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Offline evo550

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XR 600 1985 question.
« on: April 07, 2012, 02:08:47 pm »
Anyone know what year XR's went from twin to single carbs ?
Looking at one of these, anyone had anything to do with them now or in the past?

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Re: XR 600 1985 question.
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2012, 06:20:53 pm »
88 or 89 had one of those and top bike for trail riding or play racing,88 seems to ring bells better then 89 does

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Re: XR 600 1985 question.
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2012, 11:54:44 pm »
XR 600 ran dual carbies 1985-1987, we didn't get the 1987 model in Oz for reasons unknown. First single carb was 1988 & had a number of changes like 18" rear wheel, smaller rear hub (!!), nikasil liner in cylinder and minor cosmetic changes. All good bikes; but were heavy and sometimes suffered from weak stators making hard to start. The twin carby models went a bit harder but were a hassle to tune carbs.

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Re: XR 600 1985 question.
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2012, 10:59:00 am »
I have a 85 XR600 with twin carbs great bike easy to start goes like stink wont find a better hill climber

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Re: XR 600 1985 question.
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2012, 11:06:55 am »
Thanks guys, looking at a 350 of same year as well, whats the preference?

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Re: XR 600 1985 question.
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2012, 11:52:11 am »
Watch for the gearbox gremlins of the 350. I remember when they were the bike of choice for trail riding and it seemed like every second one broke a gear/shaft of some description.
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Re: XR 600 1985 question.
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2012, 12:20:03 pm »
Yep, Honda ran out of gearbox bits for the 350's over a decade ago.
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Re: XR 600 1985 question.
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2012, 12:47:06 pm »
With a big bore kit, cam, pipe, jets they can make some serious power and pull great smokey burnouts!!!!