Over 20 hrs. and the only problems have been self inflicted. Flipped over backwards and bent the steering tube and the bars. A real pain but lesser bikes don't seem to fair so well as other riders with similar experiences around here can attest. Ease your mind and ride hard.

 

Hi all, this is directed to Zsilverado .I had the same problem. Look at the bearing your engine brake forks ride against . It is on the clutch cover underneath the cvt cover. Hope this helps.

 

hey "th41004" My dealer did replace that bearing it was making another noise from the belt area so they replace the bearing. Now it makes a NEW noise when in a gear haven't took it back to them yet to see what this is it runs fine so ill keep riding it I guess till something big happens. Any ideas on the new noise it is making?
like I said just when its in a gear it makes a squealing noise when at idle.

 

14 hrs, 250 km, no problems except for a light knocking out of the clutch area when it is cold and idling, but my dealer says this is normal. It goes away after you ride it about 5 minutes. The only other problem is keeping the front tires on terra-firma when you tape it!!!! Another problem is that you have to wait on the trail for all your buddies to catch up!!! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img] HEHEHE

 

1200 kms and 90 some odd hours of very hard pounding.
Reshimmed the driven pully myself at about 300 kms to correct belt deflection, rechecked at 6 and 9 and it has remained perfect ever since.
Also had choke cable replaced with a new one that had stiffer return springs.

Other than that my 650 has performed flawlessly and I consider myself to be very picky about how my toys perform.
I agree with luvinmy650, preventative maintenance is key except for the rear brakes as they have a 6000 mile expected life span which I belive is a conservative number.