Hi, I am going to service my 2004 650GS pretty soon, I am confident to carry out a full service (@13,000 miles or so) apart from the valve clearance check and adjustment. I have found a video link on you-tube which really helps but it looks like the engine he is working on in the video is...

I have my 2004 dakar apart for a water pump change. The bike has 40,000k on it and I have owned it since 20,000k I do not known if the valves have ever been checked. The chain gang web site explains it pretty well on how to do it . Where does one get a tdc bolt and a crank stop bolt? I am some...

Just bought a 1998 F650 Funduro. Its done 16000 miles, serviced by previous owner. He bought a bag of shims to change himself, but reckons as it sounded fine he never bothered. As far as i am aware, the valve clearance should be checked at 12000 miles. The bike runs well, good fuel economy, does...

Checked the Funduro's valve clearance last night. Very strange thing came up. 3 of the 4 valves are within tolerance 0.10 and 0.15. But for the inlet right side valve I can't get even a 0.05 in. The bike has done 19000 miles and is a 1994 model. I've had it since 2003 (8000 miles) and it is...

Hi All, After two years of letting a BMW dealer charge me the best part of £300 a time, I had a go at my first service at the weekend. I started off checking the valve clearances which took most of the day (I'm sure it'll be much quicker next time) and that's as far as I got. The bikes now in...

Hello, I own a F650GS that I love, but I find that the ground clearance is sooo low. I turned the rear shock to the "high" position, but the bike is still very low. I bought it new (yeah, yeah, I should have bought the dakar instead...) so there is no way that it is the factory lowered version...

I have just measured the valve clearances on my bike INLET _ between 0.1 and 0.15mm Exhaust no less than 0.15 Do I need to replace the exhaust shims. If so were can I get them Cheers SHOTROCK :riding:

I have got a gen BMW high screen (the one fitted as standard on DAKAR) and genuine hand guards (again as std on dakar) and when you turn the steering to full lock the guards catch on the edge of the screen. I had my MOT this morning which i passed but the Technician was concerned about the...