I found a Stolen Recovered 2014 G650GS on an Ebay auction for a good price; and could not resist the opportunity to build a bit of a better off-road version of a 650.
This was the bike as I collected it from the auction house:
The ordering of spares started in fury, once most of them arrived, I set off rebuilding the bike:
First thing, strip out the rear shock, to be replaced with an aftermarket shock.
But once I started stripping the rear suspension, I thought it best to service all the bearing in the swingarm and links....
I ordered a HyperPro rear shock:
The next step was to strip out the ABS system as I wanted the space behind the motor to move the battery, ABS was not high on my priority list for an off-road build...
Moving the battery also requires you to reconfigure the loom to move the connectors, so I moved the starter relay while I was there.
To loom after a rewrap.
I bought a spoked rear wheel, then converted it to tubeless. this is a relatively easy process:
1. install a tubeless valve
2. clean the rim and spoke nipples with a fire wheel
3. remove grease and oil with break cleaner
4. seal the spoke holes with SikaFlex.
The finished product.
Then I striped the handlebars, and front suspension.
After installing new head bearing on a YZ250F front-end, that was installed in the frame, using the YZ's front wheel and brake calliper.
I installed bar raisers and new handlebars.
I used the brake hose from the YZ and bolted that to the BMW master cylinder.
After bleeding the brakes, I was ready for a first ride.
The bike is raised alot with the new suspension, so I need to fix the side stand (using the curb for now). I have stripped out the center stand as that is to short was well.
One thing I need to fix is the speedo, on this model it seems to run off the front ABS sensor? I build 2002 F650 with a YZ frontend, and its speedo worked fine with only a rear ABS sensor.
Another thing is that aftermarket exhaust can is loud!, even with its baffle installed, so I will need to modify that to reduce the noise.
Things that I have but still need to fit:
1. Offroad foot pegs
2. Crash bars
3. Bash plate
4. Hand guards
5. LED indicators
6. LED Taillight assembly
The list of bigger things still to do:
1. modify the ABS ring and sensor to mount on the front wheel (Speedo, I have read that the ECU uses speed inputs, but not convinced yet. I in install a DMD2 dash, I will not need this for the speedo)
1. Build a Navigation tower
2. Shape a screen for the navigation tower
3. mount LED headlights
4. mount 8 Table running DMD2 on the navigation tower.
So there are at least 2 months of Sundays worth of work still left to do.
This was the bike as I collected it from the auction house:
The ordering of spares started in fury, once most of them arrived, I set off rebuilding the bike:
First thing, strip out the rear shock, to be replaced with an aftermarket shock.
But once I started stripping the rear suspension, I thought it best to service all the bearing in the swingarm and links....
I ordered a HyperPro rear shock:
The next step was to strip out the ABS system as I wanted the space behind the motor to move the battery, ABS was not high on my priority list for an off-road build...
Moving the battery also requires you to reconfigure the loom to move the connectors, so I moved the starter relay while I was there.
To loom after a rewrap.
I bought a spoked rear wheel, then converted it to tubeless. this is a relatively easy process:
1. install a tubeless valve
2. clean the rim and spoke nipples with a fire wheel
3. remove grease and oil with break cleaner
4. seal the spoke holes with SikaFlex.
The finished product.
Then I striped the handlebars, and front suspension.
After installing new head bearing on a YZ250F front-end, that was installed in the frame, using the YZ's front wheel and brake calliper.
I installed bar raisers and new handlebars.
I used the brake hose from the YZ and bolted that to the BMW master cylinder.
After bleeding the brakes, I was ready for a first ride.
The bike is raised alot with the new suspension, so I need to fix the side stand (using the curb for now). I have stripped out the center stand as that is to short was well.
One thing I need to fix is the speedo, on this model it seems to run off the front ABS sensor? I build 2002 F650 with a YZ frontend, and its speedo worked fine with only a rear ABS sensor.
Another thing is that aftermarket exhaust can is loud!, even with its baffle installed, so I will need to modify that to reduce the noise.
Things that I have but still need to fit:
1. Offroad foot pegs
2. Crash bars
3. Bash plate
4. Hand guards
5. LED indicators
6. LED Taillight assembly
The list of bigger things still to do:
1. modify the ABS ring and sensor to mount on the front wheel (Speedo, I have read that the ECU uses speed inputs, but not convinced yet. I in install a DMD2 dash, I will not need this for the speedo)
1. Build a Navigation tower
2. Shape a screen for the navigation tower
3. mount LED headlights
4. mount 8 Table running DMD2 on the navigation tower.
So there are at least 2 months of Sundays worth of work still left to do.
