First comment. The only disadvantage of the XR650R is that is was discontinued by honda...

Best bike ever made, period. I cant say that it runs like new, I must say that it runs better every year... Unbelievable. (I'm 50, 24 bikes owned in 40 years)

This is the best bike ever made hands down. The only two things that suck are no electric start and the lights are dim. So buy some kicking boots and change the lights. Uncork it and laugh at everyone else as you pass them with flying colors.... Red and white💯👍😎👋

This bike is a tractor, the rear tire is a machine gun, none wants to ride behind you, this bike still make the 450 bite dust. On the sand this is a king, this bike become light from second gear and up. Love it, still have 2.

Yeah I get between 28 and 32 mpg on my 00 xr650r sumo. It's my weekend warrior now that I got an 07 ninja 250. The only good thing about commuting on the xr650r was being able to see over most cars. I ride 94 miles round trip everyday. The pregen ninja 250 does great while getting 60-65 mpg. Thanks for the vid. Keep up the great work brother.

I have a 2003, bought last year. First time starting the bike I struggled really hard. So i can relate to this bike not being a commuter bike in a lot of traffic if you should stall it. But I am amazed how good this bike is for it age, meaning it is an old model bike and it keep up pretty well I would say. Maybe I am lucky, mine have only 300 miles on it, so that has off course something to say. Thank!

I have that bike too. I bought in 2003 and never road it. Bought for BDR riding and never did it. Finally will take time off and do it. My friend just bought a KM 890 ADV R so now have a partner. I have the Baja Design street legal kit and a ca. plate. Bought the new LED Squadron Pro LED and had the Stator rewound by them. Stock is 80 watt. Now I have 2 circuits of 125 watts. Will also have twin LED Thumper Jockey lights. Tailtech radiator fan and their Vapor spedo, temp, RPM, clock display. I just ordered the Cush drive rear wheel made (hub) by Haan in Netherlands and Excel rim assembled by Dubya inc. in socal. Honda has no more counter shafts to sell and welding up the splines and remachining to fit the chain sprocket could cost the $1,045.00 they are charging for the wheel assembly. Street use without a cush drive rear hub is hard on the drive train. Adding rear sub frame supporting to carry the Giant loop soft luggage with rack. Rebuilt the carb and will have new Motoz Rally tires. 20 year old rubber that is in new condition is not happening, Hard as a rock. Oh, and Seat Concepts touring seat and IMS 3.8 gal. tank. Can't wait!

Owned a 2005 bike and rode it for over 10,000 kms before regrettably trading it in. Once the bike was uncorked, you need to raise the handlebars and short out the hard seat, and a bigger fuel tank. A fan on the radiator is a must if you are going to be in traffic. Kick stating the bike was not an issue. Changing the oil every 1,000kms was a bit of pain.

To improve fuel consumption change carburator, the best is FCR41 it will improve the power range too. Mandatory upgrade

I could not make a video any longer than about 10 seconds on the drawbacks of owning an XR650R, and most of that would be the Hi and Bye

The 650 is a great bike. My brother had one and he wished that he still had it. That said it is heavy. On the trails I would rather ride my 1995 CR250. There is always a compromise when you try to ride a bike on the trails and the street. Although it does the best it can on both. Also, I like the sound of my two stroke better.

"I really like the 650R, but it's not a perfect bike" Says the guy with street tires on a bike that was purpose built to race the BAJA 1000 at wot! ??????? Comparing an R to an L is like comparing a top fuel funny car to a Prius. Hey, they both say Toyota!?

I have been riding my BRP for 16 years, with proper uncorking and correct jetting and proper gearing for what you are doing I am getting 45mpg with stock carb, had a pumper carb on it for a while, got sick of it threw it away cause loss of good idle and easy start up, never could get the pumper carb rich enough in the idle range. Not trying insult your opinion but you might check tuning or valve adjustment if you are getting low 30s MPG

Nice bike. What did the front forks come offf of

Every year I look on the market to see what can replace my brp with and I just end up upgrading it and riding the shit out of it. I am ok with kicking and added a better stator. I can’t believe is 20 years old and still riding like new

I was really drawn to this bike and I'm very torn because I want to get it but at the same time I don't because I also like the XR650L it's just much more efficient still just as cool has electric start I'm really great gas mileage BUT the R was the latest XR platform that existed, it's a second generation XR platform with the aluminum frame rather than the chromoly steel frame making it 50 lb lighter than the L. Or about the same weight does my 1994 XR250L but with just more power evidently the practicality of the L and the fact that it's still in production Swayze my decision in this video kind of helps me Keep On Track because I did fall in love with the XR650L first

Would love to see a real world comparo between the XR650R and TT600R Belgarda.

What app and cell phone holder did you use

dude, why does that tank shine so much? beautifull. Mine looks so worn out..

What do you use to hold your phone

Hi Vehicle Hunter, what is your rear tyre size ? I've been having some "troubles" with the width of the tyre being too close to the chain route (causing some cuts into the tyre), i'm pretty sure it was a "bad-made" arrangement for the supermotard style by the ex-owner, now i'm just exploring alternatives to avoid chain cutting the tyre in the side (i even offset the chain guide, the rear and front sprocket also) Notes : i now have pirelli rally str (rear : 140/80 R17 , front : 120/70 R 17 ) but always had this problemas with any rear tyre wider than 130+.

As I ride the old XR 600r still. They tell me the XR 650r is a excellent bike & there pritty quick after you work on them abit..

Think I get around 65 miles per gallon both on and off-road with the passenger on my 84 XT 600 air-cooled single kickstart

Would love to find one and keep it forever although I own at Honda Africa twin

In Sweden all the R where sold street Legal whith turning signals but no battery was needed. I believe the stator might be different from states

Hey there, Recently i fell in love with the XR 650R (as a super moto and moto in general enthusiast) and plan to buy it some day in the near future. Only disadvantage is the seat height... I hardly am 5' 9" (1.75 in meters) and don't know if i will even be able to hold it still while waiting at a traffic light... Is it really a tall bike? and if it is, will it be an issue for me to ride?

Imagine a 2022 XR650R with all the ameliorations brought to the CRF450R during all these years; injection, 49mm inverted front fork, hydraulic clutch, electric start and so on.

Nice bike indeed. I'm on my 4th one now...

Chains wear out from bad maintenance, not from power, or single cylinder power pulses. I got 87,000km on my KTM 1290 super adventure that has 3 times the hp of this (my 1290 has 180hp, chipped). My chain is still going.

All Pro`s!: Im buying XR600R 94 that have all its auto and manual decomp removed. Do you know why?

Have you still got this bike ??

Average 40 miles per Canadian gallon.

Not many "perfect" bikes out there.

How did you get your plastics so shiny?

Can this thing ride highway speeds?

That bike is strong it can climb a hill even when at gear 3

The only draw back for me is the small tank.

what front forks do you have installed, CRF450?

Hey is there any way u could make a vid explaining the fork setup

Never found the BRP that powerful tbh , great torque but not a lot of power up at the top, starting is easy enough with the auto decomp mech, fuel consumption is poor 35 mpg max, OK bike in supermoto trim but if you want power go foR THE cR450 . The XR is essentially a trail bike in this spec , not a competition bike like the CR that really rips but needs regular servicing. Never had the HRC cam in mine but that could be the power mod I was missing.....if you have one , keep hold and enjoy it!

The 650l doesn't get very good mileage either. There no way I'm getting 45. I had the 650r but wanted electric starter. Mine had a power up kit and it sure was powerful. Just as powerful as my CR500. I got a ticket for wheelies but I couldn't help it.

I tink it have other disadvantages ...what fork is that?

The only desadvantege is that every one what to have a pic on the bike,

how did you change fork?

I have 3 and i will buy more

What about fuel consumption?

Disadvantages if you use it as it was not intended for street use???…

Has a Cush hub?

Hahahaha The police aren't attracted to it because it's loud, or they can't see your plate! It's because of the enormous set of balls dragging on the ground behind it! You redeemed yourself with the "best bike Honda ever built" line but I would have to qualify that by saying best "off road" bike ever built, because the long lineage of RC bikes, and the CBX are pretty damned cool. Don't scoff at the v45 and v65 either😛

I get 50 mpg on-road

Best bike ever made… Honda screwed up… you can make it street legal with a kit… you can get electric start with a kit… and Acerbis fuel tanks give it some range… Honda could have released it with these upgrades and instead gave us the L… you f… up… I would buy two Rs‘ tomorrow… you could have earned a lot of money Honda with the R instead of the L and we (the riders) know it

What is BPR?

If that bike stalls at a light just change the pilot .Period What a waste of time! XD

What consumption km/liter

Mine is perfect

You can buy electric starter to this bike

Fuck the ai advert it's a massive disadvantage it's all bad which ever way you look at it

Oh the Whining

full of crap

Just for safety I changed my sprockets and chain one a year. I tore a chain on my xr600r and almost trashed the engine block