I'll second that your son is very lucky to have a dad with so much knowledge God bless you both and thanks for sharing your experience. Cheers from Australia

Thank you for that, your son is lucky to be taught how to do that in person, the video is next best thing. Well done.

Bought a 1984 XL 600 R yesterday (well i actually traded it) .It runs,pretty well.For the moment i just have to do its main maintenence but im plannig on a full restoration.So your channel is a blessing to me 😊

I love the fact of how busy you keep yourself doing all the things you love. I am trying so hard to keep myself busy but lately it seems more like I keep striking out. Ya know I'm in Wisconsin

I picked up one of these 12 years ago. I disassembled it at the time, bought a bunch of parts for it, but it's languished as other things came up. I do look forward to getting back to it in a year or so. I'm pretty sure I have a new chain, guides and rocker arms for it. They were all available at the time.

Part 2 ?? Your video was so good keep them coming 👌🏼

You the man I just pulled my cover off my front timing chain tensioner broke too

Thanks for the awesome video! Looking forward to more!

I have an '83 I'd like to rebuild best I can for road worthiness. Nowhere as clean as yours but all there and price was right.. Been using it as a trail bike. I need to make space to work on it. When I get to it I'm sure your vids are going to be a huge help. Thanks for taking the time to record and post your rebuild

I had that same bike when i was in high school. What a tank but it moved good. It was the first bike i ever rebuilt the top end on.... then i fell in love with two strokes because there so simple

Nice work. I too learned to work on motors like yourself. If I didn’t fix my bike, I didn’t ride. I’m picking up an 87’ XL 600 soon, I can’t wait.

Can’t wait for more parts

Do a video on the carbs please!

Great Job Sir !!

Good knowledge had a 600r 30yrs ago like new paid 1800dollars cherry red they made em GOOD 🇦🇺

Great video thank you very much!👌💪💯🙏❤️‍🔥

Brother Great Job. Thanks a lot . Bravissimo e saluti dall' Italia. Sei un grande !!! grazie davvero . un abbraccio .

Great tutorial!

What a beauty. My dream bike.

Great video dude but calm down...chillax its just an engine.You will enjoy it more and things will go a lot smoother.

this was my fav motorbike.

How many fellow Dad`s out there would give anything to go back in time and do this project with their Dad or Grandfather?

HONDA is glad About those Fans !!! Pretty Nice Job Guys !!!

that was awesome i wish i seen this 17 yrs ago! haha

nice bike!

Hi, great rebuild. Im thinking about doing the same, but its an 650L. I wanted to ask you, how important is it to go through the oilpumpsystem while in there. Im thinking about wear to make sure it delivers enough pressure in the system. Are there any problems with wear on that system? Mine has maybe 40k miles on it at least. I know i need to replace something if not all on the cam chain system while in there. Apart from that its working ok. No oil consumption or and lack of power

If you are in my boat where there is obvious mechanical failure & glitter in your oil, YOU MUST strip the motor down to the bare case (press out the bearings) and wash/inspect it thoroughly. I wouldnt trust flushing or a little brake cleaner to get particles out of the roller bearings. Honda still makes them.

Thank You

fantastic vid,ive just purchased a 1983 XL600r which has been stored for 10 years for £500 totally original,would you suggest doing a full engine rebuild after being stored for so long

When I look in top end, first thing I do is wiggle the rod. The dopes insist on putting roller crank in all these things. My guess is planned obsolescence. Good fun show young man.

Heard some info i didn't knew about. Well done! Did my engine rebuild as well, what kind of crosshatch angle did you get with the flexhone?

can you upload a video on the right side engine assembly when you get around to it? thanks it would help a lot of us out

Why have you painted the head with powder and the carter cover with spray paint?

Hi, thanks for sharing this wonderful project. I have a question about the « screw » at 25.20. I have a little oil leak at this point, can I screw hard this one to reduce the leak or does it change the setting of the internal chain tensioner ? (Sorry for my bad English, thx for a reponse)

You can use timing chain tensioners and guides from the newer xr650l's, but you also have to use the xr650l timing chain and sprockets for it to work....

careful when putting the kick start idle gear back on it only fits one way.( have replaced 30 or so clutch baskets because it was fitted incorrectly)

You painted it before you took it apart? your new at this yeah?

Mine smokes out the front and burns oil like crazy is that rhe piston rings?

I just picked up an 86 Xl600r motor for parts(minus electronics) for my 85. the person I bought it from says the 86 motor has great compression (my 85 has spit oil out of the exhaust but runs). what do you recommend if i where to try to get the spare engine running?the spare engine has been sitting out (covered for a while) or should I even try? thanks!!

So you fixed it with wore out parts?

Any idea where I can get rockers for this engine less thank 53$ US? Or is this just what I have to except in price range ?

I have xl 600 1987 pd04 and I need to replace the segments! Which one are and where to buy them from? Cheers

At 22.14 How do you figure out which stroke was the compression stroke without the valves? I got mine apart now, but didn't remember to take notice of where it was set before hand... And also the cam is supposed to face lopes down right?

You don't need a ring compressor, the piston goes in the cylinder from the bottom, that's why there is such a big chamfer on the cylinder.

How did you get the cam chain tensioner in?

Hi, I want to restore my 1984 Honda XL600R and would like to know if you can recommend a Honda store that can supply parts & accessories for my old Honda? Thanks and hoping for your help.

Have you had issues with the oil pump ball/check valve on these bikes not fully sealing? (Smoking at start-up being the prime indication of a problem). If so, what did you do? Reseat the ball somehow? Install a new one? Thanks! Paul

Does it matter how the cam sprocket goes on? Can you get it wrong?

Appreciate the video. Doing exact same project now. Can I pick your brain about using the 650 timing chain retrofit and using a 650 cam replacement? We are headed to do the same. Appreciate if we could chat.

HI BIG DMC1, is your name Dave? So here is my question for you: You bought the narrower cam chain version of the XR650L, along with the new narrower cam chain slider and cam chain tensionner. Did you have to also get a newer (narrower) lower sprocket and (narrower) Cam sprocket? Also, you've put heat shrink at the bottom of the chain tensionner, but did you need to put heatshrink on the cam chain slider too? or just the tensionner? Thanks

Do the 83 models have coated cylinders or sleeves ?

just a tip someone may see spring on tensioner sound good cold but hot clickin so to me spring is only bad part but most replace the whole thing but i would just do spring as a sprag that works works and its not like they even turn at all plus japan stuff is not typically weakly made stuff but all spring die with time if used ..Thanks for video now i can see in mine with out pulling it a part yet it low on compression n smoking a bit ill re ringing unless it has a bad lip in bore laping vales and seals and that spring and timing slides and chain.. i would used the higher compression and drilled oil holes on oil ring land area very possibly well if it had higher compression in first place but i would weight match the piston the what came in it for balance by grinding on it if needed God bless Jesus is king . i built my fist engine at 13 was stressful but it ran fin in the end lol

Go Pack Go!

where did you get your piston rings from?

Hey man how goes it, I just acquired one of these machines . It runs great but smokes like a mother . Any ideas or run through process of elimination ideas on this machine ? before I dig in stupid

Why did you suspect the tensioner? 84 in wisco 😁

You might have the cam sprocket 180' out. There is a mark at 12 o'clock.

hey i had a 86 xr600r. i have sold the bike long ago. but i found a bunch of carbs for it in a box when moving if your interested

How much did you pay?

WD-40 is a solvent. A cleaner. It's not a substitute for lubrication.

where do you get the parts they dont make anymore ?

Mine broke too.

I just took out my friend xl600r 83. He just bought it and it has cam chain noise. So we pulled the engine and I noticed that the cam bearing was put on backwards and It was missing that rubber plug on that last head bolt.(I dont think its necessary) The rockers and cam look fine thankfully. I'm changing it to the xr650l cam chain, guides, sprockets and a new tensioner + spring. I'm now wondering if the noise I was hearing was a lack of oil in the head because the bearing was put on backwards. Would it stop the oil through the cam? I wonder if the seller was just in there to change the cam and rockers before and put the bearing on backwards and ran into the new noise after reassembly and just immediately posted it for sale to recoup some of the money he put into it. I think seller was lieing. He said he rode it like this for couple thousand miles and everything was fine. I think the rockers and cam would have been eaten up bad if he did. It sound pretty bad. But it has great compression. I own a 83 xl600r my self, yet to tear into it but I have significantly less compression when kicking it and I removed my auto decompression and his auto decompression is installed and working fine. What's your opinion to the backwards bearing? Also your videos have really helped me out! this is my first engine I have torn into my self and really make all the judgment on its condition.

If I would restore one of these I would find a later donor bike with electric start and transplant the eniter motor and electrics onto the 83! Would be a total keeper then! The 83 was the PERFECT wheelie machine! It could make a wheelie EXPERT out of a so so rider instantly! I have never been a great wheelie dude UNTIL I bought me an 83 XL600! I could wheelie that bike through the gears from day one! On fire roads I could loft the front through water crossings etc without trouble! The ONLY reason I sold that bike early on? They are a TOTAL BITCH to start hot....they start nicely cold but hot it is always a gamble you are very likely to lose! Honda tried everything including TWO carburetors ...(one to get it started lol)...in the end they just started putting E buttons on all their big singles I guess.....not sure when the first starter appeared....

GPG!

Do you still have the chain sliders and would you maybe sell them to me?

Way too late obviously to tell you this, but heat shrink tubing turns to mush in hot engine oil. Anyone wanting to see what I mean just put some in a glass bowl (tubing and motor oil) put it in your oven at 300F for an hour and see the result. Goop.

LOL @ pokemongo comment! :D

How many miles on this bike ?

Did ya Search long thats half the battle

Can you give us links to where you are getting your parts? I have an 84 I'm working on. Parts are a bitch to find.

congrats on this video ,educative and fun .also I have a question ABOUT kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aNJoqamVx6nGmac.html AT 6:13 ON VIDEO what is the cylinder ware gap tolerance - spacing,is it 0.05 cm or 0.10 ,none or how much?, i want to rebuild my xl600r 1986 is the same engine but it has a starter...

A Fool and his Tools , Piston should be installed from the BOTTOM of the block not the TOP

wd40 on bolts for TQ ing bolts never man use 10w 30 or 20w50 oil think film strength w40 has none

Cant watch it, you breathe to loud