Monster and Me - Ep2 - BMW F650 GS Battery, Spark Plug, Air Box, and Throttle Body Removal

A collection of short videos created whilst working on my BMW F650 GS, Monster, last year.
#BMWF650GS #Haynes #Motorworks #Maintenance #Throttlebody

[@G58]

Every time I watch a video on one of these 650s I can appreciate why they are so difficult to work on. It’s also easy to understand that a combination of legislation and fashions caused BMW to design them that way, but literally everything is in the wrong place! Battery: Heavy - too high and in a congested hot location! Oil tank: Heavy - asymmetrically located, too high and in contributing to the congestion heat issues! Humongous airbox and scoop: Light - asymptomatically located and strangled. Coil, electrics and electronics - all crammed into the space remaining! This is a case of me being grateful to you for posting this process, so that I don’t have to - along with all that accumulated grime!! If you wonder what I’m rambling on about, have a look at the layout of the CCM 604. The oil is in the top tube of a traditional cradle frame. The battery is where it belongs - low down and easily accessible from the side. But that top frame tube is right where the throttle body is on your bike. Legislation. The fuel tank is where your oil tank, battery, electrics and oil tank are…! I know which one I prefer. Good luck. Peace 🧐😎😜

[@user-lc5us5jc8u]

Nice video - quick, to the point, and good images....well done.

[@HaynesGarage]

Many thanks!

[@MrCesarvieira]

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[@oscarleon7816]

Could you please send me a pic or tell me how many cables are attached to the positive battery post and the same for the negative cable as well. I removed the terminals but I want to make sure I'm putting the cables where they belong. thank you

[@gerrystuttard9168]

Katy,, this is no a nonsense explanation and tutorial . You seem to be doing everything I need to do ! 😊. Cheers from Japan

[@HaynesGarage]

Thanks Gerry :) All the way in Japan, what part do you live in?

[@howrrmr.7172]

Hi. When you are working on tear down , it is highly recommended that you check wire harness condition and try to strip its old taping and tape it new. 650gs is quite weak at heat dessipation so harness close to the engine is exposed to its heat all time. Dedicated wiring tape made by TESA works great. That protects cables from heat and battery liquid. Also when you change battery, consider AGM type that doesn't leak. Many 650gs on fire cases were due to battery leakage that made electric shortage. If you 650 fell down a lot, harness damage by battery leakage would be happened and detected while your tear- down. Happy ride!

[@HaynesGarage]

Thanks. My bike has been on the floor a lot, so I’ll have to watch out for that. I had bought a couple of gel batteries but they were rubbish, so I resorted back to one similar to the original one which has been fine so far. But I know some people don’t like so much weight high up on the bike. Hoping to ride up to Scotland in March so it’ll be a good test to see if everything is working ok.

[@werneralexandercastilloago123]

Hi sister! Do you know the relay? I have problems with the head lights 😊

[@HaynesGarage]

Hiya, sorry for the delay. Unfortunately I don’t know much about the relay, have you managed to fix your bike?

[@alanreilly9056]

Hi Katy, I live in Australia and enjoyed watching you video. I recently purchased a 2014 BMW G650GS ( with 14000klms on the clock ) which is very similar to your F650GS, I have recently changed the engine oil and filter and replaced the battery with a Lithium type battery, mainly to save some weight. I have 5 bikes in total , and out of the 5 bikes I have the BMW seems to take the longest to time to work on? Soon, I will changing the air filter out so your video came in handy , so thanks again for posting

[@HaynesGarage]

Hi Alan, Wow, all the way in Australia! I’m glad you have found some of my videos helpful. I’m learning as I go so it’s great to hear advice from other BMW owners too. I still need to replace my battery actually, the terminals seem a bit wonky. Yes they can be a bit of a pain to work on, especially when you have to keep removing those panels. What other bikes do you have?

[@alanreilly9056]

@@HaynesGarage Hi Katy, apart from the BMW G650GS, I also have a lowered Suzuki DR650SE, a Royal Enfield Himalayan, a Yamaha XT250 and a 2002 Moto Guzzi 750 Nevada

[@HaynesGarage]

@@alanreilly9056 Quite a combination, bet you have a lot of fun on them!