XR650r owners' thread

[bart]

even this is a little too old.....But at least it has been done up aye....
Heaps of power to run away from the Bro's back then....

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Nah, it's the real deal. My great grandfather had one of those.

[dino3310]

well the XRs are ahead of there time

[dino3310]

oh bugger Honda's kicked arse at the Baja, suprise surprise

oh and the man from the XR600 vid was in the winning team woop woop

Pro Motorcycles:
1. Kendall Norman, Santa Barbara, Calif./Quinn Cody, Buellton, Calif./Johnny Campbell, San Clemente, Calif., Honda CRF450X, 19:20:52 (54.87 mph) (Class 22)

[dino3310]

XRs are cool and they go like fuck

[junkmanjoe]

very flash seat cover there dino mate..........your ride is looking trick now days..

JMJ

[dino3310]

naa not trick just clean bro

[mattsdakar]

naa not trick just clean bro

Hey Dino,
I see a wossner sticker on your headlight shroud, have you put one of their pistons in your XR and if so what do you think?
I'm looking at putting new rings in my XR soon but haven't found anyone who has OEM rings here in NZ, might have to import from Japan.
If piston needs replacing I have seen Wossner pistons advertised on trademe thru motoworx so was thinking of getting one from them, your thoughts??
Cheers Matt

[dino3310]

For quality i dont think you can beat the Wossner, The dude at waikato motor reconditions said it was an empressive looking piston of high quality. i think its great ive had no problems with it and they support all the oversize up to 5mm os . i got mine from these guys http://www.motoxparts.co.nz/motoxspa...07&category=93 it worked out cheaper than ordering from the states as these guys did a bulk order every couple of months, plus it was a shit load cheaper and better quality than the Honda slug. this is just IMHO.

Sooo yeah bro good piston, got sick of bluewing $$$$$ and time. the bloke at motoxparts is good for a chat he knows his shit so hes got some good advice...

[dino3310]

heres the wossner site http://wossneronline.com/forged_pist...6b69a84215a451

[mattsdakar]

For quality i dont think you can beat the Wossner, The dude at waikato motor reconditions said it was an empressive looking piston of high quality. i think its great ive had no problems with it and they support all the oversize up to 5mm os . i got mine from these guys http://www.motoxparts.co.nz/motoxspa...07&category=93 it worked out cheaper than ordering from the states as these guys did a bulk order every couple of months, plus it was a shit load cheaper and better quality than the Honda slug. this is just IMHO.

Sooo yeah bro good piston, got sick of bluewing $$$$$ and time. the bloke at motoxparts is good for a chat he knows his shit so hes got some good advice...

Thanks for the info Dino, I'll soon crack the engine casing and see what's in my box of chocolates!
Out of interest did you replace camchain and intakes valves and if so where did you get them?

[dino3310]

camchain was done around 4k before rebuild, will look at vavles maybe in another 10,000kms. most of the bits n pieces are from bike bandits, but some of the seals and bearings i sorced local and of course the wossner from MXparts. Actually mate i recall from memory that he had ordered more XR pistons as there were a few popping up on terdme, he might still have some in stock.

[mattsdakar]

camchain was done around 4k before rebuild, will look at vavles maybe in another 10,000kms. most of the bits n pieces are from bike bandits, but some of the seals and bearings i sorced local and of course the wossner from MXparts. Actually mate i recall from memory that he had ordered more XR pistons as there were a few popping up on terdme, he might still have some in stock.

I have been emailing motoxparts this week, he does have wossner piston and rings in stock now, problem is I'm not sure whether I need a new piston til I open her up, might only need new rings. They don't stock rings to fit OEM piston.
The other worry is that it is using a bit of oil yet nil blue exhaust smoke so may not be rings???

[dino3310]

mmmmmmmmmmmm yep ok ahhhh mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm will sleep on it and no doubt all will be revealed in a dream, then i'l get up and post about 3am

[tri boy]

The other worry is that it is using a bit of oil yet nil blue exhaust smoke so may not be rings???

Oil leak/ case venting oil mist into airbox, or possibly valve guide seals, (the later normally shows up as a bit smoky first thing from cold though.
Wossners are good/great, but if you use one tell the machinist to bore to the EXACT wossner specs. They have a different clearance requirement than Wiseco etc. MHO

[cooneyr]

Oil leak/ case venting oil mist into airbox, ......

That rings a bell cause guys grab the crankcase breather oil separator (plastic conical thingame) from the XR650R and stick it on the KTM 950's. They suffer from a minor version of this issue. Have a look in your airbox and make sure it is not got engine oil in it.