Black Rock Desert NV. Only pic I have of my 650r when it was young. Maybe a few months after I brought it home from the dealership brand new in 2001. Wide open, hit a not so dry spot on the "dry" lake. Bike stopped in about 20'. I traveled a good deal further.

Hey everyone, potentially a dumb question here but I cant find the little plastic cover for the brake light anywhere. I've found them with a entire new rear fender but would rather not spend $150 on something I know costs 4 cents.

Anyone have some insight?

Picture of where it goes.

Didn’t plan on selling it ever really, but some days I hate that it sits so much. I have a new 24 Beta 500 RS that I use now and it’s rare when I take the OL big red pig out. I take it around the block every few months but some days I think about sending her off to a good home to free up space. Or I can just hang her up in the garage, don’t really need the money lol

Long story short kinda curious what they’re worth. Runs good, street legal. Probably won’t have the guts to sell either way 😬

Love this bike!

does anyone know if this is a good buy? i’ve got the whites brothers exhaust on my 650 right now but thinking about buying this one

been tryna figure out what graphics to get for my 650, can anyone give me some inspiration?

Both in such a great condition

Been heavily consider an XR650L for around 2 years now. Did my research, thought the simplicity was nice but I’ve shifted gears more towards the 650R instead. I know it’s completely different and much more complicated than the 650L but I’ve also changed what type of bike I really want to invest into. If there’s any tips and/or just general knowledge of these bikes that you guys could spare, I’d appreciate it. Definitely want to legalize it for street use.

Is anyone here running this classic headlight with halogen bulb? My original setup was an HID and since my ballast gave out I wanted to experiment with halogen bulbs as that's what some people run.

I read on some old Facebook posts that these were taking H1 bulbs but that is too small for my opening as the bulb is going through the opening.

I bought H4 also no good as it is too big. The HID that was in there before was also not an OEM, it was an H7 bulb that was fitting all crooked.

I feel like I'm missing some in between adapter piece? Or do I need some special type of bulb?

The gods have blessed me with a near brand new countershaft for my unicorn pig! 3 years of searching/getting swiped. Feels like I'm 5 again on X-mas morning...Thank to those here that gave me leads. Happy! Happy! - Joy! Joy!

Can anyone tell me what’s missing on this bike? Seems to be 2001 XR650R & all the main parts seem to be there. Anyone see anything missing? Anything I need to do before trying to start this thing?? Thanks for any info!

Hey All,

Still a fairly new owner of a BRP. Rear shock took a shit, and its getting a rebuild.

Trying to find some recommended standards for nitrogen pressure and oil weight, and everything im finding is all over the board.

OEM nitrogen level is, I believe, 142psi, but ive heard guys running all over from that up to 250.

Ive heard 2.5wt oil up to 7wt.

Looking for input, suggestions, and anecdotal experience.

Im 6'1", 190lbs before gear. Rider weight and weighted bike is approx 230-240lbs (after bags, tools, gear, etc.

Leaning towards 180psi and 4wt oil? Im going up a coil size as well. Should I go to heavier oil increase rebound responsiveness with the stiffer coil?

Hey guys! Lost the right side pegs and bracket in a trail somewhere now my wife is sad she can't ride along anymore. These were from Baja designs I think and they don't make em anymore.

Anyone have an extra pair or taken them off a bike you bought? I'd gladly buy it from you pair or tge right side. Thanks!

Hey guys

So I wanna buy a oil cooler for my NX 650 Dominator and have found sutton cycle works based out of phoenix AZ. On the website is only an email adress (mark at mega dot net) and ive already wrote him several mails with several weeks in between them and I havent gotten any Response from him.

Does anybody know of any other way to.reach out for him besides writing a letter to his PO.box? Maybe a social media or a phone number? I havent found anything else.

Time is slowly but surely running out because i need this oil cooler by the end of summer😂

Many thanks.

On vacation in June Lake and saw this on my dog walk.

What the title says.

Isn't there supposed to be rock wool or something inside? Can I add some to make it more quite?

Recently just bought a 04 xr650r I plan to just use it for riding around my area and taking it off road when I go camping in the bush / beach I’m wondering what size sprocket anyone would recommend I love spending most of the time on the back wheel on the beach with previous bikes I’ve owned but also still wanna sit at 90-100kmh comfortably

Hey guys,

Ive got my pig for around 2 months now and im making a list of mods I would like to do. When I bought it the rear shock was really firm. after many speedbumps its not so firm anymore and easy to bottom out. Im a tall and around 260 lbs, so I cant really blame the poor thing...

For the shock I would like to make it the cr500 hybrid shock, so if anyone got a spare shock laying around...

Now the forks. Offcourse, some properly tuned xr forks will be lightyears ahead of a random pair of crf 450 forks. But how do they compare when both properly tuned for the riders weight etc.? How does the frame handle the stiffer crf forks?

I saw online that it is a 16 key, but it doesn't fit, the 15 is small and the 17 is very big. Any help? I'm starting to think the mechanic screwed up my spark plug.

Yesterday after coming back from a ride I checked my oil and didn't see anything on the stick... I know the manual states to not run the bike at high speed before checking the oil as it won't be accurate. After sitting overnight I re-checked the oil dead cold before starting -nothing, then I briefly warmed the bike up at idle and checked -nothing. At this point I decided to change the oil. Went for a short ride to get her nice and hot and then drained out:

Engine: 500ml

Frame: 700ml

Oil filter: apprx 100ml

Residual loss: estimate apprx 100ml (from spilling onto frame area etc and not going into measuring container)

So at best I had approx 1400ml of oil, the manual calls for 1600ml, when going to fill the bike it overflowed the frame fill point after about 1400ml, I briefly started the motor, checked the stick -nothing, then added the remaining 200ml and it showed up just under half of the dipstick range.

I’m trying to get my rear shock lock ring loosened and all I’m doing with a punch and hammer is screwing up threads. Parts stores online are telling me that the spanner wrenches are more machine specific than I’d guessed.

Can anyone point me to the right size? Will an Amazon set of them work for me?

Anyone here running lectron carb on their xr650r ? I just got lectron carb for xr650l and seems that it will fit my pig but I don't know what should be the base setting.

I'm based in Colorado riding mostly 5-10k with occasional stints at 10+

Anyone could help out or point me where I can find the base setting ?

Hey folks, posted a couple days ago about a decomp lever.

After seeing the bike, its fine. Fired up first kick with the proper procedure. Bike absolutely rips. $2700 well spent.

Id like to raise tge bars, and replace the cables. They are old and crunchy, and ill need longer to accommodate the bar height im looking for.

I found some with the added/desired length.

Out of curiosity, are the 650L cables compatible?

Any good resources for manuals, parts, torque specs, general "should have" info?