K11 Owners Group

[SoCal_Michael]

Hello All,

My name is Michael from Covina, CA and I am new to the K11OG group. I am also new to owning a BMW which I purchased a few weeks ago. I have been riding motorcycles since I was 15 years old and I am past 50 now. Most of my riding was done in my teens and early 20ies but I have logged about 60K in the last ten years using two Honda PC800. A BMW was not what I expected to buy but I now have a white and black 1993 K1100LT with 87600 on it. It is by no means a new bike and I am slowly finding out what is wrong with it. Or at least the problems are showing up and I am looking for the answers. It looks like you guys have gone the distance with this model and know what they are about. I am trying to pick up pearls of wisdom because I like to work on my bike (or car) as much as I can or feel comfortable doing. Thanks for posting all your great info from the past.
SoCalMichael
93' K1100LT

[Sonu]

Welcome Michael,

You will do fine with this bike. Post any questions in the tech section.

PM me if you ride up north. I'm in San Jose, CA.

Sanjiv
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1997 K1100LT "Ziggy" _GarminGPS_Corbin saddle_K Guards _Hyperlights_Fog lights_Eastern Beaver Relays_Cee Bailey_4"speakers_Michelin PR4's_MoS2_Spiegler lines_TPMS_VDO

[SugarHillCTD]

Michael, first of all........WELCOME!

Having come from riding a Pacific Coast, your "new" brick will have a bit more grunt in the power department.

As Sanjiv said, this group has LOTS of knowledge with these bikes- just ask.

Oh yeah- we wanna' see some pictures of your bike(s).

John
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John & Cathy

'92 K100RS4V Pearl White SOLD
'04 K1200GT
IBA Several-SS1k, BBG, 50CC NYC to S.F.

[Stoked Steve]

Welcome Micheal, you've come to the right place, there isn't anything about K's that these guys don't know about.

I have saved countless hours (or is that spent?) of shop time with the collective knowledge here. It's pretty rare that someone here doesn't have an answer to almost any question.

Enjoy your K. I was almost going to buy a PC800 until I stumbled, quite by accident, on my K1100RS sitting forgotten in a local consignment shop. I had no idea what a K1100 even was until I saw my bike and did some research on it.

With age comes some annoying electrical gremlins, but once you get through the basic issues, they are great bikes and the engines will go forever. The '93's have some odd differences from the later ones, mostly carry over items from the K100's, like ABS I instead of ABS II, so just keep in mind some of the tech stuff might not apply, but most of it does. You're off to a good start by having your bikes year and model in the sig line, that way people can you give more specific advice.

Welcome again!
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Steve
Virginia Beach, VA
93 K1100RS Mystic Red SOLD
12 Suzuki DL650A VStrom

[drmalacarne]

Welcome to the group!
Pics of a white K1100LT are always welcome too!!
Guilherme.
São Paulo, BRazil.
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1994 K1100LT SE n° 0267
1998 HD Heritage Springer 95th anniversary
Yes, a Hog and a Beemer can live together!

[Number 6]

Welcome!
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I am not a number, I am a free man.

94 K1100LT

[SoCal_Michael]

Thanks for the welcome. Can anyone tell me how to post a photo here? I'm not having any luck. I would imagine it has something to do with Img.
Michael
93 K1100LT[/img]

[Jim]

Hi Michael - welcome to K11og!

See if this helps any: http://k11og.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=39924#39924

You need access to a picture hosting site - there are a number of free sites with limited storage: https://picasaweb.google.com
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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."