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crazyxr250rider
7th February 2006, 17:35
Honestly what do honda think they're doing.....they must be mad discontinuing the XR-R range completely, yes thats right no more XR650R for `07. and and lets just say Honda's being very slow to replace the much loved XR250-400R's and those CRF-X's don't count in my book.Yep a big:motu: and :argh: to honda
Goblin
7th February 2006, 18:43
Oh no!! The XR's are such a cool bike too. Now prices for second hand ones will go up....mmmm, better get one asap!!
cowpoos
7th February 2006, 19:14
XR's are crap bikes anyway...heavy pieces of shit...with crap gutless motors and bad handling... when they first came out they were a good bike...but they didn't change squat over the years...they only sold on the name they once had...
hXc
7th February 2006, 19:16
XR's are crap bikes anyway...heavy pieces of shit...with crap gutless motors and bad handling... when they first came out they were a good bike...but they didn't change squat over the years...they only sold on the name they once had...

BULLSHIT! My XR200 would do wheelies in 3rd gear. Dad's 250 would do wheelies in 5th gear!

And yeah they did change! Twin carb-single carb, twin shock-single shock etc etc.
cowpoos
7th February 2006, 19:29
BULLSHIT! My XR200 would do wheelies in 3rd gear. Dad's 250 would do wheelies in 5th gear!

And yeah they did change! Twin carb-single carb, twin shock-single shock etc etc.

been able to do wheelies is relitive to many many variables...not just power...the latest xr250 only makes something like 24hp...which is pretty piss poor...I hav a close friend who has a 2001 xr250...and its a pig of a thing and he freely admitts it...and I hav owned them too....and a xr200...I believe the xr200 is acctually a better bike than the 250...better handling at any rate and weights about a ton less...


and besides this...hows the VT going?
hXc
7th February 2006, 19:32
I enjoyed our XR's but each to their own...

The VT is great. Got lisence this morning and did 33 k's this afternoon. Was bloody brilliant too!!! I love it! Only one whoopsee moment - Braking downhill is different from normal:eek:
Goblin
7th February 2006, 19:45
Ok Poos, we get it! You dont like XR's.
I had a shitload of fun on every XR I ever rode, even tho I never owned one.
cheese
7th February 2006, 20:30
XR's were great. I blew one up real good......
cowpoos
7th February 2006, 20:49
The VT is great. Got lisence this morning and did 33 k's this afternoon. Was bloody brilliant too!!! I love it! Only one whoopsee moment - Braking downhill is different from normal:eek:

good stuff man...take it easy for a while...I expect you'll be giving your old man the learn within a few years... :msn-wink:
inlinefour
7th February 2006, 22:59
Compare the XR to the DRZ & KLX and it becomes apparent that the XR has seen better days. Time to change and keep up with the compition eh. I'm going to move on also when it comes to trail biking and I feel that its just a matter of time until i purchase a new road legal KLX400:2thumbsup
i like the DRZ but it looks a tad queer , must be a suzuki thing:bleh:
MSTRS
8th February 2006, 08:29
...I expect you'll be giving your old man the learn within a few years... :msn-wink:
Shhhhhh.......(and I don't know about 'years')
crazyxr250rider
8th February 2006, 17:20
...heavy pieces of shit...yeah sooo much heavyer than a GSXR750 covered in cowpoos:argh:
justsomeguy
8th February 2006, 17:21
OI PLEASE

DON'T start a thread with a title RIP .......

Gave me a rotten fright thinking another brother or sister had a terminal moment........
Mr Skid
8th February 2006, 17:26
OI PLEASE

DON'T start a thread with a title RIP .......

Gave me a rotten fright thinking another brother or sister had a terminal moment........Perhaps ignorant road riders should keep out of the 'Off Road' section then. :spudbooge
crazyxr250rider
8th February 2006, 17:28
......Compare the XR to the DRZ & KLX........
didnt know there was a DRZ650......oh yea drz250's are grandad bikes:nya: :first: the only thing the new 06 has over my '91 is E-start! mine is more powerfull and lighter!:nya: :second:
justsomeguy
8th February 2006, 17:33
Perhaps ignorant road riders should keep out of the 'Off Road' section then. :spudbooge

Eh yeah - Mr. "I can't brake properly"......

But when you open the home page and look under recent threads it doesn't say which section the thread belongs to.

Alright back to your dirt bikes now. :spudwave:
cowpoos
8th February 2006, 18:15
yeah sooo much heavyer than a GSXR750 covered in cowpoos:argh:

shud up kid...I'ld learn you on or off road....
crazyxr250rider
8th February 2006, 18:19
what???????????
cowpoos
8th February 2006, 18:30
Perhaps ignorant road riders should keep out of the 'Off Road' section then. :spudbooge

or you could get knotted...many people ride on and off road...and we are alowded to go anywhere on this site...
cowpoos
8th February 2006, 18:33
what???????????

you'ld hav a chance if you had a decent bike.... :nya:
crazyxr250rider
8th February 2006, 19:42
I got a decent bike a XR yes thats right ladies and gentlemen a XR250R, so what are you talking about?
cowpoos
8th February 2006, 19:53
I got a decent bike a XR

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: a XR :rofl: :rofl: thats soooo funnyyyyy :rofl:
slob
8th February 2006, 20:04
I have a love\hate relationship with my XR600R - it's the second slowest bike I've ever owned, but it has given me two of my worst accidents on the road (wasn't sure if I could ever run again after one incident). On the other hand, the engine's amazingly reliable and has loads of "character".

Sadly, I'll be putting it up for sale soon as I move towards buying a house..:violin:
IronicCapers
8th February 2006, 21:12
XR range was a great range no doubt about it. Farmers bike to be sure, sturdy reliable and enough guts to get you where you want to go and enuf to have fun with. Id agree with the 200 being better of the 2. But heck the CRF230 has taken over the farm duties being as seems they have just made an in between bike that has terrible suspension heavy as hell and poor brakes (everything the modern XRs are today). So Honda still supply a half decent bike that doesn't require a shit load of maintenance of the likes of the screaming 4stroke race breed machines.:eyepoke:
inlinefour
9th February 2006, 02:06
didnt know there was a DRZ650......oh yea drz250's are grandad bikes:nya: :first: the only thing the new 06 has over my '91 is E-start! mine is more powerfull and lighter!:nya: :second:

Or do you want to put the other one into it also? I'm quite keen to see if I can get a road legal CRF450, will find out at some stage and get back to you all on that one. . No there is not a DRZ650, but a DR650SE, see ----------------------->http://www.suzukicycles.com/Products/DR650SEK6/Default.aspx for info. There is a KLX650 though and there is one on trade me that I'd love to get my hands on, see ----------------->http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.asp?id=47449527
One suggestion crazyxr250riderm, its cool to be passionate about a brand of bike, but not to the extent of rubbishing all others. I know from experience as thats exactly how I started off here at kiwibiker. I have actually found a soooki that I like the look of and I am told I can test pilot that and the kawasaki. However my first choice still is the road legal CRF450, provided they do one. Either way the bike below is awesome IMO.:second:
SwanTiger
9th February 2006, 02:57
Ah, I remember months of fun and joy thrashing about paddocks on my XR80 until my brother decided he would pull it apart and snapped the clutch plate in the process.

Good bikes, but A LOT out dated with what is being produced these days.
Motu
9th February 2006, 06:42
There is outdated....and there is also fit for purpose.Bikes like the DT175 and ER185 are still produced today,they are decades more outdated than an XR,but they fill a market segment enough to keep up the demand.
crazyxr250rider
9th February 2006, 10:57
Seems nobody gives a shit..........
crazyxr250rider
9th February 2006, 11:03
even though i have tested the CRF-R/X and there is jack shit diference the CRF just cost more they're even single cam...
crazyxr250rider
9th February 2006, 11:13
I have a love\hate relationship with my XR600R - it's the second slowest bike I've ever owned, but it has given me two of my worst accidents on the road (wasn't sure if I could ever run again after one incident). On the other hand, the engine's amazingly reliable and has loads of "character".

Sadly, I'll be putting it up for sale soon as I move towards buying a house..:violin:
What bikes have you owned? and if you cant pull 120kph your just not trying.
cowpoos
9th February 2006, 11:46
Seems nobody gives a shit..........

thats coz they're crap bikes....

and you mister...need to lighten up...seems we can't take alittle shit stirring...and we have to get all angery and start red reping people and shit...

Pifffft...mind you...you do ride a honda
cowpoos
9th February 2006, 11:49
even though i have tested the CRF-R/X and there is jack shit diference the CRF just cost more they're even single cam...

theres about 14-15hp difference to start with....I hav ridden a crf250x and they are a quick bike....
crazyxr250rider
9th February 2006, 12:24
14hp piss of!!!!!!!! 5 at the most when the XR is unrestricted intake ,exhaust ect. and wieseco 12:1.0 piston
Sketchy_Racer
9th February 2006, 14:53
XRs are great bikes.

but people are demanding faster, better, coolser machinery these days. If XRs were selling sooo good they wouldnt have taken them off the line.

but as before we want better.

As for HP im sorry but there would be noooo way a XR , even unrestricted, would be only 5hp off..... i would go for more what Cowpoos said.

and a comparison inbetween a stock CFR250 and modded XR 250 is not a very good comparison....... Is it??............No
slob
9th February 2006, 15:54
What bikes have you owned? and if you cant pull 120kph your just not trying.

I think I've managed an indicated 150 on the XR600. I owned a KLX650 prior to that that had a bit more grunt (160). The other bikes have been road bikes, the slowest being a GN125. What I was trying to imply was that the XR600 can be a lively beast even if it ain't fast (compared to a road bike that is).
crazyxr250rider
9th February 2006, 17:25
XRs are great bikes.

but people are demanding faster, better, coolser machinery these days. If XRs were selling sooo good they wouldnt have taken them off the line.

but as before we want better.

As for HP im sorry but there would be noooo way a XR , even unrestricted, would be only 5hp off..... i would go for more what Cowpoos said.

and a comparison inbetween a stock CFR250 and modded XR 250 is not a very good comparison....... Is it??............NoCooler or not I still run circles round my mates CRF250X (new 5 mnths ago)But maybey Im just too gooder rider????
crazyxr250rider
9th February 2006, 17:30
oh yeah... The XR400 was the third best selling dirt bike in 2004 so the XR's were making honda a lot of money and have you read how many safaris and bajas the XR650R has won?
crazyxr250rider
9th February 2006, 17:35
I think I've managed an indicated 150 on the XR600. I owned a KLX650 prior to that that had a bit more grunt (160). The other bikes have been road bikes, the slowest being a GN125. What I was trying to imply was that the XR600 can be a lively beast even if it ain't fast (compared to a road bike that is).Trust me 150kph is fast enough off road in the mud.......
cowpoos
9th February 2006, 18:09
Cooler or not I still run circles round my mates CRF250X (new 5 mnths ago)But maybey Im just too gooder rider????

your just a too gooder rider then aye....you must be the man.... wanna race?
NordieBoy
9th February 2006, 20:44
oh yeah... The XR400 was the third best selling dirt bike in 2004 so the XR's were making honda a lot of money and have you read how many safaris and bajas the XR650R has won?
The biggest selling bike in OZ last year was the CRF230.
NordieBoy
9th February 2006, 20:50
XR range was a great range no doubt about it. Farmers bike to be sure, sturdy reliable and enough guts to get you where you want to go and enuf to have fun with. Id agree with the 200 being better of the 2. But heck the CRF230 has taken over the farm duties being as seems they have just made an in between bike that has terrible suspension heavy as hell and poor brakes (everything the modern XRs are today). So Honda still supply a half decent bike that doesn't require a shit load of maintenance of the likes of the screaming 4stroke race breed machines.:eyepoke:

The XR's are/were brilliant enduro bikes.
Basically the 4st equilivent of the KDX200.

Went well, still goes well but the modern bikes run rings around them unless you're a very good rider.

The CRF230 is just an overbored XR200 with new plastics and goes very well in the trails (and jumps).

Personally I think the XR's have been going downhill since they lost one of the shocks off the back.
csanson
10th February 2006, 11:22
I own a 2000 model XR650R, after having also owned an XR400 and XR600. There is certainly nothing outdated about the XR650R considering it has an alloy frame and watercooled engine. Honda seem to be abandoning the dual purpose trail bike market in favour of high revving and high maintenance offroad only bikes (with very narrow seats!) i.e the CRF450X. Also note that Honda Japan still sell a supermotard version of the XR400 with electric start. And Honda Europe sell the FMX650 supermotard. Both of these could easily be turned into excellent trail bikes with suspension and wheels Honda already have in their parts bin.