K11 Owners Group

[m1ks]

Hi all,

My names Mike and i'm an idiot, (well, that's what I felt like after trawling round my K1100 for the roundel authorisation code and scratching my head wondering where to find this mysterious roundel, the second look was when I realised it was sitting there on the tank).
I'm new to BMW ownership having just acquired a K1100LT SE of 96 vintage, it has a few prob's to address but i'll sort a post for the tech forum.
I'm a former mechanic, like to mess around with engines of any sort but bikes particularly and have been riding for as long as I have been able, I live in the Scottish highlands very near the Isle of Skye.
Look forward to getting to know people and hopefully getting some useful advice on my new toy.

Mike

[Phil Marvin]

Hi, Mike,
Welcome to the asylum! Ask away, whatever questions you may have. We'll answer the questions. The answers may not be the CORRECT answers, but they will be answers! One thing you must know. Your bike is not likely to understand a Scottish brogue or Broad Scots. If you speak with either of these accents, it would be advisable to learn a modicum of German curse words. THESE, the bike should understand! Also, understand that most of us are on the other side of the big pond and, as such, don't know how to spell "tyre", "humour", "labour", etc., so you will just need to humor us. Again, Welcome!
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Ride Safe,
Phil Marvin in El Paso, TX
'94 K75A/3
'95 K75RTP

[m1ks]

Thanks for the warm welcome, don't worry about your inability to spell, I worked for several years with young people who'd just left university, as a result of which they cud only spl smthing lke ths.
Seriously I jest not, It beggared belief that someone who'd allegedly been educated to a higher standard had worse spelling than a primary school student.
Mobile phones and text messaging have so much to answer for.
Fortunately I was quite good at schoolboy german and our friendly tutor would slip in the odd german obscenity for our amusment.

I have to say American spelling doesn't bother me in the slightest, I can see the logic as you're generally getting rid of superfluous words and thinning things down, (colour / color etc), I really wish you'd all learn how to say Zed though, watching twist the throttle recently on the Kawasaki and lost count of the times I heard Zee

[hirschhs]

Hi Mike and welcome from quite far over the border.
I know nothing but what I do know I'm happy to share - usually wrong but what the heck.
I know all about the undergrad inability to write a sentence and indeed post grad inability to write a sensible and half correct paragraph.
My LTSE is about the same age as yours and going very strong indeed. Have fun with it.
I'm a world renown expert on the lt screens having to take my motor out at least twice a week to do something or other Half kidding in the sense that I'm no expert but I do have to take it out often.
These guys know everything and what they don't know they make up.. brilliant
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Cheers, Steve H _______________________________________
K-less in Bucks
2001 ST1100A

1994 Yamaha 600 Diversion 'Hers'
2006 Kawasaki Z750s 'Hers'