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Posted: **Wed Dec 21, 2005 12:50 am**

i have a chance of buying a honda xl600

what are your thoughts on this bike?

Posted: **Wed Dec 21, 2005 9:43 pm**

Good, reliable bikes. Very few problems crop up as long as you keep oil in it and generally maintain it. A bit porky for true off-road, but so were all it's competitors. If it's in good shape, there's no reason to not grab it.

Posted: **Thu Dec 22, 2005 5:19 pm**

depending on the year... if its a kickstart.... its gonna be a "dog" to start. I hope you are fairly tall and muscular.....

Posted: **Thu Dec 22, 2005 7:31 pm**

emperorjordan wrote:depending on the year... if its a kickstart.... its gonna be a cookie to start. I hope you are fairly tall and muscular.....

Not really. A-buck-n-a-bit of me can start one with no trouble. Just make sure the automatic de-compession is working properly. If it's not (the cables tend to fail over time), nows a good time to put an aftermarket manual type on. It's about the same cost to fix the stock system, and gives you control over the de-comp activation.

Keeping the bike tuned up helps alot too, 'specailly the carb.

Posted: **Sat Dec 24, 2005 6:28 am**

Well I have a time sating the one I have, its more like a work out then anything for me. Even my friends have a problem with it. Id say try to see how it is to start for you before you by it. Otherwise they are great bikes. A friend of mine has take it every where in the mountains with no problems, even two up.