be swapping body parts to the old Moby Brick to ready it to be sold.
For the last couple days, I have been removing body parts from the new bike, cleaning, detailing and installing them on the old bike. So far, I have installed the tail cowl, tank and the front mudguard. I've also been working on the K1100RS fairing parts that are going onto the new bike. While the new bike has good paint, there was some serious peeling on the battery covers that needed to be repaired.
I took one of the covers to the auto paint shop where I get my paint supplies, and we sanded the cover I brought to reveal the base and mid coat paint films so they could match them. With the paint matched, I brought the cover home and did the prep work to getting the prime on. In a few days, I hope to have my let down card done and the weather will be warm enough to get the covers and a bad spot on the tank done.
With the covers prepped, I went out and worked on the old bike a bit more. Since fork boots are an acquired taste thing I figured that if I was going to sell the bike I should probably remove them. I also swapped out the switch pad which I had modified with aftermarket switches so the old bike would look more stock.
With all the other maintenance items covered, I set the idle position on the throttle position sensor by grounding pin #3 on the diagnostic plug and setting the sensor so the
temperature light goes out when the throttle is just opened from idle. Before doing the adjustment, I took the opportunity to clean the choke light switch so it worked properly again. Then I started the engine and after it warmed up I balanced the throttle bodies.
I have accumulated the tools for the tool kit, with the crap strap that holds the kit together falling apart, I have ordered some 1/2" webbing to replace it. I should have it tomorrow, and will get some rivets to put the new strap on the roll.
With the engine purring now, and most of the body parts ready to swap it is just down to a couple of details and the main fairing to have the Mighty Moby Brick ready for the road again.