Had T/T Xenon aux headlight fitted when got my Dakar 2 1/2 yrs ago, wired so that 'activated automatically with the high beam', ie no separate switch. Has anyone any experience of failure with these? Recently found that when switching to high beam it comes on briefly for second or two, then...

Hi, just wondered if anyone has had a sprocket/output shaft bearing failure on a GS?? I've got this weird feeling something is going wrong, and starting to get oil splatters over my RH boot, also small drops of oil over the floor, will investigate over the next week (on holiday soon) Checked...

There is an article on the BMW club website about the axle mounts snapping off early Dakars. Well worth a look and it would be good if someone could copy to this site. David

Ooooppppsssss...... Had an engine failure...... running fine but then suddenly... stalled.... on idle.... Tried to fire it up... strange sounds.,.... took it into a garage... and they have decided it is the Exhaust Valve Compensator.... is that the right name... the bit that holds the valve...

Had to get relayed home last night by the AA.. Coming out of a village in the middle of a gaggle of cars, and disenagaged the clutch to shift down with the intention of overtaking my way to the front of the queue, but get no drive, and the clutch lever goes floppy. Some frantic hand signals...

....so there I was last night, filtering in traffic towards the Chiswick roundabout in London, through heavy traffic just before the Fullers Brewery when.... Engine died :uhoh: Flick into neutral, try to restart rolling and nothing, just the starter solenoid clicking. Not good methinks. After...

My bike recently failed the MOT due to a bald rear tyre among other things. The center tread was worn right down. After checking the history I keep it covered 9,400 miles. My brother thinks that it should have survived longer and that I have too much pressure in them. I know the pressure is...

All the friction material came off one of my rear brake pads today. It had been in for nearly 2 years and done 20000 miles but there was plenty of meat (5mm or so) left on it. It was an EBC kevlar pad. Has anyone else experienced this? What can cause it to happen?

In search of extra umph, I went and cut the intake snorkel at about 4cm from the sensor. Well I got the umph alright and alot of purr so that has got me thinking...will I pass my MOT( coming up next week) on the noise front? It would be a bugger if I had to go and buy the snorkel to replace the...

The Zigster has been tucked up in the garage for the last 2 weeks (shame on me... :oops: ) due to a lack of me going to work. Thought I would give it a bit of a stretch this evening, and for some reason best known to itself - not a blink from any of the indicators. I've searched the board, and...

Of interest to F650CS owners, (and others). If you haven't been following the posts by "Dailyrider" on the Chain Gang forums and his high mileage F650CS ... 75,000 miles ... yep that's seventy-five thousand miles so far and still on the original belt, he's just reported his first failure ... a...

Yes you guessed it bearings gone on my bike at 9000miles although i suspect theyve been like it quite a while.A couple of questions however,from previous threads(ie. http://www.f650.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=261) There's mention of bearing numbers but are they the same for the GS as the...

Has anyone had problems with the upper bush on the rear shock on 1995 F650 Funduro ? We have slight movement on the upward movement but the rest of the shock is ok. Will we really have to buy a whole new unit just to replace a single rubber bush. Any suggestions welcome.

Can anybody help? My oil warning light failed to illuminate today when I turned the ignition on. Everything else appears fine. Problem is I don't know where the oil pressure switch is or how to access the bulbs, assuming it is one or the other. Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks in...

hello, i`ve got a dangerous problem with my dakar. I went for a ride out yesterday after about 40 miles the fuel light comes on, i get fuel (the right fuel) then when i pull away from the station the bike won`t tick over. Anyway i keep the revvs up and pull away, gets to the roundabout down...