I bought a 2013 G650GS a few days ago and am having trouble getting the bike onto the centerstand. It's been about five years since I last rode. The last bike I had was a 1992 K75RT. I had no problem lifting it, it did help that it had a lifting handle.
The bike was bought from a KTM dealer on consignment, and the only answers we can get from the last owner is that it is the way they bought it and don't know what might have been done to it in the past.
When the bike is on the centerstand, the rear tire is exactly three inches off the ground which seems rather high to me. I now wonder if the bike has been lowered while keeping the standard height centerstand.
I looked at the links on the bottom of the rear shock. They say BMW 7650036.
Would anyone know if that part number would be for a lowered bike or a standard height bike and if they are standard height links, would the rear wheel be three inches off the ground?
IT may well be that the bike is not the problem, but me, I am 68 now and am not what I was 5 years ago.
Thanks for any information you can give.
The bike was bought from a KTM dealer on consignment, and the only answers we can get from the last owner is that it is the way they bought it and don't know what might have been done to it in the past.
When the bike is on the centerstand, the rear tire is exactly three inches off the ground which seems rather high to me. I now wonder if the bike has been lowered while keeping the standard height centerstand.
I looked at the links on the bottom of the rear shock. They say BMW 7650036.
Would anyone know if that part number would be for a lowered bike or a standard height bike and if they are standard height links, would the rear wheel be three inches off the ground?
IT may well be that the bike is not the problem, but me, I am 68 now and am not what I was 5 years ago.
Thanks for any information you can give.