XR 600 1985 question.

[evo550]

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?

[TT5 Matt]

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

[Harro813]

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.

[fatboyracing]

I have a 85 XR600 with twin carbs great bike easy to start goes like stink wont find a better hill climber

cheers
Fatboy

[evo550]

Thanks guys, looking at a 350 of same year as well, whats the preference?

[BAHNZY]

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.

[Canam370]

Yep, Honda ran out of gearbox bits for the 350's over a decade ago.

[zorroz]

With a big bore kit, cam, pipe, jets they can make some serious power and pull great smokey burnouts!!!!