Benelli BJ600GS - lessons learned

**998S** · 08-10-2013, 12:57 AM

Originally Posted by mogeman

Change the engine oil as soon as the bike arrived because I dont really know the oil quality from the factory.
The oil is very dirty and lost of metal grains sticked to the oil screw magnet.
Guess I am not the only one here.

See post #14, nothing wrong if it is the first, or even the second oil change.
You might find grains the size of a cut fingernail sometimes, but it should be limited to the first two changes.
Finding them afer that might get you start worrying :)

**mogeman** · 08-10-2013, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by 998S

See post #14, nothing wrong if it is the first, or even the second oil change.
You might find grains the size of a cut fingernail sometimes, but it should be limited to the first two changes.
Finding them afer that might get you start worrying :)

Hi 998S,
the big question ,dont they must clean and flush each parts prior to assembly into an engine, it is acceptable if the particles size in micron range as the result of new gears self polishing and meshing.

I cant imagine if those "cut of fingernail" catched in between gear teeth while your engine at high rev and speed.

Anyway,Thanks for the tips.
Lets see what happen in my second oil change and filter replacement after reaching few hundreds km.

:)

**998S** · 08-11-2013, 10:25 PM

Yeah, they clean, but the chips and grains come off after the installation, during your run-in, when everything needs to settle.
Hence the first low milage oil-change, and the magnetic oil plug.

**mogeman** · 08-14-2013, 11:35 AM

IMHO, chips are produced only during parts machining but on running in engine there must be something eating the parts or not fitted properly well.

May be I missed something news in recent technology here.

common problems so far:
1. broken clutch cable (wirerope) but they already gave new cable and new bracket for better cable route.

2. Leakage somewhere around water pump.

3.Water temp tends to overheat rapidly if caught in traffic jams or stay idle for a few minutes. so have to move on to get sufficient air flow.

Overall, good engine power respond,sufficient stopping brake.

**998S** · 08-14-2013, 11:22 PM

Originally Posted by mogeman

May be I missed something news in recent technology here.

Ever seen or realised how a gearbox works?
How gears, forks and drums are forcefully banged from one to an other when you shift?

Nothing recent, nothing much technological, and no need to be sarcastic.

Would be interested to know about the new routing for the cable, got a BJ600 here for repair.