What to check when buying a F650?

[Ste650]

..As an amatuer and I dont know what to check when buying the bike..Please advise me , THANKS!!!!

I am buying my first BMW bike tomor, im sortof jumping in at the deep end since I rented a bike in Thailand for 2 days and loved it!

Never owned one at home.

Im gonna buy a '94 F650 with 31000miles on it for 2100euro.. seems good to me..


Any HELP Appreciated !!

 

[Decster]

Im gonna buy a '94 F650 with 31000miles on it for 2100euro.. seems good to me..

My wife got her first bike this week, an F650 '97 22,000kilometres €1700.00. I have to add we are in Italy.

But i will be interested in comments to your post as to what to look out for. I dont particurlarly like browsing the F650 site, not as user friendly as this one.

Good luck with the bike.

D

 

[kopcat]

Just a thought...but it could be worth posting a question in the actual 650 section of this forum......

I'm the proud owner of a 650GS, but also of a totally non-technical brain, I'm afraid, so Rollinsdan checked over my purchase - he seemed to know what he was looking for.....

Brassmonkey001 is a mod on f650.co.uk - could also be worth asking him.


Could also all be too late I suppose - you're probably out there picking out a bike as I type


Whatever you get - enjoy

 

[Mick O'Malley]

I'm gonna buy a '94 F650.

Any HELP Appreciated !!

Here's a good place to start!.

Regards, Mick

Whoops! Just seen this:

Brassmonkey001 is a mod on f650.co.uk - could also be worth asking him.

 

[Padge]

Also try www.f650.com

This list will probably get a bit longer... but stuff to check:
Fork seals leaking. Easy to change, but takes a bit of time.
Speedo cable corrosion. They break easily 5 minute to replace.
These are water cooled, so water pump can fail..
Bar ends rust when paint comes off them (bit of hammerite)

Again, have a look here: http://faq.f650.com/FAQs/

Welcome to the site...

 

[sycomoto]

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Just a thought...but it could be worth posting a question in the actual 650 section of this forum......

I'm the proud owner of a 650GS, but also of a totally non-technical brain, I'm afraid, so Rollinsdan checked over my purchase - he seemed to know what he was looking for.....

Brassmonkey001 is a mod on f650.co.uk - could also be worth asking him.


Could also all be too late I suppose - you're probably out there picking out a bike as I type


Whatever you get - enjoy

make sure the monkeys at Turnertech have never so much as layed their eyes on the thing never mind attacked it with tools. If yer do this it should be fine.

 

[ROLLINSDAN]

make sure the monkeys at Turnertech have never so much as layed their eyes on the thing never mind attacked it with tools. If yer do this it should be fine.

Aprillia battery terminals......