nzralphy

Yeah fair comment. My LBS does not supply repair or service parts, I get them from Hong Kong which is just plain stupid - but $160 v $50 for a brake switch is hard to swallow....and I can't understand how some guys will drop $1000 into a service!!!! My mate has spent $2500 on services in 3 years and I've done it all myself and spent $200(ish). He wants me to help him now.

I'm quite chuffed.... I'm in NZ and I helped "fix" a bike in UK. On one bike i carefully scrapped off a soft carbon build up on a piston in position, put some oil on the rings and it fired up fine. On another the coke was hard so i removed the cylinder and wrapped the piston and crankcase in bags / rags, cleaned and polished, and reassembled. Remove the rings before starting (keep them in the same order / orientation!). You may need a cylinder base gasket.

Yes you did.

I love my BMW GS for trail riding.... per has you could look at a secondhand 650GS?

Ummm just a thought ..... before modifying the bike ..... have you talked to the importer..... he may/will have a free fix for you!

Well done wayne. When you do get around to decoking the piston spend some time polishing the piston top with Autosol polish (after some 600 grit emery paper) to slow further coke buildup.

Not a GP bike and it is a Slow bike?!?!? why would they bother?

No. You get what the marketing people are trying to screw out of you

No mate.... get violent with it.... try to work fast and rapid to get the fluid to move to the caliper. Works every time on the Beta for me.

A very slim grid. I did not know BMW were in moto GP .... is that new?

It doesn't bother me and took me a couple of weeks to get used to a LHS kick start.

Mate.... brilliant!

What does the stubbie LHS leaver do? Does it still have a clutch?

No need for tyre anchors. the tyre will pop up onto the rim and stay there just fine. Go to a cycle shop and get a bottle of leak stop goop - it works a treat and you won't need the tube.

Thanks for that. Why did you say that? I was happy to just have a look.

Get out a hack saw or square file or pocket knife and make the guide a little wider and it will be fine.

Yes it will be ok. Try it and the worst case is you have to swap it out again. ATF oil is roughly 8wt oil and a cheep way to go for fork oil if your aren't bothered with buying the premium stuff.

your chain looks a little tight. Nice bike

My 08 Rev4t is brilliant. The 07 was the first year they made the 4t some of them were a a bit rough in places but still great. It is light, easy to start, quiet, lots of power, HEAPS of easy to find traction and is a real blast to ride. Getting to the valves to adjust them is a little time consuming as the engine needs to b rocked forward. I'd buy another tomorrow given a choice of bikes.... and an upgrade will be to an Evo4t. Try one they are lovely.

Looky here for the head.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyTAnumRTWY Looky here for the cylinder..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgKLrVBn2O8 Clean off the oil with petrol and polish off the carbon with 600grit sand paper and polish with autosol alloy polish. DO NOT get the emery/sand paper grit in the engine. Clean again with petrol. Lots of times. Fit a new plug and your bike will be amazing!

Don't forget to check the basics.... Air Fuel Spark all at the right time...... You may have bumped something when you had it apart.

Mate please pull the head off. There will be 6 years of carbon on the piston and head. It needs polishing off and probably put the jets back as they were. All 2t bikes need this maintenance.

Please. .... test ride a Beta EVO before you buy....... They are also very good.

70:1 ratio mate, and only use a fully synthetic oil.

By all accounts the bike is brilliant at getting traction. I'll be something to do with the TTX Ohlins rear shock - it is a brilliant bit of kit worth thousands for a road bike. Honestly it is great.