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Beautiful!!!
With such a perfect bike, you might want to protect the front face of the engine spoiler BEFORE it gets nicked up. Rocks, gravel, and sand will get picked up by the front tire and put nicks and pits in the paint.
A factory fender extension or an aftermarket FendExtenda helps a bit (PM me if you cann't find either), but the 3M paint protection film will keep the paint looking good much longer. You can pay a professional to install it or buy the film on Ebay and try it yourself. If you go the DIY route, buy enough film to do it several times as getting right on the first try isn't easy. I would suggest the factory extension AND the film.
I am trying to make mine look new again, your process was much easier!last one
I'm looking at the pictures and noticed something. Is the cover over the exhaust pipe in the rear originally almost all chrome with a black tip? Mine (1991) is all black and I wonder if someone was a little too handy with a spray can, which seems to be the case on my bike. If it is actually chrome, I may try to remove the black paint to get it back to the original chrome.
On a similar note: what would be the suggested color of black to repaint the final drive and engine? Gloss or semi-gloss black paint? Thanks.
True, only the heat shield is semi-gloss black- good eye 98Lee.If you look carefully at the photo again, you will see that the heat shield is actually black. It's just so crazy clean and perfect that it reflects the flourecent lights just like a black car.
BMW did make both and chrome shields, but the Ss and most other K75s came with black. There were a few special editions that came with the chrome one.
Semi-gloss.
I am trying to make mine look new again, your process was much easier!
Treehouse, what is the manufacturer/model of the tires on your K75S? I do not recognize that tread pattern.
Wow, I will have to find me some of those. They last a long timeThe tires (front & rear) are Pirelli Phantom-1 Supersport, "V" rated
Yes, they are the original tires the bike was delivered with in 1990.
True, only the heat shield is semi-gloss black- good eye 98Lee.
I'm a little confused on this. Is the heat shield painted in semi-gloss and the rest of the black parts (engine, final drive, etc) all done in gloss? Or are all of those named parts done with semi-gloss, including the heat shield? Using gloss on older parts that aren't perfect anymore can really accentuate the defects, but I would use it if that's the way they came from the factory. Thanks.
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Recently purchased. Had been placed into long-term storage by Amol Precision, a northern N.J. BMW dealer from back in the day before dealerships became botiques. Detailed receipt/work order describing what was done at that time.
Story goes like this: Wealthy owner moved to Hawaii & the Philippines, put bike into storage in 1992. Cousin resurrected the bike and sold it to me. 4, 630 original miles, original invoice, all the manuals, all the keys, all service receipt including the stamped service book.
This is my fourth K bike & hopefully a keeper! Catching up on maintenance now.
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Recently purchased. Had been placed into long-term storage by Amol Precision, a northern N.J. BMW dealer from back in the day before dealerships became botiques. Detailed receipt/work order describing what was done at that time.
Story goes like this: Wealthy owner moved to Hawaii & the Philippines, put bike into storage in 1992. Cousin resurrected the bike and sold it to me. 4, 630 original miles, original invoice, all the manuals, all the keys, all service receipt including the stamped service book.
This is my fourth K bike & hopefully a keeper! Catching up on maintenance now.
Very nice
I see you have it for sale.