Click on any pic for a full size image. The forks and front end are elsewhere in the shed.

I bought this on Thursday, 8th November, 2001 at an insurance salvage auction.

It needs:
  • Front fork chrome sliders replaced, both sides. Unfortunately, they are too bent to be straightened.
  • Replacement top triple clamp. I've bought a new Applied Racing clamp for it.
  • Speedomoter, mine is missing. The standard speedo is pretty useless, so I'm thinking of getting a speedo/tacho set off an NX650 Dominator from a wrecker.
  • Speedo drive and cable
  • Front mudguard and headlight surround
  • Straighten out the crushed header pipe
  • Straighten bottom triple clamp and front axle.

And that's pretty much it, really. Just relatively minor front end work. I'm expecting the total repair bill to be around $1500.

And, to make it even better, my XR650 has even got most of the things that I was going to buy anyway:

  • Rear mudguard tookbag
  • Fastline braided front brake line
  • Barkbusters
  • New O ring chain and good sprockets
  • Twin Air air filter (ie the good dual stage one)