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Offline Laitch

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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #525 on: February 08, 2017, 07:44:41 PM »
Quote from: Laitch on February 08, 2017, 07:32:01 PM
That's news! Where is it attached; do you have a photo? I haven't found it on the fiche list for K75. ABS is there. I thought O2 sensors were 4-valve creatures.
Maybe you mean throttle position sensor. An O2 sensor on a K75 would be somebody's project, I'd guess. I don't know why else it would have one.
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Offline Chaos

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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #526 on: February 08, 2017, 07:49:33 PM »
Some of the best K's are mix & match :clap:
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1987 K75S    VIN 0231
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Offline The Mighty Gryphon

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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #527 on: February 09, 2017, 08:35:04 AM »
O2 sensor means it has a Motronic!  If that's true, I want to know how it was done!
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'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 Laitch

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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #528 on: February 09, 2017, 08:57:17 AM »
Quote from: The Mighty Gryphon on February 09, 2017, 08:35:04 AM
O2 sensor means it has a Motronic!
That, or something else like wmax351's bike had for a while.
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Offline billday

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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #529 on: February 09, 2017, 09:33:59 AM »
Quote from: Jonico on February 06, 2017, 06:34:36 PM
Hi folks! Here's a picture of my 1985 K75RT ABS (yeah I know that's not possible but...). I bought it 2 years ago for 2000€, and can say it's the best purchase I've ever made. I added heated grips, hazard lights, and a few oil changes. And the O2 sensor, which was failing. Picked up a used one from a Gipsy in Seville for €20. Oh, and I put in a new shock absorber and new springs in the fork.

Nice bike, thanks for posting it up. Please post more pictures of sunny Spain!
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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #530 on: February 09, 2017, 01:01:13 PM »
Quote from: Laitch on February 08, 2017, 07:32:01 PM
That's news! Where is it attached; do you have a photo? I haven't found it on the fiche list for K75. ABS is there. I thought O2 sensors were 4-valve creatures.

So that's why it was so cheap! ;-)
OK, so I get the picture it wasn't an O2 sensor. What's the sensor that monitors the fuel injection on a K75? I can can't  understand the gizmo names in English let alone in Spanish!



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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #531 on: February 09, 2017, 01:06:41 PM »
Quote from: billday on February 09, 2017, 09:33:59 AM
Nice bike, thanks for posting it up. Please post more pictures of sunny Spain!


I've got a fetish for taking pics of castles and motorcycles together. Most of mine are of my Royal Enfield (R.I.P.) but I have some with the K75, and will be taking plenty more this year.




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Offline Laitch

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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #532 on: February 09, 2017, 02:02:22 PM »
Quote from: Jonico on February 09, 2017, 01:01:13 PM
What's the sensor that monitors the fuel injection on a K75?
The fuel injection control unit or L-Jetronic.
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Offline Laitch

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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #533 on: February 09, 2017, 04:51:51 PM »
Have you ever run your bike's identification number through a VIN checker to verify its model and year of manufacture, Jónico?
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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #534 on: February 09, 2017, 05:24:15 PM »
Latch.........I gotta go off thread cause I can't stand the suspense anymore..........what the hell is your picture about........faith healing? Laying on hands?  :dunno2:
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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #535 on: February 09, 2017, 07:37:27 PM »
One handed kneeling urination contest,  Very popular in Vermont.
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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #536 on: February 09, 2017, 08:16:03 PM »
LMFAO!!!!! :hehehe
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Offline Filmcamera

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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #537 on: February 09, 2017, 08:20:23 PM »
Left handed circle jerk more like.... impressed by the guy using BOTH hands!
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Offline Jonico

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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #538 on: February 10, 2017, 01:25:23 AM »
Quote from: Laitch on February 09, 2017, 04:51:51 PM
Have you ever run your bike's identification number through a VIN checker to verify its model and year of manufacture, Jónico?

Yep. Its VIN says it's a K75C manufacturer in late 1985. Go figure.
So now I'm curious about what bits of it are the 1985 bits and what stuff is newer. I read in the tech library here that the alternators were upgraded (from 40 to 60?) at some time, for instance...


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Offline Laitch

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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #539 on: February 10, 2017, 07:44:40 AM »
Quote from: Jonico on February 10, 2017, 01:25:23 AM
Yep. Its VIN says it's a K75C manufacturer in late 1985. Go figure.
So now I'm curious about what bits of it are the 1985 bits and what stuff is newer.
The rear disc is not stock K75C. They were drums. The larger alternators appeared around '94. Here's a site that tells some of the story.

Did you come up with the F suffix? There's a K75F (Frankenbrick) created by a prolific contributor to K-bike sites. Your bike is unique, especially with the ABS. It seems like yours was somebody's platform for thoughtful modifications. It's a nice catch.

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Offline The Mighty Gryphon

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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #540 on: February 10, 2017, 09:14:11 AM »
To my jaundiced eye, that isn't a bike that some loving owner lavished a lot of time and cash on doing upgrades.

If the bike in the photos is the bike we are talking about, there are two scenarios that come to mind.  The most likely is that someone started with a later model RT/LT that was in an accident and had a badly tweaked frame.  Then they did a transplant to a C model frame.

The second is that somebody had a hot brick that they wanted to make legal so they could sell it.  I had neighbors long ago in El Paso who had a nice little business doing just that with Hardly Fergusons.

It would be interesting to run the engine number.  From the photos, I would expect it to be from an '89 or later bike.

Either way, it's a really nice looking bike.
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'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 jakgieger

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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #541 on: February 10, 2017, 06:26:15 PM »
Quote from: Filmcamera on February 09, 2017, 08:20:23 PM
Left handed circle jerk more like.... impressed by the guy using BOTH hands!
+1  :hehehe
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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #542 on: February 10, 2017, 06:51:57 PM »
Quote from: Filmcamera on February 09, 2017, 08:20:23 PM
Left handed circle jerk more like.... i

More like a line jerk.....
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Offline Laitch

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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #543 on: February 10, 2017, 07:03:04 PM »
Quote from: TrueAce on February 09, 2017, 05:24:15 PM
Latch.........I gotta go off thread cause I can't stand the suspense anymore..........what the hell is your picture about........faith healing? Laying on hands?  :dunno2:
It certainly is an evocative photo and apparently even stimulating to some here.

Anyway, the photo was taken at a point in the ceremony when there was an interruption because the guy using two hands still couldn't find it. Idi asked for volunteers to help the guy find it. The moment was memorialized.

It's all about the interaction of a benefactor with volunteerism.
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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #544 on: February 10, 2017, 07:15:57 PM »
I may be mistaken but isn't that a rocket bike?
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Offline jakgieger

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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #545 on: February 13, 2017, 10:25:19 PM »
Well, I guess at some point in your life you have to ask...why?? :popcorm
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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #546 on: February 13, 2017, 10:59:56 PM »
A two wheel Winnebago.  When you don't want to pay for the diesel to run an 18 wheeler.
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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"

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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #547 on: February 14, 2017, 04:59:05 PM »
Is that an Indian Roadmaster ?
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Offline Laitch

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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #548 on: February 14, 2017, 05:01:15 PM »
Quote from: johnny on February 14, 2017, 03:45:27 PM
greetings...
the original motobrick...
Nice looking bike. Did you wear it out or sell it off or both?
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Re: Re: Back again with a 90 K75S that's been in storage since 1992
« Reply #549 on: February 14, 2017, 05:16:18 PM »
but is it taintilarorating?

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2023 Ural 2WD sidecar (BMW's bastard step child)
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