Thread: XR650R

Originally Posted by BRADS

Raise your unrideable 500 for my 350xcf



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bloody hell thats shiny!!!!!

Originally Posted by Dr. Watson

Attachment 53396If you like the 500 2t then the 690 enduro will be right up your ally...

Pussys will say it has too much power for dirt... Mine has a very similar delivery to the 500s, which I recon is about right

Does it come standard with that mirror angled to watch yourself being awesome or is that an extra?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Does it come standard with that mirror angled to watch yourself being awesome or is that an extra?

That is a good idea for a road legal bike.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

That is a good idea for a road legal bike.

Yip its on a little ratchet. After market and very cool.

The 690r gets me to the office and back every day ... Most days very rapidly.

This thread planted a seed in my head

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

This thread planted a seed in my head
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Tell us more mate


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Looks like another knee operation coming up soon. Fun, pain and rehab all wrapped up in an innocent looking package

Won't take ya long to get cows in and shift fences tho

Originally Posted by BRADS

Tell us more mate


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Nothing too special mate, Husky TE310, been riding it round the last hour or so and I love the power delivery, has fists full of torque without being really snappy like a 450 motocrosser, but would still hang with the 250s in the tight stuff easy enough. Ohlins shock and Sachs up front are real nice. Wanted a bike for trail rides basically but im wary of wrecking myself on a dedicated motocrosser. Its currently got a numberplate on the front but I will put the light and stand back on it, throw a new rear tyre at it soon, and put some acerbis full handguards on it as the poxy roost guards on it don't do much for me. Also has a trailtech computer gizmo which is cool, shows rpm, temp and hours etc

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Nothing too special mate, Husky TE310, been riding it round the last hour or so and I love the power delivery, has fists full of torque without being really snappy like a 450 motocrosser, but would still hang with the 250s in the tight stuff easy enough. Ohlins shock and Sachs up front are real nice. Wanted a bike for trail rides basically but im wary of wrecking myself on a dedicated motocrosser. Its currently got a numberplate on the front but I will put the light and stand back on it, throw a new rear tyre at it soon, and put some acerbis full handguards on it as the poxy roost guards on it don't do much for me. Also has a trailtech computer gizmo which is cool, shows rpm, temp and hours etc

Very nice.
I here you on the power thing, I'm ridding the 350 faster than I was a 450 when I was racing every weekend.


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I don't like the full on hand guards, I worry about going over the bars (a frequent occurence for me) and having snapping my forearms with the handguards. I just run the roost guards.

Originally Posted by Tussock

Finally got used to riding my work quad and got my DRZ400 tuned and sorted and it feels utterly anaemic. Its just so tiny. Everyone says "good luck its so heavy" about those big bikes but I can roll the quad back on its wheels. Heavier than a big two wheeler I suspect.

I'm 6'4" tall, mostly leg and I feel like a dog trying to hump a tennis ball on the DRZ even with the handlebars raised. Same with quad, handlebars are so low.

Which one of those big four strokes suits a full sized human? I never sit down.

Handel bars are so post to be low it is not a Chopper, nothing worse than sitting "In" a bike rather than "on" it.

Originally Posted by Savage1

I don't like the full on hand guards, I worry about going over the bars (a frequent occurence for me) and having snapping my forearms with the handguards. I just run the roost guards.

Never occured to you to let go before the bike you were riding run you over huh.

Originally Posted by Tussock

How long are your legs?

About two inches shorter than yours at a guess as I am 5'10'' which is quite a bit shy of giant status of course but this is irrelevant as you are riding a DRZ which is like me buying a xr230 and complaining the seat height is to low and its hard work going from sitting to standing and then the bars are too low standing.

Drz is a mobile lazyboy.

A 525 with a tall seat might suit