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BMW F-650GS Dakar

In November 2012 I sold my R1150GS and bought this 2005 Dakar. I put many rough miles on the big GS and was tired of picking it up so often in the rough stuff. With it's 41 litre gas tank I often found it to be too top heavy for the non-maintained roads I like to ride on. I believe that the smaller lighter 650GS will make the job a little eaisier for me. The '05 Dakar has less than 12k miles on her and came to me with a set of new sprockets in the bag ready to install as well as a set of Michelin T-63 knobby tires ready to mount. I spent many winter evenings in the garage adding numerous accessories to make it ready to hit the back roads the way I like it. I still have more improvements to make including rebuilding the front forks and replacing the rear shock. A larger windscreen might be required as well. I also ran wiring for the battery tender, Gerbings and Garmin GPS. I picked up a set of Wolfman soft tank panniers from BestRest also, which will serve as my "glove-box" on road trips. I took most of these photos when the bike was dirty, just before a 160 mile ride. I then washed it and mounted the tank panniers.
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  • 2013-05-07 19 52 13 - Copy
  • The back side is a somewhat tacky surface material which grips the plastic really well.
  • 2013-05-07 19 52 25 - Copy
  • It'll probably never look this clean again.
  • cleaned up a bit showing both engine guards, bash plate and centerstand with guard plate
  • TT Aluminum skid plate
  • Pivot Pegz
  • Another shot of the brake lever with folding pedal and frame stop fitting  which make the level adjustable as well as helping to prevent breaking anything in a crash.
  • Wolfman tank panniers installed.  After a 100 mile ride up to near Spada Lake above Sultan, I moved the tank panniers forward a bit .  Further adjustment space is available, but they work great.
  • Very secure attachments to the frame
  • TT Adjustable gear shift lever
  • This thing dispensed about 50 ml of oil in about 180 miles.  Um, I filled it up and dialed it back about 50%.  It was still on "prime".  It works.
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