Thread: Any one on here ridden or serviced a BMW K1000LT ?

The K series BMW are unbreable. I used to have one but when back to the boxer engine models.
Just do an oil change every 5000 km and she will do 300000 km without dramas.
I like more the R series.

As long as the oil has been changed every five or six thousand kms, you will have about 100000 to 150000 more kms before you need to take the head off and have a look at how its going. I've ridden lots of BMWs (white ones) and the K100 was the best of them, in terms of reliability. Later bigger bore, multivalve ones always had annoying vibrations (enough to numb fingers) and things falling off them. If not already done, some sort of extension to the top of the screen, or a replacement taller screen, is advisable as the standard screen directed a blast of air right at your head (unless your jockey sized, but then you would fall off every time you stopped cos your feet won't touch the ground).

ugu80 is right about the seat height,,,
and its a lot of bike to fall over--
actually its a lot of bike for 16klms,,,



hey ugu,, ever ride one of these?


had serious thoughts about them at one stage,

Pedro, the K series are very low, my old R1150GS was nice and high

Originally Posted by black betty

Hi,
I'm thinking about getting a 90's BMW 1000 LT or 75 LT for my daily commute from Gungahlin to Canberra (16Km).

As the bikes I'm looking at have between 110k and 150k on the clock I'm wondering what sort of servicing should have been done already and what I can expect to go wrong in the next 20k?

I know that I'm looking at a big bike for a small commute, but I like the upright position and the easy to see factor. Not to mention that I'm over 40 and will be wearing a suit and tie.

I had a K100(same riding position as the LT but no fairing) for 12mths and a K100RS for over five years, brilliant bike, they are bullet proof, very comfortable (even the RS is) especially on long trips, very reliable and very easy to service.

My K100

My K100RS


I hated the boxer, until they introduced the paralever rear end, the K series was streets ahead in power, handling and comfort.

Baz.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

ugu80 is right about the seat height,,,
and its a lot of bike to fall over--
actually its a lot of bike for 16klms,,,



hey ugu,, ever ride one of these?


had serious thoughts about them at one stage,

Loved it. Best bike of the type I've ridden. Had short jaunt on the ST1300, felt very similar, just a little better everywhere, I preferred it over the FJR1300 (sorry Ron). However, as good as they were in their time, bikes just keep getting better. I would take the current BMW R1200 over them all. Plenty of power in the FJR but the BMW will eat it up and spit it out when the road gets twisty.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

actually its a lot of bike for 16klms,,,

I know. But I have not ridden a bike for 10 yrs so I want something big slow and comfortable.

I do not want to be tempted to try to ride the way I did when I was courier rider in the UK

I used to have an ex police K100 that I used to commute from Gosford to Sydney CBD each day - round trip was just under 180km per day - I did it for over three years putting up 200,000km on it. The only real maintenance required was to change the oil, spark plugs and check the coolant - and tyres. Only issue was vapour lock on hot days - filled up with cool fuel before the commute.

Was a great cruising bike - even rode down to Canberra in winter for work and had the ice crystals coming off the windscreen. I got rid of it because I moved to Canberra it was just too cold in winter to commute to work so I used my unheated series 3 instead.

I would have a long hard think about commuting in winter in Canberra on a bike - I shivver just thinking about it.

Garry