Finnigan
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Hey everyone,
Came across a red BMW k100 that is being sold by a widow's son (?) The story is: after he passed she put it in the garage -apparently up on blocks- and there it sat under a cover. It has 4100 original miles on it and yes it still has the nubbies on the original tires. The bike is in showroom quality and honestly I think it belongs in a BMW museum but it runs and everything is good. He changed the fluids and unfroze the fuel pump, brakes and sprayed lube in the cylinders before starting it up. It smoked for a bit but purrs like a kitten. I'm assuming he has all the paperwork for it since he knows the widow is the second owner.
The bad news is he wants more than I think its worth, so he offered to cut the cost down if I trade my cb750 single sided swingarm project which I'm not keen on doing.
Anyone own one of these bikes? I've heard they are reliable but terrible in summer traffic because they heat up so much.
Thanks
Came across a red BMW k100 that is being sold by a widow's son (?) The story is: after he passed she put it in the garage -apparently up on blocks- and there it sat under a cover. It has 4100 original miles on it and yes it still has the nubbies on the original tires. The bike is in showroom quality and honestly I think it belongs in a BMW museum but it runs and everything is good. He changed the fluids and unfroze the fuel pump, brakes and sprayed lube in the cylinders before starting it up. It smoked for a bit but purrs like a kitten. I'm assuming he has all the paperwork for it since he knows the widow is the second owner.
The bad news is he wants more than I think its worth, so he offered to cut the cost down if I trade my cb750 single sided swingarm project which I'm not keen on doing.
Anyone own one of these bikes? I've heard they are reliable but terrible in summer traffic because they heat up so much.
Thanks