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With some of the big XRs I think you need to look out for camshaft wear because they run in plain bearings.
If my memory can be trusted..!
No you are right...my XR600LM cost me a damned fortune to have the head rebuilt ( I'd forgotten about that ! )
Have a chance ( not sure if I'll go for it - getting old; me and the bike !! ) for a Honda XR600L ( lekky start jobbie ) with 12,500 miles on her.
Looks a good un..anyone owned one?
I think there's a fix which involved machining out the bearing faces and inserting roller bearings. Is that what you had done?
I had a 650 Dominator last year - that had roller bearings each end of the camshaft.
I think you`d have to go a long way back to see the cam directly in the head, even the `87 parts fische have rollers on the cam.
The RFVC engine is quite nice - perky, willing, revvy and punchy, but runs out of puff for long distance stuff, ideal though for back lane blatting.
I still think the XL600R is a great looking bike.