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[ID XR600]

Originally Posted by mendoteach

Speaking of tethers, has anyone else had the kick stand spring go south? Last year a friend's did, and this fall mine did. I thought the first time was a fluke but perhaps not. I have been thinking about wiring mine. We didn't find his, so he leaned his bike against trees for four days. Safety wire to the rescue!

I squeeze the spring with pliers to make the spring fit tight on both ends.

[XR650L_Dave]

Originally Posted by mendoteach

Speaking of tethers, has anyone else had the kick stand spring go south? Last year a friend's did, and this fall mine did. I thought the first time was a fluke but perhaps not. I have been thinking about wiring mine. We didn't find his, so he leaned his bike against trees for four days. Safety wire to the rescue!

Oh yes indeed... replaced it with a hardware store spring with a wire running through the middle.

On my XR200 I stopped at a trailside bedspring and used 2 short springs, worked as long as I had the bike.

Dave

[XR650L_Dave]

Originally Posted by truck6driver

Odd. I have had both the XR600R and XR650L The tanks and seats were the same on them and I have interchanged them before.

Ray

600R tank mounts with 2 bolts in the front, 650L with one in the back, no?

[beechum1]

Originally Posted by XR650L_Dave

600R tank mounts with 2 bolts in the front, 650L with one in the back, no?

yeah. The 600 has mounting points where the R/R is on the L. So I had to change the front brackets also.

[ThumpnRed]

Originally Posted by 3girlsdad

is there a case saver/guard for the xr650l to keep the shifter from doing it's damage? i can't seem to find one...

I fabbed my own as well. I went "full wrap" to make it look less like a patch.

[truck6driver]

Originally Posted by ThumpnRed

I fabbed my own as well. I went "full wrap" to make it look less like a patch.

Is that an XR600R countershaft with the large splines?

[Wattner]

Originally Posted by mendoteach

Speaking of tethers, has anyone else had the kick stand spring go south? Last year a friend's did, and this fall mine did. I thought the first time was a fluke but perhaps not. I have been thinking about wiring mine. We didn't find his, so he leaned his bike against trees for four days. Safety wire to the rescue!

I always put 2 strands of safety wire... Lost one before. Not a fun thing at all!

[Spud Rider]

Originally Posted by truck6driver

Is that an XR600R countershaft with the large splines?

Yes. I'll defer to Red to fill you in on the details.

Spud

[Cumbacheech]

Originally Posted by Spud Rider

Here's a photograph of the stator cover saver I bought from forum member AKARob.



I attached the guard to my stator cover with JB Weld. If Rob is no longer selling these guards, you can make something similar from a small piece of aluminum plate.

Spud

I was at the bike show last month and I saw a KTM go down on its side and the shifter punched out a hole . If that bike hade one of these guards it may have helped... After seeing that happen in front of my eyes I am making installing my guard top priority when it heats up a bit. Just need to figure out what the best way to fasten it.

[mx760]

That is amazing! will the pinesol do any damage to the rubber parts? How many different beers will be needed? it looks like that is a critical part of the process. The bike sat for a year and has massive crud in the carb guesing it is from the ethanol.

Originally Posted by Barron

Check out this:
Before....




During..



and after...









I let the stuff sit in the Pinesol (no water) for a few days, then pulled it out and gave it a quick once over with the toothbrush. I figured it would work, but I didn't think it would work this good!

THANKS B!

-Barron

[cyclewizard]

Mendoteches motor, dialing in the cam...

[cyclewizard]

mounting position of the indicator..

[katbeanz]

I am dying to know which racers use CW motors, can you tell me via PM if I swear not to blab?

[chipbl]

Originally Posted by kenny61

Thanks, Do they support the subframe the way they attach?

Here's my setup, I'd say they certainly can't hurt the subframe support - 2 of the 3 mounting points are on the frame itself so you could argue that it triangulates to support the subframe. In any case I've run them under a pretty full load and never had any issues.

[chipbl]

Originally Posted by kenny61

Thanks, Do they support the subframe the way they attach?

Loaded for bear -