1983 BMW 980cc R100RT

Hi there, scott from Melbourne Australia here. While in the progress of my first build a 94 BMW K1100LT a couple of years ago I started seeing more and more R series BMW bikes go under the knife and my love for them grow to the point that I had to have one the second the K build was finished. After quite a hunt for a rough around the edges donor that needed some love I finally found her and man did she need help! I promptly named her Winnie (as in the Pooh) cause she looked and rode like s***! I completely tore the whole bike and engine down leaving no nut or bolt in place where I found quite a few surprises along the way! Most of the nuts and bolts where either missing or finger tight including the driveshaft bolts which was a major catastrophe waiting to happen. Unfortunately she had also been run low on oil destroying the crankshaft and bearings which I had replaced by a BMW mechanic along with new conrods. The heads were re finished, valve seats re grinded and every bearing, seal, ring and gasket replaced before I finished the main case in Duplicolor wrinkle coat and reassembled her. Cylinders were blasted and coated in high temp engine enamel, valve covers updated to peanut shape and finished in wrinkle coat with polished highlights as per all other engine covers and gearbox. The airbox was removed and used to house an Aliant lithium battery and main fuse on a custom made platform I fabricated, I also mounted a ctek charging port to the airbox delete cover to allow trickle charging while she sleeps.
From there I sandblasted the frame, driveshaft, bottom yoke and wheels which I sprayed in armor black cerakote. Front forks were torn down and shortened 25mm with new seals fitted and finished in wrinkle coat with new YSS Topline added to the rear. Brake calipers got the standard tear down, blast, sprayed in cerakote tequila sunrise with new HEL carbon look lines fitted to new levers and refreshed master cylinders finished off with fresh pads and reconditioned discs. Being an electrician I was super excited to rewire the whole bike using a motogadget M-unit blue at her heart, motoscope pro dash, rebel moto switches, highsider turn signals and koso headlight to shine the way. The alternator and starter motor were both torn down, cleaned and cerakoted pairing up with a ricks motorsports lithium rec/reg and dual output coil. Jax garage custom made a beautiful top yoke to fit the motoscope dash and some nice aluminium billet grips to help twist the wrist.
The seat post is a tidy piece of work by messnermoto which holds the silvermachine_seats bobber style saddle I had made with carbon look edges and suede leather top also incorporating a highsider brake/tail light. I blasted the exhaust headers and coated in armor black cerakote along with some custom hotdog mufflers to try and hush her drumbeat down a little bit still have a good rumble at WOT. All that was left is fuel, the tank was stripped back, rust spots welded, internals re sealed and finished in BMW frozen dark grey with darker pinstriping by the legends at mcpanelpaint which has to be seen to be believed. New petcocks, fuel lines and filters feed down to fully rebuilt Bing carbs I finished in cerakote titanium with added manual chokes, pod filters and emblems. Front guard was shortened and skinned in carbon fibre while under foot she wears Pirelli scorpions front and rear and is a dream to ride. I have to say it's great to see the appreciation she now gets after the neglect she encountered for many years showing you can actually polish a turd!