Buying a black Fender is the best solution. That or avoid LED lights. Halogens throw a longer beam that your eyes adjust easier to anyway. Pay the $ for a high output stator and quality rectifier. Other ways to wire it too. Keep up and I'll share then of you're Interested.
@@desertspeed2934 I've got some buell headlights on it. Upgraded 250w stator as well. Sorry for all the questions but would an early model crf450r black fender be a direct fit?
Hey desert speed, im 15 and just bought a street legal plated/titled everything 2000 xr650r. Hotcams stage 1, oversize radiators, more goodies to list, holes drilled in the swingarm and the clutch bushing or bearing whatever went out on the 2000 650rs is updated with the newer revised model. Is there any other reliability mods I could do to the bike to prepare it for longerish trips on the highway? I have it running 14/45 which is pretty tall as it will hardly do a 2nd gear power wheelie. (partly due to the crap throttle response from the stock carb)
No hot cams. There are clearance and reliability issues. Been there done that. Take the stock cam, remove the anti-kick and auto decompress and weld the two oil holes under them shut. Then take and drill some oil holes with a 1/8 or 3/16 bit Into the clutch hub assembly. Generally copy the pattern of the existing oil holes all around being careful to stagger them so the hub doesn't break. Buy the right foot peg reinforcement from precision concepts. Oversized tank is a plus. 3.2 to 4 gal. Avoid drilling into structural components like swingarms. Get 20% stiffer springs for your clutch, or 10% with added 1/16" spring shims. Remove the thermostat from the hose housing. Run your valves at 0.005" and 0.006". 68 pilot jet at 5/8 turn should loose the bog. Ditch the recovery bottle and use evans powersport coolant. Other than that make sure your maintenance is kept up and your wheels are centered on plane.
@@desertspeed2934 God bless man. I have the stock cam, the previous owner swapped to the hotcams because the auto decomp system was acting up. Didn't know you could remove it from the stock cam as I don't want it anyway and can start the bike easily using the manual decomp. I thought the stage 1 hotcams used the same valve clearance specs as the stock? Is the material on the hotcams just not up to par?
Do you do rebuilds on xr650r? I am north of seattle, needing a rebuild.
Do you also know a way to black out my front fender to get rid of headlight glare? Black vinyl maybe?
Buying a black Fender is the best solution. That or avoid LED lights. Halogens throw a longer beam that your eyes adjust easier to anyway. Pay the $ for a high output stator and quality rectifier. Other ways to wire it too. Keep up and I'll share then of you're Interested.
@@desertspeed2934 I've got some buell headlights on it. Upgraded 250w stator as well. Sorry for all the questions but would an early model crf450r black fender be a direct fit?
@@desertspeed2934 pretty sure the buells are halogens ill look into seeing if they have some led bulbs for them
Hey desert speed, im 15 and just bought a street legal plated/titled everything 2000 xr650r. Hotcams stage 1, oversize radiators, more goodies to list, holes drilled in the swingarm and the clutch bushing or bearing whatever went out on the 2000 650rs is updated with the newer revised model. Is there any other reliability mods I could do to the bike to prepare it for longerish trips on the highway? I have it running 14/45 which is pretty tall as it will hardly do a 2nd gear power wheelie. (partly due to the crap throttle response from the stock carb)
No hot cams. There are clearance and reliability issues. Been there done that. Take the stock cam, remove the anti-kick and auto decompress and weld the two oil holes under them shut.
Then take and drill some oil holes with a 1/8 or 3/16 bit Into the clutch hub assembly. Generally copy the pattern of the existing oil holes all around being careful to stagger them so the hub doesn't break.
Buy the right foot peg reinforcement from precision concepts.
Oversized tank is a plus. 3.2 to 4 gal.
Avoid drilling into structural components like swingarms.
Get 20% stiffer springs for your clutch, or 10% with added 1/16" spring shims.
Remove the thermostat from the hose housing.
Run your valves at 0.005" and 0.006".
68 pilot jet at 5/8 turn should loose the bog.
Ditch the recovery bottle and use evans powersport coolant.
Other than that make sure your maintenance is kept up and your wheels are centered on plane.
@@desertspeed2934 God bless man. I have the stock cam, the previous owner swapped to the hotcams because the auto decomp system was acting up. Didn't know you could remove it from the stock cam as I don't want it anyway and can start the bike easily using the manual decomp. I thought the stage 1 hotcams used the same valve clearance specs as the stock? Is the material on the hotcams just not up to par?
@@desertspeed2934 Would I have to make any changes to the wiring harness if I removed the thermostat