XR650r owners' thread

[cynna]

the ozzie one $160 for 300mm and $180 for 400mm $aus plus 20 - 20 postage. homemade like you are doing seems to be the way to go...

[dino3310]

a lot of coin for bugga all really, like you say home made would be the way at this stage at least i could muck around with hieght/length without cutting up the expensive bling

[Buddha#81:Me]

4 pigs went for a play in the dust.......all finished. we burnt oil, tons of fuel and rubber. 1028km in 30hrs.

[Buddha#81:Me]

couple more......

[dino3310]

awesome mate that would have been a bloody good weekend,

How'd that screen go?

[cynna]

2 even rode there and back.....

all 4 broke and indicator. did sams have bashplate? doesnt look like he had one in the photos - I wonder how his cases coped

good photos Brent - likes the ones you emailed as well

[Buddha#81:Me]

2 even rode there and back.....

all 4 broke and indicator. did sams have bashplate? doesnt look like he had one in the photos - I wonder how his cases coped

good photos Brent - likes the ones you emailed as well

Sams has the std bashplate but has been cut back around the catch bottle, must have been broken at some stage?

[mattsdakar]

Oh well, I've finally jumped in at the deep end after deciding months ago my baby needed new rings !!!
Cracked the cases and have taken piston out.
Piston and barrell were in surprisingly good order but the oil seal ring which was pretty loose. Decided to reuse original piston until found out there are no rings sets available in NZ, ex Japan only, for $145. Bugger it couldn't wait 10-20 working days so got a new Wossner sent down overnight from AUckland $230 thankyou very much! Have dropped head into the pro's to get valves and seating ground, however they said intake valves are stuffed so back to Mr Honda, thankfully got last set in NZ ex Bluewing in AKL which are on the way which is where I'm at now...waiting waiting
I have had to make up my own left and right case gaskets as again ex Japan at $80 and $130 respectively


So far so good but crapping myself that I'll leave a piece out somewhere

[tri boy]

Make sure the clearances, (piston-barrel) are within the Wossner specs, (info in the kit).
They are different from the Honda specs, (slightly more tolerance/clearance if I remember is required).
Quite important.
They are a bloody nice piston.

Also, oil control ring assy's run a different tolerance than the top rings, so don't let this spook you.

[Stylo]

22 litre I think. My original tank did about 170 to reserve. Never got to reserve on this one yet! I think it will do about 300km. Love the pics by the way. My aim is to get down there on the XR one of these days and do some of those roads I hear so much about.

Nice thread and just look'ng in ....have'nt had a big Trail Bike for a few years but thinking about getting another soon . XR650 is hard to find so thinking about a DR650 , plan is we've got something we can jump on and do some back country stuff - two up anmd make a change from the Road stuff we do ...and a DR sounds like value for money, even new. Me-thinks we can't go wrong, don't wanna go the XTZ route, just keep it minimal . Any worries with a DR650 at 8.5k new ??

[cooneyr]

...Oh well, I've finally jumped in at the deep end after deciding months ago my baby needed new rings !!!....

Good stuff. What I can see from the pics looks very similar to a 91 XR250. Seems honda either didn't need to improve a good thing or are cheep barsteds!

Cheers R

[Buddha#81:Me]

Just think you could have saved all that money by putting mineral oil in it. Have you checked the big end? This is their major weakness!

Looking at the wheels shouldn't this be in the Motard section?

[mattsdakar]

Just think you could have saved all that money by putting mineral oil in it. Have you checked the big end? This is their major weakness!

Looking at the wheels shouldn't this be in the Motard section?

Guess what, I had been running it on mineral, don't why I thought it was semi, and it's not like you never took your motard on the dirt!!

[mattsdakar]

Make sure the clearances, (piston-barrel) are within the Wossner specs, (info in the kit).
They are different from the Honda specs, (slightly more tolerance/clearance if I remember is required).
Quite important.
They are a bloody nice piston.

Also, oil control ring assy's run a different tolerance than the top rings, so don't let this spook you.

Thanks for the comments will check into those clearances, as for info included there was bugger all only 3-4 lines explaining how to run the piston in

[mattsdakar]

Ah, anyone got a spare clutch hub?....Don't ask doh!!!!