HONDA XR650L BRAND NEW BIG GUN & BAD ASS ; THIS IS IT! 

My 2016 XR650L is few miles short of turning 16,000 miles and is pretty much bone stock. I just can’t beat the 52 mpg but I’m pretty smooth with the throttle. I originally bought the bike just to cruise around on the backroads. In the last couple years I started taking on some of the easier dual sports and lately adventure rides. If its a real dual sport I take my KTM. The XR (even bone stock) is just a fun bike. I will admit she is a tall girl which is why I chose her over the Suzuki DR650. At 6’-7” I wanted the tallest bike out there. She is a little heavy so my goal for any rides I do is ZERO FALLS. This eliminates picking her up and minimizing the chances of getting hurt. I can’t believe bike prices, I paid $6250 out the door.

Another mint fresh bike from Justin, with very impressive upgrades. I love how he bought the Red stainless steel brake lines to put on this bikes. Looks like you don't even have to put any effort forth to make it wheelie. Definitely a wheelie machine, and I love the sound of it's exhaust system.

I have a pristine 650R but I have to say I really like that bike with the upgrades. I'm still asking myself why Honda has yet to produce the 650R again or something with the same powerplant and modern suspension and electronics. They wouldn't be able to produce enough ever

Hi Ken sure does brings back memories of this bike.. I usually stayed with the XR's...But in fact i did one time buy a XR650L..Like this bike...I installed a sleave kit by L.A. Sleave 720cc Kit...With a HCR XR650R Bullet Cam. Different pipe ect..tuned and carb was as well done... She had power for sure in around that 46 HP Est... range...Sold it because it was just to heavy and of course would never handle like a XR650R. Just a little memory for yea Ken...Have a SUPER DAY ! ... That bike was sold and i went into the (( NEW 2000 XR650R )) Also Ken, I did the uncorking on the bike and i put a NOS Stage 2 HRC Kit on her, geared it larger carb, what a difference, she was a Power House ! Plus the * New Engine Design * was much better !

That bike is so fuckin badass bone stock including the silencer and even the Cali smog crap. People make it seem like you can’t even ride it without uncorking it but I’ve literally never been in a situation where it doesn’t have enough power and I ride pretty hard stuff. It’ll cruise at 90 and do 100 if the winds at your back and that’s enough for me. Got the front end up at 85 with no clutch today.

God bless America and that bike Amen

I had a 1997. Still the same. Perfect.

Nice! I have a 2022. I want to set mine up exactly the same. Uncork it the same way, but keep it as stock as possible.

That's got to be the best bike for me,man I love it

Classic big bore 4 stroke Honda XR, nice bike.

Sweet video! Love the bike and the wheeiles, that brings back some fun memories. Owned an '83 XL600 with XR500 front and rear suspension under it "back in the late 80s day" living in Southern CA. Loved that XL and rode it everywhere from local streets, to freeways to trail riding. Best of all it did great wheelies. In finally sold the XL and got a proper dirt bike ('87 CR 250) as the cops were really wanting to have a roadside chat with me about those 5 gear XL street wheelies, and I had a bad habit of jumping medians and doing other urban enduro things to avoid those unpleasantries 😆 I suspect the reason Honda doesn't update the 650L or bring back the 650R is due to emissions regs. I own a new '23 Husky 701 Enduro. Great bike, but to be honest it runs like crap as delivered with soft low end and part throttle response, as is it is fueled stupid lean and choked up to meet Euro 5 emissions and sound requirements. Ya, if the rider pins it, the big KTM thumper will go as it finally is running in the area of it's fueling map not completely controlled by the government, but who rides a 693cc thumper with a pinned throttle very often? I was very disappointed in how my 701 ran - I want my big thumpers to thump and grunt, I won't lie... Of course that would never do, so I added a cannon length class Yosh can and spent more money with my friends at Rottweiler Performance to add their O2 sensor eliminator and a PC6 with their map on it to fix the lean fueling. Now it is an absolute beast with XR650R like low end with an insane hard revving top end pull, and the sound is brappalicious. The older air cooled bikes don't have the performance potential of my 701, but getting them to run correctly by installing a Dynojet carb kit, swapping the exhaust can, and removing the smog crap is easy and comparatively cheap. The only reason I went with the 701 is I'm getting older and life is short... 61 years old now, I can do about 1/8th mile long 2nd gear power wheelies on the 701, but nothing like the perfect balanced feathered throttle jobs that I did on the XL as a young punk. Older and supposedly wiser now, I find that the far more powerful 701 also carries a lot more weight on it's front tire than the XL did. This is probably to keep it stable, the bike can pull almost 120 MPH with the 16/45 gearing I run. All in all the more planted front end is probably a good thing as it does steer accurately for a bike with a 21" front wheel on a canyon road, and even though I'm older and more "mature" now, I can't help myself when it comes to low level hooliganism ;)

Sweet bike. I had a 86 KLR600, kids called it the helicopter because of the idle. There was an XR 600, an XT600 and a DR 600 in the area back then. The kick start return malfunctioned and split the right cover and center crankase when it caught.😢

I have a 1994 XR 650L. It has 11k original miles and it runs great. Still needs to be jetted with a pipe.

I need one of these!

Good morning, Kap! Love the 650.

XR notes are the best

I had one. Really hard not to like. I have a 1290 SAR really cool too

Love my XR650L, so much fun and a solid bike for any type of riding!! Curious what company supplied the Brake Lines on that bike?? I would Like to Upgrade my Rubbers to Braided Stainless lines too...

I've always loved them .

You guys have better weather than NW WA. I thought it was similar. I see sun. I'm jealous. Beautiful Honda.

Dio ti benedica Kap ❤ grazie per la visione di queste splendide moto.

Your an inspiration old boy.

Wow what a great bike !

It’s a diamond! 💎 and it sure don’t get no better, Kap

Great thumper , bullet proof 💪💪

Keep the bike! is pure Gold 💰🧾💰

Sweet bike!

Nice wheelies!

It looks like the 1992 XR600R (with air scoops). A great bike but they don't sell them in Australia. Perfect for me.

Price?

Thee Most famous of all! I have 2021 Modded to Death

Great bike! But I hope you changed out the stock countershaft sprocket!! They’re known for wearing out the splines on these bikes!!! Do it before it’s too late

She sounds angry, has a good bark when your on the pipe.

I had a big gun on my 400 I also had the white brothers one too the white brothers was the best performance wise but the big gun sounds great tho lol

Nice bike !

The Swiss watch of sledge hammers, damn I need a big Honda thumper to get around on.

I Love This Bike , & would love to Own Her 😍

Soy de Argentina, tube una Kawasaki KLX 650 L 1994, Yamaha Crypton 105 2008, ahora poseo un Honda tornado RX 250 la compre 0 km, mi sueño es tener una XR 650 L nueva, lastima que no llegan a mi pais!!

The frame will literally rott away around the power plant. Love xr650s

Can anyone tell me what else was done to this bike? I bought a '23 last year and would really like to uncork it. I already know about the header/exhaust and have already changed out the front sprocket.

Does it use Premium or Regular unleaded fuel?

I actually took the time to search the word perfection in Wikipedia 🤣🤣🤣

What askin price? I’m lookin for xr650r, that seems nice too!

Kap, would you guys take a Can Am Outlander XMR 1000 in on trade for this XR650? I can send pics and more info. It's like new with a lot of upgrades including a cvtech primary clutch, big gun exhaust, flashed ECU, and new 30" outlaw 3s.

Sweet

wait ... u can still buy them new ???? THATS CRAZY

That's clean. Those are fun bikes, but can Ken Jr. pick up a 650L? Haha. I was wondering that. He probably can.

So is this bike for sale how much is it as is

Daumm Check Out that Willy Poppin Panty Droppin Honda,,,,, Justin Smith is one of the greatest of all times that have ever been on the channel that brother with everything he's ever had with perfection just amazing I love that dude and brother Ken Kaplan you look like a total badass riding those Willies Dawgg it don't get no better than that with this brother he represents the red white and blue more than anybody total Patriot badass💪🏻💪🏻💚👍🏻👍🏻🌎🤟🏻🤟🏻🇺🇲😎👊🏻🗯💥✌🏼

Can I get a link to those boots? Look nice

My mother and her friends warned us . Don’t be revving your bikes up within a mile of the church . Some had to pay . 2 years of alter boy service .😂

Awesome bike how much did it go for cap

what boots are those?

These bikes run 8.3:1 comp. ratio stock. This bike is 11.0:1.

I'd love to have a 650, too bad I'm poor, lol 😅

Have you sold it yet?

Sorry, what is the accent of the author in this video?

thiers alot of bikes and atvs that are the same the only thing that changes is price increases every yr with zero t o l;ittle updates the prices on new bikes no matter the brand along with atvs n side x sides are getting ridiculous

, bit ~ prince-ly ~ that 😳

Big bore not for beginner power house machine

LOL you're a class act man, but gotta say XR650L sounds like dynamite on crack, Honda cranks out winners.

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Do you get any bother off the cops ? Those bikes are awesome 👌