Legal XR600R wave chaser for a San Diego firefighter! When you think of bisporty motorcycles, you often think of brands and models like Baja Designs, Trail Tech, Acerbis, Electro Sport, Electrex USA Dakar Dual Sport, Honda XR650L, Suzuki DRZ400, Kawasaki KLR650, Honda CRF230L and a selection of other motorcycle equipment and parts that help get the job done. Off-road biking on the road is the ultimate ego journey. Who else can drive on the road and take a B line of the road into the dirt on a whim without it being the result of an accident? Sometimes just say, plaster is! Riding a dual-sport bike is like the ultimate off-road motorcycle bandit who can explore the land, free and unlimited. I just bought a 1997 Honda XR600R off-road motorcycle, about 3000 miles on Craigslist. I don`t have my “M” license yet. Can someone give me a step-by-step process on how I should proceed to legalize this thing on the street? (I live in Denver, Colorado). What is the process or order for obtaining approval for an off-road bike route? Especially in Colorado would help me. So far I just bought some DOT KENDA K270 motorcycle tires. Does anyone know of a cheap all-in-one enduro kit for turn signals, horns, mirrors, passenger stakes? Or if I just had to go to a local store????? I just used the Baja Designs kit to legalize my bike (`95 XR600R) in Washington, but I actually got license plates and labels before installing the kit. All of this took place at the counter when I changed the title and updated the ORV tags, I think a forgiving DMV is really helpful. The instructions were a bit sucking, but I put it all together, after that I felt like I could have built my own setup from scratch for about 1/3 of the cost. However, I am satisfied with what I have at the moment and would probably go in the same direction. If you actually use mirrors, be a little picky about what you`re getting.
With limited space on the handlebars, my MSR mirror reflects nothing but my arms. However, I haven`t worked on putting buddy pens on yet. I`m looking at a large gas tank and a rack system, maybe Paner. Good luck. Thanks for the Rogan answer, I`m going to the DMV this morning to see what happens when I give them the sales contract, because that`s all I have. I don`t have the title right now. The guy said he`s looking for it, but if the worst-case scenario is he can`t find it, hopefully they can still transfer the title to my name and let me take my baby on the road. I drove my XR600 last fall for a few months and now this summer. I hope someone will see this question that I have now. I love biking all over the city and on back roads, and Colorado is a great state to do that! My problem is with my horn, turn signals, headlights and taillights. My current kit is crap and literally falls apart. The wires break in two due to vibrations.
Lights never have enough electricity to be seen at all. The horn does not work at all, makes a little gasp! I think the stator is the problem there? So my question is: what is a “Ricky Stator”? Looks like the Ricky stator provides enough power when your horn is working? I will definitely buy a Baja Designs kit. This bike was ordered by a local firefighter and I let him choose the platform and some key design features, but he let me walk with the construction. We had both fallen in love with the @dinamaxxxx “French Tracker” build and wanted a Monoshock Dual Sport and it was ready to ride with anything we could find, from a DR to an XL on every trip. We were able to make this XR600R from 1985, which had been registered as homologated for the road “at the time”. Since 2004, California no longer allows a person to add a light set and register an SUV as “street legal.” However, this motorcycle was grandfather. I just ordered Kenda double sport tires from Bike Bandit .com they look great. Then I might just need a horn to make it street legal in Colorado because it has a mirror, headlight, and brake light. If the DMV is forgiving, I will do it before the weekend.
If not, I have to see an inspector. I hope it will work today at the DMV. “Pray that God will be with me in this matter, AMEN” Have you ever obtained it legally? I live in Fort Collins and just bought an 86 xr600r that I want to legalize. I think I need a government VIN inspection that includes equipment inspection. I think my biggest problem will be the horn, I don`t think the stator of the bike gives enough juice for that, the inspection sheet says it has to be heard from 200 feet away?? Here`s a thread on how to legalize your DB Street in the CO. The Honda XR600R is a true legend – the dominant dirt machine of the 80s and 90s. Honda`s four-stroke Big Red Pig was built to rival Baja`s 500cc two-stroke and became both the king of the desert and a powerful forest weapon in Eastern scrambles and enduros. Unfortunately, the legendary XR600R has never been legal on the street.
Unless you`ve been smart enough to install a lighting kit and register it with local authorities. In most states, off-road motorcycle plating has become increasingly difficult. But if you`re lucky, you might still find a street-sanctioned XR600R from the good old days. A few years ago, the company I worked for sent us all home and closed forever. I went home that day and finished the finishing touches on the 1976 CB750 Café Racer project I was working on. My wife convinced me to build another one and try it full time. With a garage full of tools my grandfather gave me before he died, I had no overhead and a prime market for motorcycle enthusiasts in Southern California. We built several in San Diego before moving to Traverse City, Michigan.