RIP Buster 1997-2009

Today Thursday 16 April 2009 at 3.15 pm, Buster has gone to that big kennel in the sky.
Has traveled to the following runs in my K100 side car:
Karuah River Rally
2 OCR's; Innamincka & Urandangi
6 Border Runs
3 trips to Tibooburra
Far Cairn Rally
1 Victorian BMW club rally
3 BMWOCSA Rallys
6 Victorian side car Rallys
Numerous SA rallys & runs.
Over 10 years has probably done about 100,000 klms by side car around the back blocks of Australia.
Will be missed by all.

Friday 27 March 2009

Well today at 11 am the K100 motor after a lot of thought (3 days fiddling to be exact) was fired up, a little smoke but that soon cleared. A short road test and all was well. Now to find the time & money and go for a little trip, will do a few days road testing around home first.

24 March 2009

Well I have spent the last week rebuilding the side car. I am using the K100 motor that I took out in 2001 to replace with the K1100.
I have put the K1100 starter motor clutch into the K100 as the K100 one needed replacing, as was the reason of going to K1100 7 years ago (how time flies)
Have used the wiring harness & butterfly body from the K100RT I bought in Wagga some time ago, ( Vince got the fairing & Beetle got the motor)
Found all the connections, used the best looking ICU & FIU I had, charged up the battery and fired it up. All lights etc. work, motor turns over,
I have fuel pressure & spark but no fuel injection.
Have tried every combination of the 3 ICU & 2 FCU I have but still no fuel injection.
The fuel injection relay gets power and is controlled through the ICU then the FCU, both units I am not able to check nor fathom out how they work.
If I can not get onto Frank Warner of Sydney, I am stuffed, will have to wait till I sell the block of land & buy another K1100 complete bike (or win lotto).
Well I still have the MZ.

March 5 2009 at 10.15 am

Well the car is back on the road, used motor of about 130,000 klm & a new radiator, all up about $2000.
Vince of Sydney has not arrived, his BMW has broken down AGAIN, after the K1100 the only thing BMW about all the new bikes are the tank badges. IMHO
Today I was to do some concreting, BUT it is dropping water out of the sky, I think it is called rain!
Saw my old mate Graheme Cook on TV, he is station manager at Casey in Antarctica, have known him since he was 11 years old, (1963) I had to give him instruction on his movement from the Cubs to the Boy Scouts, I was a 19 year old Rover Scout then my self. Sent him an email & he rang me back on the mobile, it was good to here from him.
That's all for now.

17 Febuary 3pm

Over night visitor, Beetle (Brian) Bayley arrived 805pm on Monday ferrying an ex NSW police R1200/P from Sydney to Perth, 1400 klm in 12 hours, Vince's front door in Sydney to my front door in Gladstone SA, left here this morning at 8am heading west.
Since the side car motor is stuffed, I have decided on a complete overhaul. Have modified the front down brace (under the steering head) to make it easier to remove the radiator. All it now needs is a newer bike to fit side car too. Will add a photo shortly.
Thats all for now.

Week horibulis

I do not like rushing things, but sh*t happens, I bought the 1995 Falcon be cause I was not happy how the Magna was over heating.
The Falcon was showing no signs of over heating or loosing water, BUT it blew the head gasket on Monday & it looks like it will cost a packet to fix.
So I went home to finish putting the side car back together & put 3 months rego on it, took it for a run, 8 klm when at 110 klm/hour the inlet cam stopped turning & it looks like I have bent valves on 2 cylinders & could also have cracked pistons, on advice of others the motor is stuffed so I am down to only having the MZ as transport for awhile.
If all goes well the Falcon will be back on the road by the end of February, the bike can wait till the land is sold.
So I will be on the look out for a K1100RT this winter.
Enough for now.

4 February 2009 at 7.45pm
Put the timing chain cover, tappet cover & crankshaft covers back on the K1100 side car today before it got to hot, now need to put the front end back in, fit handlebars & fairing, road test, oil & filter change & the bike will be ready for another 2 years of use.
The timing cover was off to fix an oil leak that was with this motor when I fitted it 6 years ago (gawd how time flys), you can not rush these things.
It needs to be ready by easter for a possible run some where.
Expecting John C (from Bendigo Vic.) & mate from the UK any day now for a visit, better get some more Port in store.
When it cools down some more will get back to pouring some concrete & putting up the fence between the 2 blocks of land. Thats all for now, cut Ya tracks.