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[Spud Rider]

Originally Posted by mcma111

Sierra,


Turn around and walk away from a Hot Cam


You have been warned.

Originally Posted by prince_ruben

Preach!

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X3.

Spud

[Ulyses]

Originally Posted by purpledrake

Hey, Ulyses,

No. I am focused on the Olympics (my backyard) and the Cascades. I can get to either by bike or truck, and summertime climbing fulfills the dual purpose of scouting for rifle season in the autumn. Drag your brother up here sometime; I am always looking for riding/climbing partners. There are a ton of XRL inmates on this site who live within a day's ride of these climbs. I am sure that we could put together an interesting weekend of fire road riding + hiking/climbing. Something tells me that WBedient has an arsenal, which would add some interesting flavor to a ride.

PD

Yes, I think that we definetly need to involve guns in this trip. Maybe we could fire at pre-set targets from our bikes as we ride to the trailhead....

The sad thing is that if I dragged alvincullumyork up there, we would only have the one XRL to share between us ...... and I don't fancy riding bitch....

[Brown Falcon]

Originally Posted by Ben99r1

19 to 20 mpg really? What kind of speeds do you drive to get that? I keep my cars and trucks for along time. I have a 99 ford 150 with 198,000 miles. Ill probably keep it for another 4 to 5 years till I pay off my house. I am planning to get a full size diesel something next. I would be ok with something that will get me 20 mpg. Hell I am hoping I get buried in my next truck.

My last trip from Oregon down to Riverside, CA I was driving 70mph pretty much the whole way with the cruise on and I got 19mpg. Around town I get around 15.

It has intake done, 3" downpipe, 4" exhaust, 160cc injectors (stock is 90cc), chip from Power Hungry Performance, and gauges to keep an eye on everything. VERY fun to drive, and great mileage if you keep your foot out of it. One reason for the good mileage is that it weighs a lot less than the newer body style Fords.

[Brown Falcon]

Originally Posted by Ulyses

Yes, I think that we definetly need to involve guns in this trip. Maybe we could fire at pre-set targets from our bikes as we ride to the trailhead....

The sad thing is that if I dragged alvincullumyork up there, we would only have the one XRL to share between us ...... and I don't fancy riding bitch....

Just throw some knobbies on the Harley!

[Lonestar2112]

Originally Posted by nic579

Hi guys a proud new owner of a low mile basket case that someone drove into a car its in need of a straight front end. It seems to run smoothly with the whir of a sewing machine and the thump of a Huey chopper. The bike has a slip-on but has not been jetted or been opened up on the intake side. I have a UNI filter coming and a selection of jets to do Dave's mod. I am also looking at getting a crf450r front end for the repair but an tempted by the cheeper stock front ends available. Is the $400+ difference worth it for the CRF450 fork and wheel stuff? Plastics are scraped up a bit but good enough and it needs a battery as it holds just enough juice for one start so if you miss back to the charger. Also I read that the suspension linkages should be disassembled and lubed as they can come dry from the factory is this correct? Any other thing I should look at please let me know. I think this would offically be my 4th XR and ,my first XR650L

I am in the process of upgrading my L to the 450 front end. If you can wait a month or so I will have a mostly complete L front end at a reasonable price.

[Lonestar2112]

Originally Posted by Sierra Thumper

Hey guys, how much of a difference will an XR's only stage one hotcam make on an otherwise internally stock motor?
The specs are-
INTAKE LIFT: 8.8 mm
INTAKE DURATION: 258°
EXHAUST LIFT: 8.8mm
EXHAUST DURATION: 258°
I'm not sure what the stock lift/duration is....just wondering if the hotcam would make enough of a diff to be worth it money and labor wise? And how much low end, if any, would I give up?
Thanks in advance for any feedback

I was going to buy a 650 with a hot cam. The owner had just installed the new cam as a performance enhancement. The owner used to build bikes for the KTM race team, so I am confident that he did everything right on the install. The bottom line.....less than 1000 miles later he rebuilt the motor and replaced teh cam with a stock one.

I would not touch a motor that had a hot cam in it. YMMV.


Good luck.

[fritzcoinc]

You can make chain sliders out of pretty much any plastic or rubber. It's a fun project.

OEM front slider for my XRL on right, rubber home made on left with metal locator bracket and sleeve ready to install. Starting raw rubber material at top. The soft rubber does not wear as long as plasitc of course but sure is smooth and silent. I drilled the hole first then cut out on a band saw. A hand saw would work. A little drum sanding to finish.



Here's a plastic rear slider I made a while back. Life is endless but it makes noise like a cajun playing a rubbing board. And some vibration as well. The ridge I routered, the only wear is at the leading edge.



Here's the rubber replacement for the plastic rear slider shown above. Very smoooooooooth. Make the same way as front slider. This one is big enough to drill holes at any time. I put a hump in the front of the rear slider. Once the chain wears into the rubber far enough for the rollers to roll on the rubber surface wear is very slow.



Here's how I came up with the shape'



Finished rubber slider. Assemble with SS screws and lock nuts, 1/4" - 20NC from HDWE store AND lock tight.



Here's a plastic slider I make for an old Husky. Wear is great, noise/vibration is bad. For this one I made a template from the original slider and then cut out the plastic with a copy bit in my router. A little hot bending as well. Another draw back or using hard plasitic I discovered during assembly of swing arm to frame was that you would need to pull the swing arm to repalce slider. That would not be an issue with rubber or urathane material.

[purpledrake]

Originally Posted by Ulyses

Yes, I think that we definetly need to involve guns in this trip. Maybe we could fire at pre-set targets from our bikes as we ride to the trailhead....

Do you mean this? (Yabusame, 流鏑馬)

[MentalGuru]

Originally Posted by fritzcoinc

You can make chain sliders out of pretty much any plastic or rubber. It's a fun project.

OEM front slider for my XRL on right, rubber home made on left with metal locator bracket and sleeve ready to install. Rubber material at top. The soft rubber does not wear as long as plasitc of course but sure is smooth and silent. I drilled the hole first then cut out on a band saw. A hand saw would work.



Here's a plastic rear slider I made a while back. Life is endless but it makes noise like a cajun playing a rubbing board. And some vibration as well. The ridge I routered, the only wear is at the leading edge.



Here's the rubber replacement for the plastic rear slider shown above. Very smoooooooooth. Make the same way as front slider. This one is big enough to drill holes at any time. I put a hump in the front of the rear slider. Once the chain wears into the rubber far enough for the rollers to roll on the rubber surface wear is very slow.



Here's how I came up with the shape'



Finished rubber slider. Assemble with SS screws and lock nuts, 1/4" - 20NC from HDWE store AND lock tight.



Here's a plastic slider I make for an old Husky. Wear is great, noise/vibration is bad. For this one I made a template from the original slider and then cut out the plastic with a copy bit in my router. A little hot bending as well.

Hey fritz,

I got some old husky parts around here.... I sold a swingarm just like that that one this spring. I have a clean O-Neal PJ-1 shock from it and some other odds and ends...

The slider looks good too.

[ThumpnRed]

Originally Posted by Sierra Thumper

Hey guys, how much of a difference will an XR's only stage one hotcam make on an otherwise internally stock motor?
The specs are-
INTAKE LIFT: 8.8 mm
INTAKE DURATION: 258°
EXHAUST LIFT: 8.8mm
EXHAUST DURATION: 258°
I'm not sure what the stock lift/duration is....just wondering if the hotcam would make enough of a diff to be worth it money and labor wise? And how much low end, if any, would I give up?
Thanks in advance for any feedback

With an otherwise stock motor, I suspect it would make very little difference.
btw... I have had one in my engine for three years now... It is doing just fine. No apocalyptic meltdowns or anything. A guy up the street has had a Hotcam in his XR650R for a couple of years longer. He just rebuilt the top end... valve springs were sacked. The cam still looked great.

[fritzcoinc]

Originally Posted by ThumpnRed

With an otherwise stock motor, I suspect it would make very little difference.
btw... I have had one in my engine for three years now... It is doing just fine. No apocalyptic meltdowns or anything. A guy up the street has had a Hotcam in his XR650R for a couple of years longer. He just rebuilt the top end... valve springs were sacked. The cam still looked great.

The HotCam haters sound like the Wiesco piston conspirators.

But the Hotcam is going top have a more agressive ramp, aye?

[wbedient]

Originally Posted by Ulyses

Yes, I think that we definetly need to involve guns in this trip. Maybe we could fire at pre-set targets from our bikes as we ride to the trailhead....

The sad thing is that if I dragged alvincullumyork up there, we would only have the one XRL to share between us ...... and I don't fancy riding bitch....

Don't know who I and my firearms got drug into this but... I'm game!

Got lots of good riding and a spare enduro for guests. Bring your own ammo.

[beechum1]

Originally Posted by fritzcoinc

The HotCam haters sound like the Wiesco piston conspirators.

But the Hotcam is going top have a more agressive ramp, aye?

Helped me with the pinging I was having with the JE102.

[F250Pal]

...and he just sprayed his wheels.

[F250Pal]

Right side is weld on. Left side is bolt on. XR6 exhaust can, D606 130/90-18 tire. Plenty of room on both sides.