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Not when I had a succession of them :)
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They only became cool because you stopped riding them :p
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Horse wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:14 am https://www.lorddrakekustoms.com/bmw-k1 ... afe-racer/

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Currently the BMW K are one of the most demanded motorcycles to customize.

:shifty: :( :o
Liking the Supertrapp, can’t really get anything worse than the original.

These naked k’s look good for a pose around which I spose is the whole point but taking the fairing off makes them awful to ride above 50.
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KungFooBob wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:36 am All the coolest kids ride flying bricks.

That's easier to rhyme with 'bricks' than with 'kids'.
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G.P wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:57 am Z1300

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Wasn't there a race series for those big Zeds in Japan a couple of decades ago?
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Gregor wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:26 am Liking the Supertrapp, can’t really get anything worse than the original.
It is possible. Particularly when the painted steel rusts at a fixing point, then vibrates at certain revs - making a noise like an angry cat :D
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Horse wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 11:19 am
Gregor wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:26 am Liking the Supertrapp, can’t really get anything worse than the original.
It is possible. Particularly when the painted steel rusts at a fixing point, then vibrates at certain revs - making a noise like an angry cat :D
I like a bike that sings to you, the glove boxes makes a nice tune too. :P
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Older skool...

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Horse wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:14 am
Currently the BMW K are one of the most demanded motorcycles to customize.

:shifty: :( :o
Would it be cycnical to suggest that that could be because they're very modular in construction, with a self contained motor&drive unit that is very easy to fit custom bits onto?

The flying brick was used by Arnold Wagner for the Ecomobile for precisely that reason.
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G.P wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:57 am Z1300

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Wh6 are there two pedals by the RHS footpeg?
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Beancounter wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:36 pm
G.P wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:57 am Z1300

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Wh6 are there two pedals by the RHS footpeg?
:crazy: :D :D :D :D :D
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Rockburner wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:40 pm
Beancounter wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:36 pm
G.P wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:57 am Z1300

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Wh6 are there two pedals by the RHS footpeg?
:crazy: :D :D :D :D :D
Yeah yeah, okay, polished surface. I’ve only just got out of bed. :D :silent:
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Beancounter wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:46 pm
Rockburner wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:40 pm
Beancounter wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:36 pm

Wh6 are there two pedals by the RHS footpeg?
:crazy: :D :D :D :D :D
Yeah yeah, okay, polished surface. I’ve only just got out of bed. :D :silent:
Brake bias levers, one's for the left and the other is for the right. ;)
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Horse wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 11:19 am
Gregor wrote: Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:26 am Liking the Supertrapp, can’t really get anything worse than the original.
It is possible. Particularly when the painted steel rusts at a fixing point, then vibrates at certain revs - making a noise like an angry cat :D
When I had my K there was a thing about frame "harmonics"! The idea was you undid all major bolts and if there was a gap between the frame and engine, you shimmed it with a washer or two. I think I did it and I think it worked. :think: :hmmm: Probably didn't though? :D
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Could do without the windowed clutch cover, but I quite like this...

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The exhaust is lovely.
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MingtheMerciless wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 4:30 pm The exhaust is lovely.
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So that's bellmouth carb type looking stuff, but EFI. :D
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 5:03 pm So that's bellmouth carb type looking stuff, but EFI. :D
I wonder if I can get orange injector bodies for the Rockster.....
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Love this...


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