Fatjock
STOC #8872
.....................Looking forlorn, covered in garish stickers, and obviously needing some TLC.......and sporting a "for sale" sign.
Just like my wife can't go to Petsmart on "adoption day" without "rescuing" a dog, I felt the need to rescue this bike. So $1,800 dollars later, I'm now the proud owner of a black '94 1100 with just under 103k miles on it, to go with my Wineberry Red '01.
This one is much more of a project. Runs fine, but slightly rough, so after I get the ridiculous decals off it, that'll be the second thing to address.
I've got a list of jobs to do, but most are cosmetic. Just the slightly rough running, and the worn tire are affecting functionality.
I spent time last night ordering parts for the repairs/upgrades, including a new front tire for it. The Bridgestone there is at the wear bars, so I've ordered a Michelin (to go with the nearly new Michelin on the rear), and that should take care of the woolly front-end handling.
There is a Corbin seat on it. But since this has a tear in it, and I didn't find it as comfortable as the stock one, I've ordered a used stock seat from flea-bay.
While there I got some European spec decals on the way too.
The previous owner was selling as it was too heavy for him, and he'd tipped it, taking out the RH mirror.
So a replacement mirror and surround are on order.
The LH fairing box cover is cracked, and has a rusted out mic mount on it, so I've got one of them on order, as well as a replacement for the small rectangular fairing cover missing from the RH fairing.
Not sure if the slight roughness is due to less than immaculately clean carbs, or perhaps an ignition misfire, so I've got coils and HT cables on order, and a carb cleaning on the "to-do" list.
It has a GIVI box on it, but it's red, so a bit of paint is in order to get color-matched, and while I'm at that, there's some paint flaking on the airbox shroud, so I'll do that too. (Eventually, I'll get the whole bike repainted, but that may be a year or two down the road). The lights on the box aren't operative, so I'll get that done too.
While in an ordering mood, I ordered the same sound system and LED headlamp upgrade kit I put on the '01. There is some type of throttle-lock on it already, but I'll likely replace that with a Brakeaway, as that's what I have on the '01, and our two Burgman 650's.
It has a 12v socket already, so no need to add that, and I have a spare GPS holding tank-bib (same as on the '01), so no need to order that.
I still have to get the fluids for a complete service/tune-up/fluid change, to get me onto a maintenance schedule, and need to see yet how much meat is left on the brakes, but they work just fine.
So, so far I'm into it about $3K into it, with some work, and some learning to do, and very happy.
I'll post some pics when it stops raining here so it can be seen properly, and may even remember to take some when doing the lights for a "How-to" on the LED upgrade, if anyone else wants to use the same kit.
Just like my wife can't go to Petsmart on "adoption day" without "rescuing" a dog, I felt the need to rescue this bike. So $1,800 dollars later, I'm now the proud owner of a black '94 1100 with just under 103k miles on it, to go with my Wineberry Red '01.
This one is much more of a project. Runs fine, but slightly rough, so after I get the ridiculous decals off it, that'll be the second thing to address.
I've got a list of jobs to do, but most are cosmetic. Just the slightly rough running, and the worn tire are affecting functionality.
I spent time last night ordering parts for the repairs/upgrades, including a new front tire for it. The Bridgestone there is at the wear bars, so I've ordered a Michelin (to go with the nearly new Michelin on the rear), and that should take care of the woolly front-end handling.
There is a Corbin seat on it. But since this has a tear in it, and I didn't find it as comfortable as the stock one, I've ordered a used stock seat from flea-bay.
While there I got some European spec decals on the way too.
The previous owner was selling as it was too heavy for him, and he'd tipped it, taking out the RH mirror.
So a replacement mirror and surround are on order.
The LH fairing box cover is cracked, and has a rusted out mic mount on it, so I've got one of them on order, as well as a replacement for the small rectangular fairing cover missing from the RH fairing.
Not sure if the slight roughness is due to less than immaculately clean carbs, or perhaps an ignition misfire, so I've got coils and HT cables on order, and a carb cleaning on the "to-do" list.
It has a GIVI box on it, but it's red, so a bit of paint is in order to get color-matched, and while I'm at that, there's some paint flaking on the airbox shroud, so I'll do that too. (Eventually, I'll get the whole bike repainted, but that may be a year or two down the road). The lights on the box aren't operative, so I'll get that done too.
While in an ordering mood, I ordered the same sound system and LED headlamp upgrade kit I put on the '01. There is some type of throttle-lock on it already, but I'll likely replace that with a Brakeaway, as that's what I have on the '01, and our two Burgman 650's.
It has a 12v socket already, so no need to add that, and I have a spare GPS holding tank-bib (same as on the '01), so no need to order that.
I still have to get the fluids for a complete service/tune-up/fluid change, to get me onto a maintenance schedule, and need to see yet how much meat is left on the brakes, but they work just fine.
So, so far I'm into it about $3K into it, with some work, and some learning to do, and very happy.
I'll post some pics when it stops raining here so it can be seen properly, and may even remember to take some when doing the lights for a "How-to" on the LED upgrade, if anyone else wants to use the same kit.
