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Offline Snowman

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #150 on: June 08, 2021, 06:43:23 PM »
Like 'BoardOfCan" I also have a GSXR problem. A 750 (blue/white) and 1100 (red/black), both 1986 vintage, and a GSXR50 that is an '87. I just completed a mechanical resto on the 750, the 1100 and 50 are next.
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Offline TriSpark

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #151 on: June 09, 2021, 09:43:10 PM »
As well as the K75, I have this lovely Kawasaki W650.
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Offline herseyb

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #152 on: June 10, 2021, 01:01:00 PM »
Ditched the sportster.  Got this DL650...   Pretty good if a bit more vibration than the K.  Great fuel economy.  Kind of a mule. 
I  took this down in western NC, where I saw a lot of Triumph Tigers.  Comes in a triple, with nice long shocks...  Except for the fact that they aren't cheap even used, I think it would make a great "K75GS" type bike.

But I'm getting my vstrom dialed in comfort wise, so I think I'll try to wear it out before lusting after a tiger 800.

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Offline beemuker

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #153 on: June 10, 2021, 03:25:01 PM »
Quote from: TriSpark on June 09, 2021, 09:43:10 PM
As well as the K75, I have this lovely Kawasaki W650.
Nice clean machine. This bike gets lots of rave reviews. I'd love to try one on for size.
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Offline Racer468

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #154 on: June 15, 2021, 12:07:44 PM »
Hodaka- 74 Rat x2, Thunderdog 250
Yamaha- 76 and 77 YZ 250s, 77 XS650 Hardtail, TY
Bultaco- 76 250 Astro. 77 250 Pursang
Honda- FT500 Street tracker
Harley MX 250 in Dick Mann Replica frame
Penton- 250 Hare Scrambler, 175 Jackpiner
Jawa 898 Speedway
Countless additional projects.Still married after 37 years

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Offline sebas2357

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #155 on: July 12, 2021, 08:08:07 PM »
At the request of a fellow forum member, I wanted to share my other current motorcycle. This is a 2013 Honda Shadow Phantom that I purchased two years ago; which was an upgrade from a 2007 Honda Rebel.

In terms of my other moto ownerships, I've owned the following in chronological order:

1. 2007 Honda Rebel (sold)
2. 2013 Honda Shadow Phantom
3. 1983 BMW R65 (sold)
4. 1985 BMW K100

Best,

Seb
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Offline DanPete

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #156 on: September 05, 2021, 02:30:21 AM »
Quote from: AtLarge on September 07, 2020, 11:29:01 PM
My first street legal bike when I was 13 1/2 and the world was my oyster.  I don't get her out much now.  It has to work hard to haul my fat ass around.   :laughing1:


I had a 'glass body on a 750 for a short bit around 2000 or so. It had a F vin number, but a K engine in it. Total blast as a toy, though.
I didn't start ridin' till about a year after I left home, at the tender age of 19. Bought a 71 Honda 450 to learn to ride on. Turned down a friends dads bike, for around the same money, 'cause I did not want hard bags and a big ol' fairing old mans bike... it was a 70s Honda 400F 4 cyl. (I did not know much back then...) No clue who thought putting that aftermarket Vetter stuff on a 400F was a good plan.
From there there have been a parade of HDs and beater bike that would take a while to list!

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The first bike with me holding my niece.
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  • Wicksburg AL
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1987 K75S Red (metallic) (575)  53K miles.
1988 K75S Marrakesh Red (643) 35Kmiles. Currently apart
1993 K1100RS Mystic Red    Parts Bike.  Mostly complete.

Offline xcaret

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #157 on: September 10, 2021, 11:22:23 AM »
My other bike i have been riding is a 1991 Harley FXSTS ( springer) . I bought it in 1995 after it had been in a shop fire . It's my 8th Harley . I'm still riding it . I'll try posting before and after pics.
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Offline duckhawk

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #158 on: April 29, 2022, 09:15:24 PM »
This is what happens when you semi-retire...

.. this too.
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Offline milq

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #159 on: April 30, 2022, 10:53:26 PM »
I went back and looked at my original post in this thread and realized I've had a nearly complete turn over in bikes in those few years.

1985 K100 RT sold
Acquired a 1988 K75S (love it!)
2008 KLR 650 was sold
2015 KTM 1190 ADV became a 2017 R1200 GSA
2009 R1200 GS became a 2015 Yamaha WR250R
Still have the 77 HD Low Rider, kid owns the rigid but it's still in my parent's garage.
1983 R80RT was acquired (still need to sell it...decent bike, zero excitement for me and it's at work because I have no room at home...good boss!)

Think I need a classic British twin or a multi-cylinder 2-smoke (or both). Although not technically classic British twin, I kinda dig the new 650 Royal Enfield models and keep an eye out for a used one.

Clearly I also need more storage space. Lumber prices have kept that from happening but I'm getting very tired of banging my head in the 10 x 12 shed that houses my K bike and the GSA.
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Offline Scott_

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #160 on: August 27, 2022, 02:30:08 PM »
I've recently expanded my stable.
In the hopes of getting my wife to ride again, I went a bit bigger than my K and R and picked up a 2017 HD Ultra Limited.
It will take me some getting used to but I think I'm doing ok so far......  After some saddle time on this beast, my K seems like a mini-bike... lol..
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Offline The Mighty Gryphon

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #161 on: August 27, 2022, 03:14:29 PM »
Scott, I'm thinking it's pretty easy to see why your wife would like the Hardly Dangerous more than a brick.  Damn, that is a plush pillion!
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  • In my garage in Marilla, NY
  • '91K100RS White/Blue
Current:
'91 K100RS16V "Moby Brick Too"

Past:
'94 K75RT "Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS"
'92 K100RS16V "Moby Brick" (RIP, deceased in a vehicular assault)
'94 K75S Special Edition Dakar Yellow "Cheetos"
'89 K100RS Special Edition "Special Ed"

Offline Chaos

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #162 on: August 27, 2022, 03:53:11 PM »
I'm in a rut motorcycle-wise, same K since 1986 and the Ural since 2012. On the other hand I've gone bananas with bicycles, Canyon & mtn road bikes, Diamondback gravel bike and more bikes for the son and daughter, and a Trek Ebike for the wife.
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  • sw ohio
1987 K75S    VIN 0231
Original owner, Original litter
200,000 miles (plus or minus) and 5 paint jobs
sold 6/23
2023 Ural 2WD sidecar (BMW's bastard step child)

Offline xcaret

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #163 on: February 18, 2023, 11:33:01 PM »
My good weather bike is a 1991 Harley Springer that I bought in 1995 after it had been in a shop fire . Here's the before and after photos  .
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Offline NORMR

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #164 on: April 12, 2023, 07:20:10 PM »
My '82 RD350LC was bought new by me when I weighed about 50 lbs lighter and had a lot more hair. Planning on burying it with me :)
Picked up my Tracer 900GT a few yrs ago and enjoy it immensely. First bike with ABS and cruise control.
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Offline xcaret

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #165 on: April 13, 2023, 04:12:08 PM »
One's still brand new a 1995 Harley Road King 14 kilometers on uit .  Been in my living room since new .
The red ones a 1959 Harley FLH , got all the parts to finish but niot the ambition .
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Offline Barry in IN

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #166 on: April 13, 2023, 04:45:04 PM »
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Offline Chaos

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #167 on: April 14, 2023, 09:12:27 AM »
Quote from: Barry in IN on April 13, 2023, 04:45:04 PM
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  • sw ohio
1987 K75S    VIN 0231
Original owner, Original litter
200,000 miles (plus or minus) and 5 paint jobs
sold 6/23
2023 Ural 2WD sidecar (BMW's bastard step child)

Offline The Mighty Gryphon

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #168 on: April 14, 2023, 09:56:51 AM »
Gotta throw a little castor oil from the drug store in that Yammie's fuel tank to get the correct exhaust aroma. 
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  • In my garage in Marilla, NY
  • '91K100RS White/Blue
Current:
'91 K100RS16V "Moby Brick Too"

Past:
'94 K75RT "Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS"
'92 K100RS16V "Moby Brick" (RIP, deceased in a vehicular assault)
'94 K75S Special Edition Dakar Yellow "Cheetos"
'89 K100RS Special Edition "Special Ed"

Offline NORMR

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #169 on: April 18, 2023, 07:53:41 PM »
Quote from: NORMR on April 12, 2023, 07:20:10 PM
My '82 RD350LC was bought new by me when I weighed about 50 lbs lighter and had a lot more hair. Planning on burying it with me :)
Picked up my Tracer 900GT a few yrs ago and enjoy it immensely. First bike with ABS and cruise control.
I didn't ride my elsie much last year but plan on rectifying that this season. Its been all re-done except its still got the original paint. Came across my K75 inside an actual cattle barn this March
* IMG_6848.jpg (67.62 kB . 732x576 - viewed 314 times). Sat there for 7 years untouched. I spent 45 minutes shoveling snow to get the barn doors clear.
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Offline milq

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #170 on: July 06, 2023, 09:46:39 PM »
Quote from: milq on April 30, 2022, 10:53:26 PM
I went back and looked at my original post in this thread and realized I've had a nearly complete turn over in bikes in those few years.

1985 K100 RT sold
Acquired a 1988 K75S (love it!)
2008 KLR 650 was sold
2015 KTM 1190 ADV became a 2017 R1200 GSA
2009 R1200 GS became a 2015 Yamaha WR250R
Still have the 77 HD Low Rider, kid owns the rigid but it's still in my parent's garage.
1983 R80RT was acquired (still need to sell it...decent bike, zero excitement for me and it's at work because I have no room at home...good boss!)

Think I need a classic British twin or a multi-cylinder 2-smoke (or both). Although not technically classic British twin, I kinda dig the new 650 Royal Enfield models and keep an eye out for a used one.

Clearly I also need more storage space. Lumber prices have kept that from happening but I'm getting very tired of banging my head in the 10 x 12 shed that houses my K bike and the GSA.

Quoting meself seems....narcissistic (had to look up the spelling) but here we are with some changes...again.

Back in April I traded off the 2017 R1200GSA for something slightly lighter and more high strung. Got a Ducati DesertX Eye-talian thing, its frisky. Was tired of the GSA going into Limp-in mode and dragging it 300 mile round trip to the dealer only for the mother ship to say "adjust this/check that/send it back home to the owner". I should have made them pick it up under the roadside assistance every time. 

I recently sold the 1983 R80RT to a very happy 81 years young man.

Last but not least, the building crew arrives next Monday to build a garage on this new 30 x 50 slab of concrete. If this crew works like the concrete guys did, I suspect it will be complete and ready for me to start wiring by next Friday. The Amish don't fool around! 
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Offline Chaos

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #171 on: July 06, 2023, 10:34:12 PM »
Guess I ought to update here too, upgraded my 2012 Ural to a 2023 this past April (70th BD present to myself). New bike is great, they really upgraded just about everything and kept the antique flavor. And I treated myself to a gravel E-bike.  Figure at my age it's time to stop saving money and start blowing it, right?
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  • sw ohio
1987 K75S    VIN 0231
Original owner, Original litter
200,000 miles (plus or minus) and 5 paint jobs
sold 6/23
2023 Ural 2WD sidecar (BMW's bastard step child)

Offline VitK

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #172 on: July 14, 2023, 09:01:56 PM »
In addition to a 1991 K75, I ride a 2015 R1200RT, a 1979 R65 with Siebenrock 860, and a 1980 Goldwing. They’re all so different and I can never pick a favorite. My typical destination for these is Alice’s Restaurant in the Santa Cruz mountains (SF Bay Area). The twisty roads up to and around Alice’s show the strengths and weaknesses of each of these bikes as well as myself!
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Offline AndreP

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #173 on: September 26, 2023, 02:20:15 PM »
I mostly ride my piaggio, I just sold my versys 650 to afford both the scooter and the k75.
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Offline Laitch

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Re: What Other Non K Bikes Do You Ride?
« Reply #174 on: September 26, 2023, 05:18:41 PM »
Quote from: AndreP on September 26, 2023, 02:20:15 PM
I just sold my versys 650 to afford both the scooter and the k75.
The Versys 650 is the modern counterpart to the K75 only without its Teutonic cachet and spooky whine.  :laughing4-giggles:
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