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1994 R1100RS Project bike.

jimvonbaden

jimvonbaden

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Another project, a 1994 R1100RS. I picked it up before Christmas.








The R1100RS is in the garage and on the Kenda. Popped off the body panels and tank with 3 gallons of bad gas, popped in a good test battery, and it lights up and turns over with the unmistakable sound of at least some compression. This is a good indication that the 31K miles hasn't been too hard on it.



Overall the bike is pretty grungy, but actually in good shape:















The underside of the tank was as ugly as the top, but the pump looks OK.





Some crud and water in the gas.


I spot polished the bike to see if I can salvage the paint. Looks like it will come out good.




Now to order the usual service items. If it runs, then I will order tires and brake lines.
 
"Pretty grungy" ? :)

Considering those tires are "relatively young", I'd say the bike wasn't sitting for too too long. Is that a head gasket leak I spotted in one of the pictures?

As has been mentioned, the price was right! :thumb
 
Now that's a project bike! Wasn't '94 the first year for the RS? I commend you for resurrecting it.

The pictures though!!! So graphic, so disturbing -- like some kind of violence porn.

I await the 'after' pics.
 
Voni and Big Red applaud this exercise in rehabilitation. At 415,000 miles Big Red needs all of her contemporaries she can find. Thank you Anton.
 
Having owned a '99 R1100RS for 17-yrs, I applaud your efforts. But, as someone else said, the appearance of the tires doesn't seem the jive with the black crud (mold??) on the outside or inside of the Tupperware. Did you pick that up near the coast or river town?

If you want a stock windscreen, drop me a note.
 
The fermentation of the ethanol in the gasoline would do it. Very visible around the filler caps on white vehicles that don’t get washed much.
OM
 
He confirmed that it had been parked outside for a couple years. Park it under a tree and it will get moldy looking.
 
BC1100S said:
"Pretty grungy" ? :)

Considering those tires are "relatively young", I'd say the bike wasn't sitting for too too long. Is that a head gasket leak I spotted in one of the pictures?

As has been mentioned, the price was right! :thumb
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Tires are dry rotted, from 2013 I think, but it was parked in 2018, outside.

Jim :brow
 
roninbuffalo said:
This look like it's going to be a good read.
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Should be fun, and fairly easy compared to my last bike refresh.

ALIENHITCHHIKER said:
Now that's a project bike! Wasn't '94 the first year for the RS? I commend you for resurrecting it.

The pictures though!!! So graphic, so disturbing -- like some kind of violence porn.

I await the 'after' pics.
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It is, and I had a first 500 1994 as my first boxer. Great bikes.

Rinty said:
Looking forward to the read; a nice quarantine project.

Have fun.
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Yeah, though I am still working.

PGlaves said:
Voni and Big Red applaud this exercise in rehabilitation. At 415,000 miles Big Red needs all of her contemporaries she can find. Thank you Anton.
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Someone else mentioned Voni, and I remember when I first met her on it.

36654 said:
Having owned a '99 R1100RS for 17-yrs, I applaud your efforts. But, as someone else said, the appearance of the tires doesn't seem the jive with the black crud (mold??) on the outside or inside of the Tupperware. Did you pick that up near the coast or river town?

If you want a stock windscreen, drop me a note.
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It was literally parked in a covered spot on a farm in VA. Strange mold. I'll keep that in mind, thanks!

179212 said:
Looks like it spent time in unventilated steel shipping container. Don’t aske me why I think that
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36654 said:
So, that is mold? Or, what?
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PGlaves said:
Flood bike?
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No flood bike, or in a container. Not sure why it is covered like that. Something about the plastic maybe?

Jim :brow
 
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