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                            Installation Instructions
                                         Fits: 2002-up BMW F650CS (Belt drive)
                                                              Lowers Rear 1.5"

                       BMW F650CS

1. Raise the motorcycle with the center stand or milk crate, etc., so the rear wheel is just slightly off the ground.  Remove the 13 mm socket size nut (*late models have larger headed bolts and nuts) that holds the lower end of the links to the rocker and push the 12 mm headed bolt out the left side.  You may have to lift up on the rear wheel slightly to allow that bolt to slide out freely. 

2. Next remove the upper link mounting bolts by loosening the 13 mm nut and removing the 12 mm headed bolt out the right side.  Remove both stock links and you should be ready to install the new KoubaLinks.  Before installing these links, you may want to put some grease on the needle bearings inside the rocker and the upper link mount.

3. Now that the stock links are removed, install the Koubalinks in reverse order of the removal of the stock links, engraving goes to the outside and the right one will only read correctly as both links are identical. 

4. After pushing the upper end mounting bolt back in from the right side, you will have to raise the rear wheel/swingarm up until the lower bolt aligns with the rocker mounting hole, then push that mounting bolt back in from the left side. Install both 13 mm socket sized nuts and torque to approx. 30 lb-ft. 

5. Depending on which KoubaLinks you have, determines if and how much the rear is being lowered, so keep in mind if you lower the rear one inch etc., to maintain the same geometry (if desired) the front would require approx. the same amount of lowering.  Do not slide the front fork tubes up in the triple clamps more than necessary, as on some models the fender or the tire could come in contact with the horn or the bottom of the triple clamps.  Sliding the fork tubes up less than 1" is preferred.

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