Bought my 2006 Vstrom 650 a few months ago, looked very clean when I bought it, few dings, scratches to be expected on a bike this old but overall very well looked after.
Noticed the other day that despite some chain clean and re-lube the chain was making more noise than I thought it should.
Today I took off the front sprocket cover to give it a bit of a clean inside.
Holy shit there was a lot of crap in there!!!!
What I thought would be a 1/2 hour job ending up taking 2 hrs!
Thick black mud/grease mix caking everything. Yuck.
Anyway, seems much quieter now
to be honest I'm amazed I wasn't having more problems with the clutch and chain generally given how much shit was in there.
An afternoon well spent that's for sure