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Hi everyone,
As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.
When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.
Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.
Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.
Thanks for your patience and support!
Maintenance schedule
- Thread starter big-t
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Toyboy
Husqvarna
AA Class
Much thanks. I was quite curious why the owners manual would not say something so basic...
If valve inspections, how difficult is it accessing the valves and performing this service?
When is the timing chain replacement?
It would help if someone could post the maintenance schedule "table" that summarizes the requirements. Perhaps from the BMW G650GS since the TR650 does not appear available.
krussell
Strada Adventurer
Assuming similar if not identical work as the BMW version of the engine, every 6k mi / 10k km:
- oil change
- valve inspect/adjust
- check things like clutch cable, brakes, torque a few key fasteners, check steering head bearings
- hook it up to the bmw computer and check faults, reset service indicator
In addition, at 12k mi / 20k km:
- replace spark plugs, air filters
In addition, at 24kmi / 40k km:
- replace fuel filter
After first year, and then every two years replace brake fluid
BMW does not state an interval for the timing change.
http://www.bmw-motorrad.ca/bikes/G650GS
If that is the same motor & transmission, that means the gear ratio spread is almost exactly 3.14. Pi
That means whatever speed the bike does at X rpm in first gear, the bike will go 3.14 faster in top gear at the same X rpm... if true, that would be outstanding!
krussell
Strada Adventurer
They are the same across the board. I put together the attached pdf showing gearing and speed (MPH) @ RPM. It looks right, I'll test it against reality next time I'm out.
mario33
Husqvarna
AA Class
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krussell
Strada Adventurer
Full service list for BMW is as follows (some differences though as for spark plugs):
For playing around with gearing I always use http://www.gearingcommander.com/ (choose BMW G650GS and play with sprockets !
Which model/year is the DVD capture from?
The gearing site is nice, I never thought to search, I've seen similar sites aimed at bicycles. My calculations were more or less identical, but this page is nice for playing around with options.
mario33
Husqvarna
AA Class
I found this http://www.bmw-motorrad.ca/pdfs/maintenance/G650GS.pdf which confirms your summary.
Yep same filter as the 650GS, i don't believe it's actually changed since my earlier Rotax's. Back in late 80's my first Aprilia based Rotax used the same filter too.I have already purchased 2 qts of the recommended castrol.Will the BMW filter work.Can anyone confirm this.For now the closest Husky dealer is 200 miles away....however the local BMW shop is picking up the Husky line,but probably not before I need that filter.