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Originally Posted by garmei
Having recently bought a Honda basket case I'm now quite well informed on all the X's T' and R's !
Note that the XR650L was a model sold only in the US and from what I can gather for a limited period of time only. Parts availability probably isn't great for this bike in south america, so you may want to consider this when you go through the pros and cons. I think the XR 600/650 (both R and 'non R') models may be more popular, but they can suffer top end problems, so reliability would possibly be more of an issue.
Hope that helps rather than confuses things
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The XR650L is still a current model in Hondas lineup in the US.
The XR600R and the XR650L are actually very similar and can share quite a number of engine parts unlike the watercooled and discontinued XR650R.
NX650 Dominator shares the same engine as does the Vigor, FMX and SLR some of which may have been sold in the South American market.
These are strong engines if serviced, its not unknown to see bikes with mileage north of 70k miles if looked after, there was one sold recently with over 100k on the clock that was still running fine.
One big thing is to rejet from the superlean jetting for better performance and a cooler running engine while also removing the smog octopus.
Chris Scott on here bought a few for a run down to the Sahara a few years back the writeup is on his AMH site.
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