The BMW X-Challenge Thread

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Steady

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Been thinking that this would be a useful place to pool knowledge on the XC as well as mods and fixes. Feel free to add your contributions. XCountry owners welcome as well

Chain guide.

The OEM one is not much good.

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Touratech make a much better one.

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And the improvement is easy to see from this angle.

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A more serious problem is the aluminium wheel spacers. These wear and eventually kill the bearing seals, I am going to get some replacements made so if you want a set send me a pm rather than reply here and I will post a price per wheel set.
 
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