New BMW G650X (merged) threadfest...

And what about the extraterrestrial spacecraft in the tree disuised as "snowflakes"? And the floating monolith above the left mirror!

BMWS ARE MADE BY ALIENS!

Yeah but alien ships are now made in China too. That's why one crashed in Roswell.

Same thing happened to me several times. Turn key on, everything comes on, then everything goes off, dash and lights, wont start. Took it in the the Dealer and it was the ign switch. Replaced it under warrenty and no problem since.

Dang. Mine has started doing that and it's out of warranty.

Did it ever make you walk? Mine works after I turn the switch back and forth several times, and I'm wondering if I can go a while before having it addressed -- like at my 6k service in a month or so.

A few guys have said that they took the switch off and checked the soldering in the bottom and there were hairline cracks in the solder on one or more wires. They carefully soldered them and no more troubles.

The hardest part is getting the ignition switch off in the first place.

Very interesting. I lost you in your last 2 sentences... if the only factory is in Berlin then don't they integrate all the subassemblies there (regardless of who and where they are shipped in from) and not simply fire up bikes that were assembled somewhere else? Or is there some secret or wink, wink I'm ignorant of?

Or are you simply saying - sure they may be assembled in Berlin but not many components are German made anymore...

Ok here is a weird piece of information. My dealer has ordered the ONLY swingarm available in stock and it is coming from Germany. Now the available swingarms in stock shows ZERO with a new availability date of about a month out. This implies some place somewhere, "they" are firing up the parts line and cranking out another swingarm or 2...

This is really weird to me because I've only heard of 2 other swingarms every breaking, and that says they really didn't have many spare ones sitting on a shelf - or they simply used them all up in new bikes. Just seems like a small number of parts but maybe they are that careful in minimizing inventory, if so that is impressive!

To my knowledge nothing else uses that swing-arm.

All I know is the XCountry and XChallenge have the same swingarm part number in the fiche I can see online: 33177696651

Off topic post perhaps but wanted to share it with the only guys I know on Adv - the G650X crowd! I know nothing about this yet but it looks cool, especially for GPS tracks and ride reports. As far as I can tell quickly, these are *resources* for Dual Sport riders, NOT a retailer selling accessories (though they do have sponsors).

A brand new website called: DualSportMoto.com
and especially their GPS tracks page which requires you to login at this other GPS tracks site: DualSportMaps.com

Heard about it here on AMA District 37 Dual Sport forum.

I think Kymco used them on a scooter that was built by Aprilia in Berlin but only sold in Ukraine. HD lost the bid.

(Perhaps I'm overanalyzing. Eating mistletoe may be the cause.)

That's so crazy it must be true.

Let's spread the word then.

I finally found a moment to check if a Factory Effex cover would fit on the X-Challenge seat...No go..not even close..

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My point is, this motor has so much more potential than we are “allowed” to have in it’s stock configuration that it’s a damn shame. A power commander would help us all if it were to allow us anything close to what I personally experienced this motor capable of. It’s a pity that the numbers of X’s sold don’t support the aftermarket industry enough to make the investments that would benefit the bikes performance.<o></o>
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With that said, If anyone would consider shipping their bike to Dynojet I for one will help sponor the costs (others perhaps?), if we join in together we can all help bring this thing to market and reap the benefit of this motors capabilities! As my x is my daily "driver" I can't part with it or else I'd be shipping the thing to Vegas. It sure would be nice if someone in that area would jump in!

I have an XCHallenge with about 750 miles on it plus some farkly stuff too. Do you think I will have trouble selling it if I decide to. Is there much of a demand for this bike anymore.

no

You should take the farkly stuff off first.....and sell it to me.


Whatcha got?

Check out the flea market and see what folks are asking. This is a bad time of year to try to sell a bike. You will most likely have better luck in the spring.

Good luck with the sale.

Thanks for the replies. I (obviously) just dont ride the thing. Im not freaking out to get rid of it so maybe I will just put it up in the flea market and see if theres any takers out there.

probably the nicest thing on there is the Remus titanium pipe.