Identify this cowling - ?

[mmmalmberg]

I don't think this is an R100R part, is it?
http://www.markmalmberg.com/R100R/r100r_cowling.jpg

[widebmw]

With the one front disk brake it is a 1992.
They came with the luggage rack that was the same as the R100GS.
I have never seen a cowling like that before.
Or maybe it is from a Mystic ?

[mmmalmberg]

All the pics I find of Mystics have the rack and no cowling... a Mystery...

[mmmalmberg]

The bike is a '92 R100R, though, as you said. I have a '93 and am interested in finding whatever this tail piece is...

[mneblett]

With the one front disk brake it is a 1992.
They came with the luggage rack that was the same as the R100GS.
I have never seen a cowling like that before.
Or maybe it is from a Mystic ?

All the pics I find of Mystics have the rack and no cowling... a Mystery...
I have a Mystic -- it has a rear cowling, but it is shaped entirely differently -- more tapered to the rear.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f360/mneblett/Rearsmall.jpg
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f360/mneblett/LeftSidesmall.jpg

[mmmalmberg]

The fact that it conforms to the seat so well make me think maybe it's a GS part? since they have a similar seat?

[mneblett]

The fact that it conforms to the seat so well make me think maybe it's a GS part? since they have a similar seat?
I strongly suspect it's aftermarket -- I can't remember seeing anything like it from BMW in the roughly 30 years I've been playing with beemers.

[mmmalmberg]

That makes sense but there's so incredibly little aftermarket for the R100R so I'm thinking maybe aftermarket GS? Still having trouble finding it...

[johnborsellino]

I called my mechanic Yves of Montecristo Moto in Elgin, Quebec he is near Malone, NY a far drive from my home but worth it. He says the first owner of this bike used a K100 cowling that he modified and fitted to this R100R. He doesn't know which year but is sure that it was from a K100.

Here are a few pics,

http://picasaweb.google.ca/borsellino/ModifiedK100CowlingOnMy1992R100R#

[The_Veg]

Ah OK, seeing those pictures it all makes sense now. Very cleverly done.

Back when I had an R and was thinking of doing a cafe-job on it, I was envisioning 'glassing my own tail-cowl that would have closely fit both the seat and the light, but abandoned the idea after pondering just how little experience I have with doing that sort of thing (exactly ZERO).

I think my next idea after that was to find on old GS subframe (since R/Mystic subframes are a bit rarer) and lop off everything that didn't hold the seat up, then modify the tail-light to be just the lens and the LED-unit from Motorrad Elektrik and maybe just enough enclosure to cover the LED unit, the result ing smaller light assembly being mounted right on the back of the seat-latch crossmember. This would have been accompanied by smaller turn signals and some sort of 'hugger' fender I never quite figured out.

But none of this came to fruition by the time I sold the bike.

[mmmalmberg]

John - thanks so much for chasing this down! It's a great mod, and it may completely affect what I do with my seat. I've been just a paycheck or two away from buying an S seat & cowl but this may be actually more unique. I'd thought it looked K-ish, very cool indeed; thanks again.