Going Naked

[erickson9502]

I have a 91 K100lt I am considering converting to a naked bike. Any advice from someone who has done this would be appreciated.

[ultracyclist]

I have not done that.
But why are you considering this? What are you looking for?
Maybe there is a better alternative out there?

[erickson9502]

I have a FJR1300 I use for touring. The LT has a cracked fairing and I kind of miss the old days of just the wind and bugs.

[jdiaz]

My K75 started out as a K75S for 50K miles, then had a K100RS fairing for another 36K until I had an accident. I put it back together as a standard because I couldn't really imagine I was going to keep the bike that much longer.

That was 105K miles ago. :laugh A naked K75 seems to be my ideal ride.

[godzilla]

When I bought my K100RS in 2001, she wore a sexy Pichler Fairing. I managed to put her in a ditch a month or two later. The insurance company and my mechanic decided that finding a replacement fairing was going to be expensive and difficult, so the insurance adjustor waived the deductibale and Wilbur converted her to a standard (Nekkid) K100.

He removed the fairing and put on the turn signal/round headlight assembly and a radiator shroud. He put the round mirrors on the bars, too.

Later on I had him change the short RS bars for LT bars. I believe that all the cables fit OK. You shouldn't have to do that of course.

I added a National Cycles windshield after that, but it is really too short for me, but it does sort of finish off the look of the bike.

Although I didn't do the work, I do know that Wilbur found all the parts needed for the conversion.

I actually like her alot better this way than with the fairing.

[RandallIsland]

It's easy. Just take off everything you don't need or want and revel in the freedom of knowing it's just one less screw or bolt to torque, silicon or lose.

I love my K100 naked!