Great video. I had the pleasure many years ago to ride an XR 650 through a very desolate area with little help available if you broke down. That big air-cooled Honda will get you home.
Love me some XR650L, have had current one (of 3) 18years..sadly I feel I'm ageing out of it, getting to be a lot of work.. get some decent tires, hand guards and big fuel tank. The Seat Concepts seat really transforms the bike, also play with sprockets, a 14t front for me made it more rideable off road and still plenty of hiway legs..have fun!
Sounds like you are lugging the engine quite a bit. Dont be afraid to click it down a gear and use the higher rev range, single cylinders are better between 4-8k rpm . You are putting more stress on all the components while trying at the same time to do the opposite... let 'er rev buddy
100% incorrect for 650cc singles. They are built for and live at low rpm cuz peak torque is almost immediately above idle. Bigger cylinder, piston, crank. They dont make any more power over mid range rpm, and holding rpms over 5-6k for extended periods of time will oblong the rings on these big pistons from the high rotational mass spinning that fast > burning oil. The XR, DR, and KLR all last longer than any other engines cuz they work less not revving so high.
@@tieoneon1614 alright. My bike is a wr450f, limiter at about 11500 i think, no point in going over 9000 though. Dr650 idle speed is 1500. Limiter is 7500. Single cylinders are the roughest, and lugging them (high load low rpm) puts considerably more stress on the con rod , bearings , crank and wrist pin. Higher gears put even more load on the motor as it becomes less advantageous torque wise. If my wr450 is good from 4-8k, im assuming the dr650 behaves the same at 2.5/2.7- 5k rpm.
