K11 Owners Group

Off the grid · Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:18 am Post subject:

Yes she was, great girl, and from what I learned of her family and culture, very friendly, food, karaoke and family oriented people. Laughing

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Bane of your existence since July 2006
2007 Triumph Tiger ABS. "Sabertooth"
2009 Husqvarna TE610. "The dirty Italian mistress"

Mystic Red · Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:20 am Post subject:

Sorry to hear about your mishap, Don, and am glad you're healing. What happened in Canada?
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Scott Hespelt, '94 K11LT
K11 OG #466

Don Sproule

I piled my bike into a ladies passenger side door in a (big) parking lot in my home town doing about 30 MPH. Fortunalely there was no blood or broken spinal cords. The state insurance company (Peoples' Republic of Saskatchewan) has yet to determine value or level of damage, although they've tried to lay blame on me for the collision. I'm not taking it laying down.
I fear it's going to turn into an ongoing saga.

Don

Jim · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:59 pm Post subject: bling bling thread bump

riding season will soon be here - but you still have time to replace all those rusty fasteners.

Chris Powers at Desmoparts has kits for the K11RS and the K11LT. Desmoparts: http://www.desmoparts.com/ .

Chris is a really great guy, and runs a first class operation. He's also a fellow biker. I don't know about his ebay sales, but if you buy from Desmoparts, you get free shipping worldwide (or at least that was the setup the last time I looked).

Because stainless steel fasteners are not as strong as steel, there are some bolts and screws that can't be replaced - mostly suspension, steering and brake related - but most of those are out of sight anyway. Unless there's been a change, Chris is getting most of the stainless hardware from Italy.

I was a little concerned that the stainless might not look quite right in some places, but actually, it looks great. Some of the fasteners on my bike had started to rust - stainless is a vast improvement! I highly recommend this kit.
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Jim
1997 K1100LTSE 94,000 - still has gremlins!
1995 R100RT Classic 16,650 crashed - repaired!
1992 K75RTP 46,000

"We shall not all die, but we shall all be changed."

Flying Duck · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:48 pm Post subject:

I pulled various parts from my two K11s and my project K75 and was able to do three bikes for about $75. If you have the time and have a local store (Tacoma Screw Products for me) that has patient salespeople and good inventory, it's a fairly simple project.

I've also seen Jim's bike. Iif your'e looking for a plug n play solution delivered to your door, Desmo's prices seem very reasonable to me.

Jim, does hte Desmo kit include the pegplate bolts?:
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93 LT (x2)
94 RS
86-97 K75F(K75/100/1100 Frankenbrick)
86 K75C w/paralever, hi perf cams,TURBO!
91 & 92 K75Ss
91 K1
86 custom K100
14 WR250R
IBA #17739 (SS1K, BBG, 50CC)
Buy parts HERE

Jim · Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:37 am Post subject: stainless fasteners

Drake - nope - didn't include those. The BMW kit is $55.00 delivered to your door - http://www.desmoparts.com/bmw/index.htm . Probably one of the cheaper things you'd ever put on a bike.
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Jim
1997 K1100LTSE 94,000 - still has gremlins!
1995 R100RT Classic 16,650 crashed - repaired!
1992 K75RTP 46,000

"We shall not all die, but we shall all be changed."

Flying Duck · Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:13 am Post subject:

My bikes have stainless peg plate bolts too. Very Happy

(Neener, neener, neener! Razz

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93 LT (x2)
94 RS
86-97 K75F(K75/100/1100 Frankenbrick)
86 K75C w/paralever, hi perf cams,TURBO!
91 & 92 K75Ss
91 K1
86 custom K100
14 WR250R
IBA #17739 (SS1K, BBG, 50CC)
Buy parts HERE