Much appreciated!

Yes, on that bike the stator has been rewound so it has a dedicated lighting circuit and the light with regulator/rectifier runs directly off that. It flickers on idle because its a squadron pro but you can just needle the idle up if it starts to give you epilepsy while trying to map out the trail :O other wise just punch it!

Yep fuel plan is key! I like the Giant Loop bags, I used them to get to Cabo and back on my KTM 950SE. There are also handlebar mounted solutions for the trials guys, that attach with velcro; you fill it, take it off at the rocks, then pick it back up to refill for the return trip.

Yea, I was just going to say gear it up to stretch it out. There is alot more different between the r/rx & x/l platform. The X is plush and has a flatter torque curve (L is even more so) where the r/rx is a dang rocket in the band but has zero grunt. I find the X challenging to ride single track on, I always want to keep shifting but I need to remember that it has the rrr's to wind up between curves without clicking around. I've settled on the X, I love it for what I do, It's a good all around bike. Especially with that engine build, its like the XR650R with all the torque now, and has 6 gears!!!

Justin from @bajaeveryday8673 is your guy with the 650L in the desert. You'll even be able to jump on a ride at the Oasis!

JCR Speed Shop had them and I bought a bunch before they forgot about their website. There are copies (maybe even the same ones) on ebay but they've been hit and miss with the internals. They are great, I love them.

Good point. Dono, I've been flogging them but need to deal with them soon. I don't even know if those battered rims will hold tubes. Actually the biggest concern is If you leave the bike parked on them they deflate on that spot and its like riding with a square tire. Racers either get a new set every tire change or the tire & rim sit on a rack between pits - Say you get a deal and pay $125 each for tires and mousses, imagine spending $500+ every time you smoke a tire 😮. Bro they are amazing, I'm not going to lie, but I'm hungry and happy with my Maxxis Deserts & HD tubes.

I run Nitromousses and they last awhile. It is important to keep wedging them so that they don't get overly loose as they wear.

I don't but that's because the BRP is the wrong bike for the tight stuff. It has plenty of mass (and fluid volume) to stay cool while walking up even the biggest hills but it likes to be to opened up after to get some air. As for trying to sit idling at street lights or whatever, I forgot to say, even if you keep the cylinder & oil temps down with a fan, the header pipe will be glowing red hot in pretty short time - I wonder how the L's get away with it, maybe that emissions thing bypassed a bunch of cooling air into the exhaust?

The og' X is a versatile platform, if you have to spend the day, or a week, on a bike I'd choose a mild setup - rocks, sand, waterfalls, some roads. But if you had only 4 hours to cover the distance and it was 50+ mph tracks then the XRR is going to absolutely dominate the higher speed stuff.

Stock is 100 MPH easy; 20% up gives you less top end actually (that's the 96 mph video) but cruises much better down the highway and still gets up the hills with a tad more clutch.

😎 lol, its not even that bad but it is a breaker 😂