Just Another Brick

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Just Another Brick

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in the wall...
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Re: Just Another Brick

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Top Bricks facts No. 254

The 1000cc K100 was a four cylinder and had a square exhaust can, four sides of a square denoting the four cylinders.

The 750cc K75 was a triple and had... you guessed it, a triangular shaped exhaust can!
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Re: Just Another Brick

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I quite like that - it's nice and clean.
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Re: Just Another Brick

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Not bad at all...
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The custom boyos seem to love them and make a decent job of improving the dull looks of the original.
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Re: Just Another Brick

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That looks a proper job!
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Re: Just Another Brick

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The K75 is probably more boring to ride than the CX500, it looks OK'ish but what a dull motorcycle to use as a base bike. On the plus side, a well maintained motor will go sailing past 250k miles with ease.
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Re: Just Another Brick

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That's a good looking thing. Don't like the 'silencer' for some reason I'm not quite sure about...but other than that :thumbup:
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Re: Just Another Brick

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Pirahna wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 4:49 pm The K75 is probably more boring to ride than the CX500, it looks OK'ish but what a dull motorcycle to
For me, it was 20+ years between the CX and K75 (and that was 20 years ago) so I couldn't compare the two.

However, the K needed revs - it changes character over 4k. And sounds better.
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Re: Just Another Brick

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Really like that :thumbup: I could even ride it without being in pain!
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Re: Just Another Brick

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Skub wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:19 pm The custom boyos seem to love them and make a decent job of improving the dull looks of the original.
K75S is a lovely wee thing. Absolutely gorgeous.

The problem with custom bricks is that the swinger is too long, its even worse on the 100 and the later ones.
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Horrible wrist-aching angle on the handlebars. Otherwise, far from the worst I've seen.
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Re: Just Another Brick

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Better than the original but, for me, the overall impression is just slightly dull and boring. It's like whoever designed it added those nasty red highlights as an afterthought so that it didn't blend in with his effing garage doors ffs.
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Re: Just Another Brick

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The head from a K100 is fairly easy to convert to fit on a Mini engine.
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Re: Just Another Brick

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Isn't the K100 DOHC and the Mini ummm...not?

I gets that's why you'd do it, but it doesn't sound like it's the head you need to worry about modifying :D
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Re: Just Another Brick

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Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:41 pm Isn't the K100 DOHC and the Mini ummm...not?

I gets that's why you'd do it, but it doesn't sound like it's the head you need to worry about modifying :D
K100 is only 8v iirc, the K1100 is 16v
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Re: Just Another Brick

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Whysub wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:39 pm The head from a K100 is fairly easy to convert to fit on a Mini engine.
I wonder who was first to notice that? (Not to mention why :D ).
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