Picked this up at the weekend - a 1997 R1100GS with just 21600 miles on it
Guy bought it in 2003 when it was 6 years old and ran it until 2011 . He was knocked off his pedal bike and seriously injured so he could no longer ride and the bike has sat in his heated garage unused since then
I went to see a R100RS (there will be a separate thread on that) and had to move the R1100GS to get the R100RS out
First job once I got it home was to remove the fuel tank and drain the old petrol which was pretty stale and the fuel pump strainer was split and the pump had drawn in debris and was seized solid
The rubber hoses , fuel pump damper and U bend were all badly degraded . So first parts order into Motorworks for a new pump , strainer , filter , sealing O ring , fuel hoses and clamps
Fitted a new battery and all the electrics work and the starter motor spins and the bike has good compression
Back brake almost works so will need some attention and there was zero front brake . Once I got the front reservoir cover off I realised why , the master cylinder seals had failed and the brake fluid had dripped onto the RH rocker cover
Removed the RH switchgear , grip and the master cylinder and stripped it all down and will order
a rebuild kit
I'll get the fuel system all rebuilt and check the engine runs OK and it changes gear etc then I'll decide what else it needs.....
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Guy bought it in 2003 when it was 6 years old and ran it until 2011 . He was knocked off his pedal bike and seriously injured so he could no longer ride and the bike has sat in his heated garage unused since then
I went to see a R100RS (there will be a separate thread on that) and had to move the R1100GS to get the R100RS out
First job once I got it home was to remove the fuel tank and drain the old petrol which was pretty stale and the fuel pump strainer was split and the pump had drawn in debris and was seized solid
The rubber hoses , fuel pump damper and U bend were all badly degraded . So first parts order into Motorworks for a new pump , strainer , filter , sealing O ring , fuel hoses and clamps
Fitted a new battery and all the electrics work and the starter motor spins and the bike has good compression
Back brake almost works so will need some attention and there was zero front brake . Once I got the front reservoir cover off I realised why , the master cylinder seals had failed and the brake fluid had dripped onto the RH rocker cover
Removed the RH switchgear , grip and the master cylinder and stripped it all down and will order
a rebuild kit
I'll get the fuel system all rebuilt and check the engine runs OK and it changes gear etc then I'll decide what else it needs.....
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