I just bought a 158000km (98000 miles) 2008, Kawasaki Concours. I plan on bringing it back to its full glory. Like and subscribe to follow the progress! :)
The windshield motor is probably fine. Remove the windshield and loosen the plate a little. Saturate the cables and the tracks with WD40 and give it a tap with a rubber mallet. Mine did the same thing and this worked. There is a video on this on youtube, just search it.
Thanks, the bike came with a huge windscreen which seems to burn the motor, but Ill try that first. Already found another motor and stock windscreen for 130$ :)
I have a 2014 concours with 123k miles it still looks great and everything works. I'm currently looking at yamaha super tenere's hopefully getting one soon.
I just sold the Concours, because I realized that after a long ride I had need pain (34” inseam). And just bought a 2021 super tenere 1200. With seat set to high and lower pegs the tenere is super spacious! For my size, a much better touring bike! 😎
It has more torque then power, but I can lift the front wheel in 2nd gear and even with luggage and passenger, you have plenty. Tons more low down torque than the concours, less top end. Uses half as much gas.
Thanks for watching, I've sent my wheels to a distributor in the UK who sent them to Kineo to have them design a kit for the DR650.. I'm expecting the wheels to arrive in the next couple of months (the factory has doubled capacity and they still can't keep up with demand). I'll be posting a review video as soon as I receive them :) It won't be cheap, but they are possibly the best tubeless wheels out there (I've heard of BMW owners upgrading to Kineos as their OEM tubeless spoked wheels weren't strong enough.
