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« on: December 10, 2010, 04:58:52 PM »
The F650 has been teaching a couple of new riders at my house about friction zone and braking (learning to start and stop duh). Last week one of the young ladies returns the bike after a few minutes of practice and states that its hesitating really bad and it smells funny. Hum a quick sniff revealed a very strong battery acid smell and lots of black ooz running down from the top of the cylinder. WTF?

I quickly rinse off the engine and up under than battery area as best possible and park the beast. Fast forward a week or two, I start to tear into the bike. I find the batter seam had split and one cell had drained down on top of the motor. This melted a hole in the plastic valve cover and allowed some acid into the oil. Woo Hoo!!  

I pull the valve cover to see a ton of slack in the cam chains. In fact the intake cam has jumped a tooth. I remove the tensioner and fined its completely collapsed. Its this typical BMW bike BS or a fluke or is this bike really possessed
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« on: December 10, 2010, 04:58:52 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2010, 05:17:30 PM »
Is this the one you bought from Blue?  Crazy
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« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2010, 05:22:59 PM »
I vote "possessed"

Sorry, that bike seems to just have bad JuJu
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« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2010, 05:43:16 PM »
 
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« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2010, 09:45:17 AM »
Is it too soon to say "I told you so"?

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« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2010, 04:43:02 PM »
CRAZY

On the fence for bad juju vs. poor design choices.

A bummer either way.
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« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2010, 07:29:51 PM »
We took my wife's to the dealership today.  For recall #4.  Four recalls.  Since October 2009.  
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« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2010, 07:29:51 PM »

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« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2010, 07:46:52 PM »
One evil bike out of four ain't bad.
Is there a "lemon law" in Cal for motorcycles?
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« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2010, 09:36:17 PM »
Quote from: atadaskew on December 11, 2010, 09:45:17 AM

Is it too soon to say "I told you so"?

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I love a challenge.  Lol Monetary damage is minimal, chain tensioner $65, valve cover $70.  Poof had already given me a spare battery and its still good. Thumbsup This thing will get sorted, one way or another.
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« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2010, 11:27:12 PM »
So, for those playing along at home, the scorecard for this bike (at least since I bought it in November 2006) is:

* Ripped intake manifold



* Frayed throttle cable due to craptastic routing of said cable under the airbox

* Tumor in the brake line



* Thrown chain in the middle of ass-nowhere, Texas



* Layers of stalactites in the oil tank



* Blown head gasket




I believe this was the point at which I unloaded the evil thing onto Mike, so he'll have to continue the list now. Lol
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« Reply #10 on: December 12, 2010, 01:29:32 AM »
might be time to go the way of the blast   Crazy  
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« Reply #11 on: December 12, 2010, 05:00:01 AM »
 Crazy

Unreal,I am in the camp of Craptasic, build and design.
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« Reply #12 on: December 12, 2010, 05:18:22 AM »
Quote from: Andrew on December 10, 2010, 05:22:59 PM

I vote "possessed"

Sorry, that bike seems to just have bad JuJu


I have a 2000 Saab 9.5 just like that...lots of bad JuJu!!

I hope the bike problems are just a fluke...ya can't  fix JuJu
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« Reply #13 on: December 12, 2010, 05:38:28 AM »
Quote from: atadaskew on December 11, 2010, 09:45:17 AM

Is it too soon to say "I told you so"?

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Guzzies don't do that. Just saying!




Seriously, that sucks. Sorry Sad
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« Reply #14 on: December 12, 2010, 08:24:28 AM »
Trade it in for something Japanese.....you'll never regret it.

That new Yamaha Teneré is calling your name....
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« Reply #15 on: December 12, 2010, 09:53:34 AM »
Quote from: Thundergod on December 12, 2010, 08:24:28 AM

Trade it in for something Japanese.....you'll never regret it.

That new Yamaha Teneré is calling your name....


Funny KBB still list the bike as having a value of almost $4000.  Crazy EEK!
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« Reply #16 on: December 12, 2010, 12:30:40 PM »
Poof- I'm confused, is this your (former) F650-that-really-is-a-650, or your F650-that-is-a-800-twin?
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« Reply #17 on: December 12, 2010, 03:35:32 PM »
Quote from: jstark47 on December 12, 2010, 12:30:40 PM

Poof- I'm confused, is this your (former) F650-that-really-is-a-650, or your F650-that-is-a-800-twin?


It's my (former) F650-that-really-is-a-650. Lol  

To be fair, the thumper F650GS is an awesome bike. It's just this particular bike that's cursed. Even the Chain Gang guys couldn't believe this bike. Lol
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« Reply #18 on: December 13, 2010, 08:46:08 AM »
Quote from: bluepoof on December 12, 2010, 03:35:32 PM

To be fair, the thumper F650GS is an awesome bike. It's just this particular bike that's cursed.


When its running we both love riding the bike, both solo and two up. Its amazing how well it blast on down the freeway for a 650 single.  Thumbsup Thumbsup

There is no doubt repairing this tensioner, acid issue will resolve any "reliability" concerns I have had.  Lol Bigsmile  

One thing is for sure, this bike belongs to a mechanic. If one had to take it to the BMW dealership for all these issues they would surely go broke.
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« Reply #19 on: December 13, 2010, 08:56:53 AM »
I don't know....Gar had one of those. It's my only other exposure to one other than Poof's stories here. Gar's seemed to have a string break downs: electrical melt downs, bad carburation, etc....just sayin. Shrug
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