Last month I saw a 1990 R100GS for sale, and despite it looking a bit cosmetically challenged in the pictures, I went and had a look at it, the owner had had the bike for over 10 years and I was told the bike had been Sorned for about 8 years and that just before it had been sorned, the engine had been stripped and rebuilt by a local bike dealer and the gearbox had been replaced with a reconditioned one from Motobins. I was unable to see the bike running, the battery was dead, but I was satisfied the owner was an okay person and I trusted what he was telling me was the truth.
I anticipated cleaning and a rebuild of the carbs, fresh fluids, new tyres, maybe replacing the pushrod rubbers (they looked cracked) and not an awful lot more. I was quite happy to use it in the cosmetically challenged condition and maybe sort that out over the Winter, or next.
So I made an offer, it was not a cheap buy, here is what I bought.
I anticipated cleaning and a rebuild of the carbs, fresh fluids, new tyres, maybe replacing the pushrod rubbers (they looked cracked) and not an awful lot more. I was quite happy to use it in the cosmetically challenged condition and maybe sort that out over the Winter, or next.
So I made an offer, it was not a cheap buy, here is what I bought.