New bike ....

[slparry]

I appear to have successfully bid on a new bike Will collect next week hopefully

Nice to realise there's ohlins installed too

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[Paul]

Very nice

[exoticices]

Great!

There're a couple of good groups on facebook and BSK Speedworks do some special stuff for them.

The pannier lids have a reputation for coming loose on the move apparently so put a bit of tape on them temporarily until you can secure them properly.

[boxerscott]

I think it looks err weird, but... i recognise it is collectable and therefore a sound purchase. Enjoy Steve

Chris

[simon]

No, not weird, ... interestingly different
Loving the yellow bits of course!!

[nab 301]

Steve , let us know what you think of it if you ever get around to riding it!

[andy griff]

Steve, that's from Peacehaven, near me. He also sold a K100RS that went for a bargain price !
My mate has bought 2 x K1, one in the red and one in the blue. you got this at a good price

[boxerscott]

The side stand can double up as a workshop roll holder!! or a hoopla peg if one is getting bored of polishing it.

The k2 will be an extremely hard portfolio.

chris

[Blackal]

Not for me, but that’s why they make - chocolate and vanilla..............

(And custard )

Should draw a crowd - at the Ponderosa ....... for sure.

Enjoy!

[R1100S]

Absolutely gorgeous... but I would say that

I was 10 in 1989 and my parents had a subscription to Radio Times. That year, Radio Times had a double page K1 advert in the centre-fold. I un-picked the staples and that went straight on the bedroom wall as the motorbike I was going to own. My dad b*llocked me because he lost that evenings TV schedule on the reverse!

30 years later and I still look at them in awe.

Enjoy!

(Although I prefer my Marakesh Red )

[slparry]

Well after a l-o-n-g trek down to Brighton from north Wales and back in a day the K1 is now in the garage.

Speedo isn't working …. have a spare one, so some diagnostics and fiddling required. I expected some on a 30 year old bike.

Put my sat nav on it tonight as a speedo and went for a trial ride out. Goes very well, the 16v engine is less grunty down the bottom end than my 8v was but there's a noticeable powerband at about 4.5rpm when it veritably launches itself … I'm suspecting it's been chipped to match its Ohlins suspension

Surprised at how good the brakes are too.

Looking forward to working on it, so far I've put a new battery as the old one was maxing out at 6v

Handles well, brand new tyres

[Mitch1100]

Just saw this on fb

[slparry]

there was a guy taking pics at the horseshoe pass the other evening so I "had" to buy a photo

[Taz]

Very nice - good purchase

[johnny 5]

Steve your on the wrong side of the road