Hi everyone.
I just bought my first ever SM/berg. Its a fs650e 05 She has a new acrapovic ti system,but thats all.
I always had sportbikes and have raced for 15 years, but this is quite a new venture for me. But while its a pleasant one for some reasons, im finding out quite quickly that its not all fun and games with these bergs- or am i wrong ??
Im just woriied about the amount of use it can handle before it ''lets go'' and cost me a fortune. I checked the valve clearances last night and it took me 15mins start to finish inc rad off/rad on/bleed etc, so thats not too bad, but i changed the oil and found a whole load of metal over the drain plug (you could see the plug fine, but it looked like a cactus).
Is this normal ??
Bike has 44 hours 1400 miles easy road use( i know the guy who owned it before and he was a ploder and in his senior years)
Im used to bikes getting an oil change either 2 times a year, or every race if on my race bike, but reading some of the posts on here and other feedback from other sites, it seems that these berg engines are made from cheese and will blow up if full throttled for longer than 3 seconds. Have i been fed a load of bull ? or should i sell it on and just not get involved, but i love it. ??
Cheers
Gary
I just bought my first ever SM/berg. Its a fs650e 05 She has a new acrapovic ti system,but thats all.
I always had sportbikes and have raced for 15 years, but this is quite a new venture for me. But while its a pleasant one for some reasons, im finding out quite quickly that its not all fun and games with these bergs- or am i wrong ??
Im just woriied about the amount of use it can handle before it ''lets go'' and cost me a fortune. I checked the valve clearances last night and it took me 15mins start to finish inc rad off/rad on/bleed etc, so thats not too bad, but i changed the oil and found a whole load of metal over the drain plug (you could see the plug fine, but it looked like a cactus).
Is this normal ??
Bike has 44 hours 1400 miles easy road use( i know the guy who owned it before and he was a ploder and in his senior years)
Im used to bikes getting an oil change either 2 times a year, or every race if on my race bike, but reading some of the posts on here and other feedback from other sites, it seems that these berg engines are made from cheese and will blow up if full throttled for longer than 3 seconds. Have i been fed a load of bull ? or should i sell it on and just not get involved, but i love it. ??
Cheers
Gary
