You're dead right.. I can't argue. The Rotax is a fabulous engine. It really is. Very economical, smooth, good power etc. It's the only saving grace of the F650.

The waterpump seal thing isn't the end of the world either. It's just a pain in the ass and it should of been fixed YEARS ago. The fact they didn't and won't even admit is was a fault shows how much they don't expect anyone to actually really travel on their travel bikes let alone do enough miles before it failed.

My main gripe is the finish.... I just don't like all the fisher price gubbins on the F650's. They all rattle and fall off. Stupid Torx bolts with heads made of cheese make servicing and on the road repairs a pain. Poor design meaning you have to strip half the bike down to check the plugs and valves. The really poor reg/rect that's positioned so it doesn't get any air. The stupid early design which dried up and seized headstock bearings from bad frame/oil circulation design. The ABS that works for the first 15 minutes when you roll it out of the showroom door before all the electrics fail. That's even if your dashboard hasn't rattled off and fallen off down a bumpy track..

I won't even go into the snapped forks on some models

I've travelled with LOADS of F650's. I've not seen one reach it's destination looking like it hasn't been in the garbage compactor on the death Star.

It's not a bike that you think the designers had any intention of it ever really going anywhere. I bet BMW were surprised when it really took off.

It's not a BAD bike. It's just worth about £2000 less than BMW charged for it.



Anyway, some people are going to think I've got a thing agaist F650's at this rate

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