Unlimited Budget Honda XR650R Build! 

Dyno numbers?

@@vernlochtefeld1626 I was planning on putting is on the dyno but the shop is all booked-up in advance. A DR-790 in this config usually puts down between 55 and 60 hp with equal measure in torque. A KTM 690 is still way faster but the DR is a grunt monster and it's not a KTM 🤣

@scottloftin1730 How so? Actually, the DR is the closes match to an XR as anything on the market today. The KLR is a dual sport but is more of an Adventure bike being 100 lbs heavier than either the XR or the DR.

@scottloftin1730 I'm not so sure an XR-650R will outrun a KTM-690 which is one fast bike having ridden one. My heavily modded DR won't get near it in an all out race. But I'll take an XR or a DR over a KTM any day. I can adjust the valves in 20 minutes with just a few hand tools. Trying that on a KTM will take you a weekend LOL.

Thay sounds awsome man

@@OldDirtBikes Same here sold my XR650R and just got one to restore. Almost done w/ the swingarm ugh this thing was rained on and put away wet.

@@OldDirtBikes my 450 -5002smoke killer (93, xr600r 628 big borh kit port polished weight reducted fcr 41 mm pumper carb list goes on …. Nothing has beat it yet ! Even beats my 650😳

Congratulations and thank you!!! The XR650R is such a great bike🏁

Heck yea!!!!

Thank you!

I can assure you, they’re nothing like a 500! A 500 is like a bomb waiting to explode! You can hear the difference just on idle. I know because I raced 2 of them. My 98’ set a speed record of 104 mph..in 400 ft!! Let’s see an xr do that! Beautiful bike though and one of Hondas best!

Trimmed down to 210lbs!? I'd like to see this thing for sure.

@@samclad8747 yes sir👍! And all honesty most was just unnecessary crap on the bike , and personally I think in stock form the rear fender is absolutely hideous and it’s first thing I change lolol ugly bikes in factory form lol U be surprised once u rip out all the stock exhaust and fully uncorke it plus few cuts here and there bike lightens up quick 💪🫡 There’s a short on my channel you can see the bike , I’ll have to post an actual video on it when I get a chance brother .

That’s what I said he wasn’t letting it get to the top of the tree

sorry, but the customer provided the graphics and most of the parts. I’m glad that you love it, it was a super fun project! 🏁

@@MasonGeorgeMotorcycles well thanks for the fast reply! I would love to have this done to my 2007. Although I'm afraid of the "unlimited budget" part 😂

A stock bike makes about 43 hp and I’m guessing this one is in the high 50’s

What little plastic arm?

I forgot to mention in the video but yes the suspension is fully built for him, we don’t do suspension so he had a suspension specific shop do all that. So far the plastic mount has held up but it only has a couple rides on it, if it fails we’ll definitely upgrade it! Thanks for tuning in and XR‘s rule!!!

Ya, that Vapor won't last one over the bars. Get the aluminum guard/ mount or mount it below the handlebars to one side (mine was on the throttle side down low). I ran one forever that way and only broke the plastic mount once.

I had a mid 80's XR600 from 89 all through the 90s. Once I understood it I could "kick start" it with my hand.

Ron Jeremy needs a haircut 😂

They used to make two different models. The L is the air cooled Street version, and the R is a liquid cooled, off-road monster!

Xr650r was build between 2000-2007

😂😂😂

That would be trick!!!

@@goose916 thank you!

5-7k

I have had 2 lectrons on my xr650r motard and I was not happy with either of them, the 2nd one was an improvement however with dirt rims it ran great. It just couldn't deal with the extra load at low rpm with the motard, and I tried every adjustment possible even fitted a wideband guage to be sure. Now I am back to the FCR and I will never go back. I have a lectron on my 2 stroke and it is the best thing even, I wish I could have said the same about there xr650r carb for motard setup, hopefully they can do more R&D and get it right

Is there any difference between that and the mx FCR40?

Johnny Campbell would disagree. Same as the Bells.

@@OSUCharger did they run Lectrons?

​@@johndunn9819 nope, they ran the stock carb a little rich to match the performance upgrades. The only real reason for a lectron is avoid needing to adjust for elevation. If you aren't doing that I wouldn't recommend it and I say that as a XR650R Owner with a lectron on it. But I ride the rocky mountains and chose the lectron as caution for the several thousand feet of elevation change the bike would need to handle. That said, the stock carb tuned for high elevation performed great. It was just difficult to start at home because it was slightly too lean in order to perform at high elevation, even though it ran great once warmed up. The lectron made it easy to start and still handle elevation changes without issue. ​

On a MX track the weight of the 650 makes it slower but in a straight line and top speed the XR is a monster!

No

This bike isn’t street legal and with such a big cam I’m sure it’s a drinker!

Thank you!🏁

Thank you!!!

Worth I don’t know but I do know it cost at least 15k to build

Absolutely beautiful job and I’d love to have an xr but $15k on a 20 year old bike…? That’s not smart money spending when u can get a new ktm 500 with a warranty for less. Not trying to be negative, just way too much money!

@@paulwatson5965 everybody has different budgets and when you have a ton of money you spend it on what you want not what is considered “smart”. I’m sure the same argument could be made for people who spend $50,000 on a old Camaro instead of spending $45,000 on a brand new one that has three times the power and does everything way better.

It’s a totally different engine. I know there’s a company that makes a set up for my CR500r but it’s 2k, not sure if they make one for the 650r yet though.

@TruckingCarsL48 doesn't matter if you think someone don't need it. People don't need Bugatti's but they own them. Also pretty sure I didn't suggest "anyone" needed it either.

I’m glad that you’re so good at starting yours… This is only a high compression almost 700cc engine so it might behave just a bit different lol

15-20k depending on what kind of engine work.

No sorry I don’t

Thank you!

When’s the last time you kicked over four stroke that was close to 700cc and had 10.5 to 1 compression…. This thing ain’t no clapped out XR 400 bud

The customer provided it and I can't remember, sorry

I think it was 686

www.lectronfuelsystems

Thanks

Not sure the customer provided it

Sounds like big horsepower but huge weight… I did have a Honda CB 750 four-cylinder stuffed into a KX250 and that was pretty wild

eBay I believe