XR650r owners' thread

[Padmei]

Awesome! go The Big Red Pigs

Only new bike Ive ever owned was a XL500 brought in 1981 -I soo loved that bike and did I have some adventures on her!

Hope mum & son will get to do the next Dusty Butt

Hopefully it'll be up here & your boy can get his boats soaking wet for the weekend

[dino3310]

Hope mum & son will get to do the next Dusty Butt

That would be cool, i gotta wait another 4 years for my boy

[helenoftroy]

Hopefully it'll be up here & your boy can get his boats soaking wet for the weekend

Well hopefully you will be there Padmei,to rescue another saturated family member if need be??

Dino,bikes plate is there ,indicators etc,so shouldnt be a biggie to get sorted

[timg]

Yes!! we have a replacement XR for son Sams one that was stolen!

Rego lapsed but that will be easily sorted,extra set of rims/tyres,spare exhaust & few other bits

Last bike was in Alexandra this bike was two minutes from my house lol

The guy was 5"4" and had to put the bike on a large block of wood to kick her over....

Good to see that it all ended well. Sam will be rapt.

[helenoftroy]

Good to see that it all ended well. Sam will be rapt.

Thanks Tim

Yes - Sams very happy

[dino3310]

Had a play around with the Pigs gearing and chucked the little stock tank back on her, man what a lot of fun she is.
Had a 13 front and 48 rear sprockett which ment a top speed of around 130ish shit for road but big smiles in the dirt.
the more i ride this pig the more i dont wonna stop...

[cynna]

im getting pissed of trying to start mine. cant believe how kicking starting a bike can be such hard work.

[centaurus]

im getting pissed of trying to start mine. cant believe how kicking starting a bike can be such hard work.

Check compression and air/fuel mix. If these are right it should start first pop. I am not an experienced kick-starter but I'm amazed how easily mine starts - almost always first kick.

[dino3310]

something aint tuned right bro. if she tuned right you shouldnt have any probs, there normally a piece of piss to start.
once you over that TDC it should fire right up.... have ya checked valves, decomp free play, plug etc etc

shouldnt be hard work bro thats ment to start when trying to hold on to the bugger.

[dino3310]

i went for a wof today, the wof man didnt even atempt to start my piggy. said he'd been bitten before

[cynna]

got it going in the end - started as soon as i kicked it without the choke on. only took a 100 kicks before i tried that

due for a valve check and it had been sitting a few weeks if that had anything to do with it

[dino3310]

got it going in the end - started as soon as i kicked it without the choke on. only took a 100 kicks before i tried that

due for a valve check and it had been sitting a few weeks if that had anything to do with it

sitting a few weeks fuel couldve been a little stale in the bowl, but yer the choke is a touchy thing, im still figuring out how cold is it to use full/half or nudda. sometimes i havent had her going for week and she'll fire straight away with no choke.

[dino3310]

new home made sump guard

[cooneyr]

Cool. Ive got to make one for my XR at some stage and thats a good idea. One thing I'd suggest though - invert the bolts at the back. If you hit a rock or two the only way you'll get it off is to grind the nutts off (ouch!) The mushroom head bolts are perfect for use upside down.

Cheers R

[dino3310]

yeah though about that, but then i'd have to change the bracket cause the bolt gets in the way of the mounting bolts, ive banged it with the hammer to bend them a little so the nuts wouldnt come off so there gonna get grinded of anys so sacrificial for now