In 2007 BMW took over Husqvarna and build quality noticeably improved. *However*, the Italian designers still liked to design from the heart and this otherwise very good BMW engine squeezed into a Husky frame is a right pain to work on.
As can be see there's no space to access anything, the pale fuel tank is actually a secondary to the main (black) tank under the seat - its purpose wasn't obvious apart from just to get in the way all the time. There is an over-complicated engine management system with sensors and stuff everywhere and even quite minor repairs need the engine to be taken out, which takes ages.
On this picture the gap behind the top of the rads is normally stuffed full of the air-box cover, cos that's where the air filter is.
Anyway, the whole thing is just not designed to be worked on, or cleaned easily for that matter! - not very practical for a dirt bike.... .
Note this engine is the one that went into the CCM GP450, the BMW engine that has the front sprocket running in the same axis as the swinging arm (top pic). Also the clutch sits on the end on the crankshaft which is supposed to make the engine narrower, not sure that it made much difference though.
The engine had plenty of poke but my point of this waffle is that KTM managed to achieve the same end in a much simpler, neater way some years previously!
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