Honda XR600R. - 8 technical issues you MUST KNOW about - Red Carpet Review #2

The Honda XR600R is a notorious and worldwide loved off-road machine. But it does have some technical issues it's good to look for when owning or buying a Honda XR 600.
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Next video will go about the essential modifications you can do.
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[@jmfz28]

Best bike ever. Period.

[@bringthekickback]

Yeah they’re great bikes! But even the greatest have flaws.

[@anthonynicholich9654]

You have any other jokes? That tells me how much you know which is nothing! Suzuki DR650 Yamaha TT600 and Kawasaki KLX650 were all superior to the RFVC motor which was a Honda 4 valve 1 cam junk. The worst motor Honda made.

[@anthonynicholich9654]

RFVC. the worst motor Honda made

[@jmfz28]

@@anthonynicholich9654 i hace possesed all the bikes You are saying, tt600 carburator is a pain in the ass, klr650 camshaft chain tensioner and automatic decompresor always giving headaches, and the dr650 at least here in austral south america is very dificult to get spare parts. Honda rfvc, no problems at all. I do however ride daily an XT600e but that bike is not as good as the honda.

[@lukewalters4716]

I have 3 xr600r. An 85,86 and a 97 also had an 88 aswell. The twin carb models I think have the smoothest power delivery hands down but are more difficult to deal with. My 86 is by far the most powerful. An insane beast as its uncorked and breaths freely.

[@quirinm.]

The single carb bike is much better if upgraded with a fcr43 carburetor. I have the fcr carb, the hotcams cam and a high comp piston and it pulls away from modern 450‘s

[@andrisjakubovs5297]

These are actually great bikes, had some experience with them. I can say they have similar issues just as the XR400 - 1) The cams wear out pretty bad (as they feel to be made out of butter) 2) Make sure when changing oil to clear out the screen in the bottom of the frame, that usually gets blocked and results in bad oil pressure. 3) The electric system is not a battery fed, so no additional lights or gismos can be fitted, and if the capacitor fails , well you're in for a big surprise of faulty lights etc. 4) Some parts are really hard to find - mostly the electric ones 5) Check the frame - rear part (usually breaks under load under the seat) and the whole frame - sometimes rots away pretty bad (The NX650 Dominator with the same engine usually has less frame problems, but is heavier). 6) Biggest problem for these bikes is - they are pretty durable and work great as a farm bike - so usually no one cares about maintaining them. The result is - you almost cant find one, without the need for a total restoration. Good luck to everyone owning one!

[@bringthekickback]

Haha thanks Andris, very good addition!! 🙏🙏

[@lukepeeters5178]

i have a xr600r great bikes. you are correct on why they are usually buggered and rare to find, as everyone thinks they are so reliable you dont need to touch them!! haha

[@bringthekickback]

Haha Amen!@@lukepeeters5178

[@starlord872]

Sweet looking bike. I had an XR250R back the 90s, best dirtbike I ever had, I think it was a 1980 model, pretty old but still lots of fun.Still have a little XR80R for my kids to ride around.

[@user-xp4bf2yd7o]

Awesome thank you for sharing this information ❤

[@pete-mz9vr]

Good video!

[@nickengelsman]

Absolute beauty!!!!

[@bringthekickback]

Cheers buddy 🤙

[@przygodyhonodyxr6009]

💪 XR is the beast 👍

[@Motoinc]

LOVE this red XRs

[@bringthekickback]

Yeah they’re good huh! Closest to the CR models

[@supabry26]

Like the vid mate . Im from the uk and have a 92 xr6. I encountered the hard start , was the stator. I see so many posts about xrs that are hard to start.stator . Check it after the usual easy stuff , will save you some time . Awesome bikes!

[@bringthekickback]

Cheers mate! Yeah mine started a lot easyer after the new stator as well…

[@andrisjakubovs5297]

The XR400 had a resistor built in the spark plug cap, which a lot of people eliminate and replace with a little rod the size of the resistor for easier starting. I don't remember if the XR600 had that resistor though

[@kubakubiczek]

Great! Can you make a video about all differences between all XR/XL/XL600LM/XL600R etc? I've been looking for that info everywhere and there is no one simple answer about differences

[@bringthekickback]

Will definitely look into it mate! Thanks

[@punkrockdidi]

Dutchman?Am I right? First time on your channel,like the content ☺️

[@bringthekickback]

Hell yeah! Cheers maat 🤙

[@punkrockdidi]

@@bringthekickback Groeten uit België 😉🤘

[@jonasjeaggi4575]

Countershaft wear!! They are basically unobtanium by now😑

[@bringthekickback]

Valid point

[@markhood4187]

TT600 was more powerful and more reliable

[@anthonynicholich9654]

Thank you very much. all these stupid people finally someone with brains. Yamaha TT600 Iwas more powerful and it did not have a top end valve train problems like the Honda but people are nerow minded and followers.

[@anthonynicholich9654]

RFVC is the worst motor Honda made. Top end valvetrain problems up to wazzu. Yamaha TT600 Kawasaki KLX650 and a Suzuki DR650 all had better motors. All these compliments about XR600 shows how narrow-minded and followers people are. Did I mention both XR 600 and CR500 3rd gear problems? Yamaha TT350/600 had none of those problems.