It ran....
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It ran....
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EDIT:Originally Posted by 250r kid
ARE you sure
XL 600R, totally different machine
Last edited by slashfan7964; 10-25-2014 at 03:10 PM.
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Low octane fuel = knock on wood?
It sucks to get old
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Got the holeshot
The Honda XL & XR series have always been low-tech bikes. These bikes came from the factory with wooden pistons, but most owners' would switch to a cast or forged piston on the first rebuild, if not sooner.So, it seems you've found yourself an unmolested example. Nice score!
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Please tell me you're not serious....... wooden pistons? Am I just taking the bait here?The Honda XL & XR series have always been low-tech bikes. These bikes came from the factory with wooden pistons, but most owners' would switch to a cast or forged piston on the first rebuild, if not sooner.
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I have heard rumors of super-hack motorcycle/auto builders using wooden pistons to make a quick sale years ago....but this is the first example I have ever seen. Unreal!
Don't worry...just run watcha brung...
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Wood can't hold up under the stress that steel can. I would think after the wood carbonizes, it would't burn, but no doubt under stress it would cause severe cracking and ultimately piston failure.
Got The Holeshot
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wow wooden pistons wtf that piston looks midget how is it a 600cc engine?? looks like a 50cc lol
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4 Wheels? Huh?
looks like hickory, it probably smelled like a bbq at a racetrack when it was running.
Got The Holeshot
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Never needs a rebuild. When the compression gets low pour some water in the cylinder to swell the wood back up. Lol
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Roostin Away
wait... WTF.. what just happened there?
if it walk like a duck and talks like a duck... but theres NO WAY a wooden piston would work... right?
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4 Wheels? Huh?
certainly not with the wrist pin out past the piston. definetly not an xl 600 either. slash may have assumed that because the picture came from the xl 600 group on facebook. It is some type of 2 stroke note the oiling holes above the crank bearing and lack of a cam chain.
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( ding ding ) we have a winner ,..
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Got the holeshot
Possibly. The oldest XL's & XR's did come with pistons made from hickory, but Honda switched to ash a year or 2 later. Why the switch to ash you may ask? Because ash is lighter than hickory, yet just as robust. The switch to ash also earned these bikes the nickname, "Louisville Sluggers" because baseball bats are made from the same stuff.
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