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|image           = [[Image:Hondaxr6001993.jpg|right|thumb|A 1993 Honda XR600R]]

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|production      = 85-00

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|front_tire      = {{tire|3.00-21}} '85-87<br />{{tire|80/100-21}} '88-00

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The '''Honda XR600''' is a very popular offroad [[motorcycle]] with an air cooled single cylinder, [[Four-stroke|four stroke]] engine. The bike was manufactured by [[Honda]] from 1985 to 2000, after which it was replaced by the liquid cooled [[Honda XR650R|XR650]] model.

Long before [[HVA]] and [[Husaberg]], the XR 600 played to the taste of many enduro riders for engines with valves. Plus, as a bonus, it had the aura of sterling success in American desert races like the mythic [[Baja 1000]], the [[Parker 400]] and other Mexicali races won at mind-bending average speeds by the likes of [[Al Baker]], [[Dan Ashcraft]], and [[Bruce Ogilvie]]. The XR600 forged the legend of the "big thumper" in the shadow of the cactus of New Mexico. Since then it has widened its field of action to African rallies, in which it is the favorite mount of [[privateers]], who want a machine that is both reliable and performs well.Its engine has remarkable flexibility and its frame is well-balanced, but the XR600, physically constrained in the narrow tracks of an enduro, needs wide open spaces to give its best performance.

[[Image:1985_honda_Xr600r.jpg|left|thumb|1985 Honda XR600R]]

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[[Image:1986_honda_Xr600r.jpg|left|thumb|1986 Honda XR600R]][[Image:1986-Honda-XR600R-Red-0.jpg|left|thumb|1986 Honda XR600R in Flash Red]][[Image:1986-Honda-XR600R-Red-1.jpg|left|thumb|1986 Honda XR600R in Flash Red]]

The XR600R'86 was sold in 1986 in one color: Flash Red. The tank decals were white and red. The wheel rims were gold anodized. The seat, fork boots, and shock springs were blue. The number plate panels were yellow. The L.C.D. digital enduro meter was standard. The engine was a 591cc OHC [[RFVC]] dry sump single cylinder with 2 carburetors and 2 head pipes. The transmission was a 5-speed. The serial number began JH2PE040*GK100001

[[Image:1988_honda_Xr600r.jpg|left|thumb|1988 Honda XR600R]][[Image:1988-Honda-XR600R-Red.jpg|left|thumb|1988 Honda XR600R in Flash Red with Shasta White]]