Post by bstardchild on Feb 3, 2018 12:47:28 GMT
Not sure if this really qualifies as retro.....
I started looking many years ago for a K100RS as a project (I have champagne tastes and a beer money budget) couldn't find one in budget that wasn't suitable only for breaking - I started looking at K1100RS versions as they seemed to be cheaper but again the few I looked at really were too expensive for the faults they had and I found a GPz1000RX and did something with that instead.
Then last year I a K1200RS popped up in my ebay search box (seller had tagged K100RS and K1100RS in the add) it was cheap, had a few honestly declared faults, was bloody miles away, had no MOT and was a horrible colour.......
So I bought it.................... Shipley Delivered it for £180
It arrived and it was nice to find that everything was exactly as the seller described - so clearly my belief/feeling that he was an honest chap and the bike was as described was correct.
So what's wrong with it
Indicator pods frequently fall off
Oil seal leak in the clutch housing - so might be dealing with that soonish
Paintwork showing signs of use
Exhaust can has graze on it
The Panniers are fine but the Top Box is utterly knackered
Need to get it MOT'd
However 10 mins after delivery and having re-fitted the battery it fired up first prod - exhaust gasses are smoke free and it ticks over nicely - the ABS light goes out once moving and in the short trip up a private road and back it all seems fine.
I started looking many years ago for a K100RS as a project (I have champagne tastes and a beer money budget) couldn't find one in budget that wasn't suitable only for breaking - I started looking at K1100RS versions as they seemed to be cheaper but again the few I looked at really were too expensive for the faults they had and I found a GPz1000RX and did something with that instead.
Then last year I a K1200RS popped up in my ebay search box (seller had tagged K100RS and K1100RS in the add) it was cheap, had a few honestly declared faults, was bloody miles away, had no MOT and was a horrible colour.......
So I bought it.................... Shipley Delivered it for £180
It arrived and it was nice to find that everything was exactly as the seller described - so clearly my belief/feeling that he was an honest chap and the bike was as described was correct.
So what's wrong with it
Indicator pods frequently fall off
Oil seal leak in the clutch housing - so might be dealing with that soonish
Paintwork showing signs of use
Exhaust can has graze on it
The Panniers are fine but the Top Box is utterly knackered
Need to get it MOT'd
However 10 mins after delivery and having re-fitted the battery it fired up first prod - exhaust gasses are smoke free and it ticks over nicely - the ABS light goes out once moving and in the short trip up a private road and back it all seems fine.