F650 Parts and Fiches FAQ

Combined from Falsh #412's Do-it-yourself Parts Manual (October 2001),
and the PartNumbers FAQ.
Please read the Disclaimer before attempting any work in this FAQ
Last Updated: 11 June 2006, by Winter #1935

• Section 1: Do-It-Yourself Parts Manual
• Section 2: F650 Parts Fiches (online)
• Section 3: Part Numbers
  • Classic F Part Numbers
  • GS / Dakar Part Numbers
  • Other Parts Numbers
  • Bearing Schedule

NOTICE: Do NOT be surprised if this stuff is no longer available. BMW has been REAL aggressive lately about being butt holes to make sure that no one can work on their own motorcycle. They tend to take a real dim view of ANY of their copyrighted material appearing on the web.

Parts information for '94-'96 F650 is available online. MOST of these parts are identical all the way to Y2K. If you want to just access the info online, the best source is probably http://www.motofiches.com. Just pick BMW and then hit the search button. You'll need to page down to get to the F650 stuff.

Here's how to build your very own parts manual (from another source) which will reside inside your peecee.

http://members.tripod.de/sndlover/explode has the gifs and jpg thumbnails. Go there and collect the whole set. But don't bother getting the htm (or html) files posted there. Instead, get f650-parts.htm. (Note that when you go to get this page, it will have only errors where the pictures should be. You can hit the STOP button on your browser after about a half minute or so because the pictures are not there and will never load.) Put ALL of the files in ONE DIRECTORY, pull up the htm file in your browser and you're in bidniz except for the fact that you don't have the actual part numbers. These are not available in the public domain, to my knowledge. But the exploded diagrams help with dis/assembly and communicating with folks on the phone or on the internet. We can all look at the same diagram number and discuss the same part identifier.

Note: if your browser happens to save the "jpg" files as "jpeg" then you have to fix it. This will be manifested as a bunch of squares which are not thumbnails when you pull up the htm in your browser. Your two choices are to change the name of each and every file or to load the HTM file into a text editor and do a global search and replace.

Alternatives: You can also snag a copy here: http://mitglied.lycos.de/sndlover/explode/

If you are searching for parts in these online fiches, note that the GS/M and Dakar/M are the later dual spark models. There are four known parts fiches. If you know of any more, please let us know:

• Max's BMW Parts Fiche
• A&S BMW Parts Fiche
• RealOEM.com BMW Parts Fiche
• Hammersley Cycles (thanks to Tammy)
• Bob's BMW (Parts Catalog) (thanks to Richard #230)

Both parts fiches will allow you to enter all or part of your VIN to figure out which section of the fiche you want.

Many thanks to Haakon #626 for all this information. The prices are from a BMM dealer and all the parts came packed in "official" BMW bags with all the markings.

All these bearings are: Shell type needle roller bearing with cage.

I assume all the needle bearings have to be shell type, as BMW give us both outer and inner dia. along with width. That figures as the "arms" are made of soft material. The "axels" is called bush bearing and the bearing itself is called needle sleeve.