Hoping to make a video showing this thing really tearing it up off-road when I get a chance. As for the in-depth discussions of each component or the build as a whole.... That type of stuff just doesn't get views, so I'm figuring out what to do there to make it worth the time expenditure.
@TortureTestMagazine hey mate, good vid. I think the videos of you wrenching and installing the mods plus a bit of voice over and then an end result would be awesome
I get it if you find that a in-depth build + testing sort of video isn't worth your time for the views you get out of it, but I just want to say those are my favorite. Watching some of your older content along those lines is among my favorite moto content I've found on youtube! Thanks for all you do Gabe. Good luck to you!
Hi man, your content is awesome!! Can you do a video on how you took the decition to change your life and to go all for it. Also how your time has been during your Projekt. That would be really interesting!!
I have seen these engines be opened to 310ccs. They're the same engine that came on the Brazilian CG150s. It's freaking huge around here, #1 top selling bike for 10y if I recall correctly.
@@Noonenaught yeah, recently there was a race between builders and they are now mad at one of the builder because he used nitrous oxide (and won the race).
The improvement is insane! I definitely agree in the de-tune so it's more usable in the offroad usage. I definitely still think I'm going to get a dr200 and a play around dirty dual sport.
It’s a fun little bike. Just change out the garbage carb that is stock with a OKO 101 or Mikuni 26-606. Additionally you can do a filter and exhaust mod or get an aftermarket exhaust. Lastly I recommend you get a 13 or even 12 front sprocket if you plan on doing serious off-road. 14 if you want to do a bit of both.
I have a 2004 KDX 200 that I love. I do a lot of different trail riding here in Central Oregon. Do you ever foul spark plugs? if you do, consider switching your pre-mix oil to Lucas semi synthetic Land & Sea 2 stroke oil. (Amazon). Expensive but it is designed to burn off the spark plug and not leave oil on the plug :) That and use an iridium plug. I can put around for hours at barely more than idle and not foul. Just my two cents on KDXs.
I'm currently on a TMX Supremo, which has the same family of engine as the XR150L (minus some differences). I've taken the engine apart (topend and crankcase covers) to do some preplanning and CAD work as when I get the XR150L I plan to replicate the Suzuki's SACS oil cooling system by modifying the head and jug to have cooling oil galleries/jackets and installing 2 CRF150L cooler kits from a reputable Indonesian shop, with one radiator line bypassing the stock oil channel in the jug and directly pumping the oil to the head cover gallery. The other kit will be supplemented with a thermostat and an external electric oil pump with an inline spin-on filter before plumbing to the added cooling channels. Both radiators will have fans as well. Will it work? I honestly don't know, but I'm bored enough to try it. I'm sharing this just in case anybody wants to be as stupid as I am.
Do you have a cam and big bore kit install video I’m nervous doing the cam as it’s my first time doing one and was hoping to do it without needing to adjust my valves. The BBK is pretty straight forward on install but a visual would help.
What an incredibly effective big bore upgrade! Wow. Not everyone can say there's such a firecracker of an upgrade available for their bike. About how much horsepower do you think the bike makes now at the rear wheel?
I don't have a dyno to work with, but I've got a phone with accelerometers saying it's tugging 2-3x as hard depending on RPM and speed, haha. Definitely indescribably more powerful in the bottom to mid and then starts signing off in the top end because the cam profile just isn't working with my 15,000 mile valve springs. Definitely a lot of potential in this engine if it were given a well thought out build rather than a mish mash of bolted-in parts!
Awesome! Now we just need some raw 0-60 and off-road footage before you de-tune it. Crazy how much acceleration it gained. Did that spark arrestor bolt right up?
A great video my dude❤, just a suggestion if u can find aftermarket racing cdi, racing ignition coil, port and polish the head for better performance, i guarantee it'll give u more power than having bore up, here in asia we call it pcc (port, carb, cdi) it can keep up with the bore ups (sometimes much better)u just need fine tuning on the carb have it on slight rich tune for high revs without limiter comes with a cost on the engine😅, it'll save u more aswell on the modifications❤, pcc and stiffer valve/clutch springs, also replace the clutch lining. Lemme know if this helps😁
I have a possibility dumb, very expensive but interesting idea. I was reading through the old crf230f mods website and I was kinda surprised that the pwk carb was straight off of a cr85. Then I had a horribl(y good) idea. I looked up if smart carb makes a model for the cr85. They have a direct bolt on. Since you converted your crf230f to use a cr85 carb already, who's to say that the smart carb wouldn't work either? It would probably also solve the jetting issues described in the article.
Hi man, your content is awesome!! Can you do a video on how you took the decition to change your life and to go all for it. Also how your time has been during your Projekt. That would be really interesting!!
Can you please a step by step guide on how to install the kit? there's only one video on this by someone and they cut through the steps they don't show exactly what to do. Please I'm in a rural town and I don't trust the mechanics here but I don't know much about this stuff
Also, gotta be careful on the head gasket.. Doubling up can increase the squish band and paradoxically make detonation worse. Not sure if anyone has blazed that trail on the XR150L but you never know.
Dare I say a bigger cam may actually bleed off more compression with more overlap and make less knock sensitive. Measure the squish too, a tight squish of around .040 helps with knock too.
2:11 wow, Honda really nerf/ underpowererd your xr150L in the USA to avoid putting electronic fuel injection on it. The NXR150 Bros, which is the Brazilian counterpart of the XR150L, does around 12s at the 0-60MPH factory stock with this same engine. Source: me, who owns a stock NXR150. I like the XR150L, for us Brazilians it looks like a vintage bike because it's design is almost the same of the original 2003 NXR150, so the XR150L looks like it got frozen in time because the 2009-2014 NXR150 got numerous visual and technical enhancements like electronic fuel injection, better front and back lights and a fuel indicator, the ability to run with also ethanol in 2010, etc. In 2015 it got a new 160cc engine and became NXR160, a less sturdy engine. But all the basics like wheels, suspension back and front, tires, frame, handlebar, etc of the XR150L are the same of the NXR125 and NXR150 from 2003.
You proved several points & that's good enough but w/o adding anymore power a simple "Sprocket" experiment might have made the low end gearing better while giving a slight advancment in the overall speed of the bike? ME, IDKnow jack-sH!Te about most of this but I have seen the big block upgrade you did. ANYONE know what he "Coated" the big bore parts with? Is it a some metal coating to better protect the engine parts that you added? Do share, drop the name of it if you know? peace
If you could send me your speedometer and tachometer readings for every run and give the bikes weight with you on it along with a head on photo of you replicating your body position on the bike, I reckon I could get an ok estimate of the bikes power at the wheels, if you can get me your gear ratios and tyre size I could see if I can get a rough power versus rpm chart and torque versus rpm chart for you, in principle it all should be correct but ofcourse the real world is way more complicated so I cant promise much
Hi Gabe, what the hell happened to your hair!? And WTF happens in US with the XR 150 L? There are so many videos about it, I (as French European) can't understand why it's such a fancy bike out of Indonesia or Vietnam! 😉✌️
How did a bigger carb help performance? Isn't carb tuning all about proper air/fuel mix under load? If you need more fuel you need more fuel, but wouldn't a jet swap do the same? The increase in displacement wasn't that big.
Hoping to make a video showing this thing really tearing it up off-road when I get a chance. As for the in-depth discussions of each component or the build as a whole.... That type of stuff just doesn't get views, so I'm figuring out what to do there to make it worth the time expenditure.
@TortureTestMagazine hey mate, good vid.
I think the videos of you wrenching and installing the mods plus a bit of voice over and then an end result would be awesome
If anything, do it for documentation's sake
I get it if you find that a in-depth build + testing sort of video isn't worth your time for the views you get out of it, but I just want to say those are my favorite. Watching some of your older content along those lines is among my favorite moto content I've found on youtube! Thanks for all you do Gabe. Good luck to you!
@@TortureTestMagazine can't wait to hear about the rear shock upgrade coming soon?
Hi man, your content is awesome!! Can you do a video on how you took the decition to change your life and to go all for it. Also how your time has been during your Projekt. That would be really interesting!!
Damn!! Didn't expect such a big difference, great job
I have seen these engines be opened to 310ccs. They're the same engine that came on the Brazilian CG150s. It's freaking huge around here, #1 top selling bike for 10y if I recall correctly.
in brazil they even build them to 500cc+ 50x40 valves and nitromethanol haha
@@Noonenaught yeah, recently there was a race between builders and they are now mad at one of the builder because he used nitrous oxide (and won the race).
Awesome comparison test! The results are crazy...
Loving the XR 150 content, hope to see a build continuation! I appreciate your work sir.
@@WheelieBad i make xr150l motovlogs! Check me out! ✍️
On my @imperfectmoto channel
The improvement is insane! I definitely agree in the de-tune so it's more usable in the offroad usage. I definitely still think I'm going to get a dr200 and a play around dirty dual sport.
My DR200 has been abused so much and still takes it. I love that bike.
It’s a fun little bike. Just change out the garbage carb that is stock with a OKO 101 or Mikuni 26-606. Additionally you can do a filter and exhaust mod or get an aftermarket exhaust.
Lastly I recommend you get a 13 or even 12 front sprocket if you plan on doing serious off-road. 14 if you want to do a bit of both.
How to make a beginner bike fast... Gabe's specialty!
I was literally on your channel last night looking for any updates! Low and behold!
Anymore racing in your future? 😊
Also voting for this
For real the racing videos were so much better
Racing with the XR 150 L? Maybe?
Great job as usual Gabe. Nice real-world comparison.
Time to strip it and race it now!
i say slap the stock cam in and leave the carb alone if the motors happy with it
Dude you are a legend. Making me wish like heck I'd just kept my XR150L
Some upgraded valve springs will help with the float
Yes ! show the build .Still love my kdx in the Maine woods .
Aha! Another fellow Mainer! I do trail and single track riding around southern Maine!
I have a 2004 KDX 200 that I love. I do a lot of different trail riding here in Central Oregon. Do you ever foul spark plugs? if you do, consider switching your pre-mix oil to Lucas semi synthetic Land & Sea 2 stroke oil. (Amazon). Expensive but it is designed to burn off the spark plug and not leave oil on the plug :) That and use an iridium plug. I can put around for hours at barely more than idle and not foul. Just my two cents on KDXs.
I'm currently on a TMX Supremo, which has the same family of engine as the XR150L (minus some differences). I've taken the engine apart (topend and crankcase covers) to do some preplanning and CAD work as when I get the XR150L I plan to replicate the Suzuki's SACS oil cooling system by modifying the head and jug to have cooling oil galleries/jackets and installing 2 CRF150L cooler kits from a reputable Indonesian shop, with one radiator line bypassing the stock oil channel in the jug and directly pumping the oil to the head cover gallery. The other kit will be supplemented with a thermostat and an external electric oil pump with an inline spin-on filter before plumbing to the added cooling channels. Both radiators will have fans as well.
Will it work? I honestly don't know, but I'm bored enough to try it. I'm sharing this just in case anybody wants to be as stupid as I am.
Do you have a cam and big bore kit install video I’m nervous doing the cam as it’s my first time doing one and was hoping to do it without needing to adjust my valves. The BBK is pretty straight forward on install but a visual would help.
Do this to a TW200 please!! I really need to see that bike with a good setup!
Mega! Been waiting for this vid
What an incredibly effective big bore upgrade! Wow. Not everyone can say there's such a firecracker of an upgrade available for their bike. About how much horsepower do you think the bike makes now at the rear wheel?
I don't have a dyno to work with, but I've got a phone with accelerometers saying it's tugging 2-3x as hard depending on RPM and speed, haha. Definitely indescribably more powerful in the bottom to mid and then starts signing off in the top end because the cam profile just isn't working with my 15,000 mile valve springs. Definitely a lot of potential in this engine if it were given a well thought out build rather than a mish mash of bolted-in parts!
@@TortureTestMagazinedo you think a crf230 engine swap would be an upgrade from the big bore kit
A stock 230 engine, nah. I have one of those parked right next to this xr150l. It's not as fast
Double up the base gasket, a la DRZ400S and SM as compared to the E
Does cometic have a thicker base gasket available? Maybe just lower the compression a tad?
And a suspension update! I ride train tracks and deal with woops that bottom out the suspension into my exhaust
Awesome! Now we just need some raw 0-60 and off-road footage before you de-tune it. Crazy how much acceleration it gained. Did that spark arrestor bolt right up?
I would really love to see you get your xr250r back out. I have a electric start bottom end for the 250r I know you’d be interested in 😉
Love this type of video
A great video my dude❤, just a suggestion if u can find aftermarket racing cdi, racing ignition coil, port and polish the head for better performance, i guarantee it'll give u more power than having bore up, here in asia we call it pcc (port, carb, cdi) it can keep up with the bore ups (sometimes much better)u just need fine tuning on the carb have it on slight rich tune for high revs without limiter comes with a cost on the engine😅, it'll save u more aswell on the modifications❤, pcc and stiffer valve/clutch springs, also replace the clutch lining. Lemme know if this helps😁
Appreciate how you make your videos very interesting!
Nicely done 👍
Here in LATAM we have the 190cc kit from brazil. You can run pump gas with those.
Have you noticed it starting to run lean when you go down in elevation and vice versa with the OKO D-Slide?
I have a possibility dumb, very expensive but interesting idea. I was reading through the old crf230f mods website and I was kinda surprised that the pwk carb was straight off of a cr85. Then I had a horribl(y good) idea. I looked up if smart carb makes a model for the cr85. They have a direct bolt on. Since you converted your crf230f to use a cr85 carb already, who's to say that the smart carb wouldn't work either? It would probably also solve the jetting issues described in the article.
Place links to the kit products please.
That’s awesome. It sounds like the stock carb would be your best choice. I wonder what else is lacking now? Longer swing arm and beefier forks?
Hi man, your content is awesome!! Can you do a video on how you took the decition to change your life and to go all for it. Also how your time has been during your Projekt. That would be really interesting!!
Do you need to grind down the back of the piston?
To install a bore kit what is the difficulty?
Try the Sym Nht 125, 200 or 300 plz🥺🙏🏼
Does it have an oil cooler to help with detonation?
id do stronger valve springs and detune just so its ready for when you want to open it up maybe for a race weekend
very cool. did i see that correctly real 55mph are 100kmh on the speedo?
What the the names and brands of the parts you use and espects
Thank you sir
So how does it compare to the modified DR200 you did?
Dang, thats downright insane!!
Yep! Surprised me how much it came alive
Did you pull specs on the cam?
Can you please a step by step guide on how to install the kit? there's only one video on this by someone and they cut through the steps they don't show exactly what to do. Please I'm in a rural town and I don't trust the mechanics here but I don't know much about this stuff
Also, gotta be careful on the head gasket.. Doubling up can increase the squish band and paradoxically make detonation worse. Not sure if anyone has blazed that trail on the XR150L but you never know.
Get stiffer valve springs. Might need to upgrade clutch springs with the extra power.
Dare I say a bigger cam may actually bleed off more compression with more overlap and make less knock sensitive. Measure the squish too, a tight squish of around .040 helps with knock too.
Wish you posted more!
Very nice!👍
Awesome!
2:11 wow, Honda really nerf/ underpowererd your xr150L in the USA to avoid putting electronic fuel injection on it. The NXR150 Bros, which is the Brazilian counterpart of the XR150L, does around 12s at the 0-60MPH factory stock with this same engine. Source: me, who owns a stock NXR150.
I like the XR150L, for us Brazilians it looks like a vintage bike because it's design is almost the same of the original 2003 NXR150, so the XR150L looks like it got frozen in time because the 2009-2014 NXR150 got numerous visual and technical enhancements like electronic fuel injection, better front and back lights and a fuel indicator, the ability to run with also ethanol in 2010, etc. In 2015 it got a new 160cc engine and became NXR160, a less sturdy engine.
But all the basics like wheels, suspension back and front, tires, frame, handlebar, etc of the XR150L are the same of the NXR125 and NXR150 from 2003.
You proved several points & that's good enough but w/o adding anymore power a simple "Sprocket" experiment might have made
the low end gearing better while giving a slight advancment in the overall speed of the bike? ME, IDKnow jack-sH!Te about most
of this but I have seen the big block upgrade you did. ANYONE know what he "Coated" the big bore parts with? Is it a some
metal coating to better protect the engine parts that you added? Do share, drop the name of it if you know? peace
I wonder with gearing if it would do 80
Indeed it will. I hit 80 today on it
Isn't it fun to work on the super low performance play bikes, it's so easy to get huge gains out of them compared to a race bike
just put some 2 stroke premix in there at 125:1 and it won't knock or 100:1 for better over all running
I wish all L model Hondas weren't trash. Love my XRs though
L is for late. Lazy. Lackadaisical. Lame. Low maintenance.
I'd regear it, so you can cruise at 65MPH without being a hair away from valve contact.
Thicker base gasket reduces compression ratio. Probably the easiest way to detune this beastly XR.
If you could send me your speedometer and tachometer readings for every run and give the bikes weight with you on it along with a head on photo of you replicating your body position on the bike, I reckon I could get an ok estimate of the bikes power at the wheels, if you can get me your gear ratios and tyre size I could see if I can get a rough power versus rpm chart and torque versus rpm chart for you, in principle it all should be correct but ofcourse the real world is way more complicated so I cant promise much
Make more content please 😁
daddy gabriel 😩
You know we’re so back when you see an OKO carb on a small ass bike
Hi Gabe, what the hell happened to your hair!?
And WTF happens in US with the XR 150 L?
There are so many videos about it, I (as French European) can't understand why it's such a fancy bike out of Indonesia or Vietnam! 😉✌️
And now it’s time to run in in a 24 hour race 😂
Hahaha
Yep. Time to go backward. Well done : )
Mby put oil cooler to keep it cool
Give a more detail instructional about your build; cost time to work on and etc.
Get the Klx 230 🤟🤟 faster than this stock better suspension EFI 6 gears😝🇨🇦
Almost as fast (0-60) as a KLX230
How did a bigger carb help performance? Isn't carb tuning all about proper air/fuel mix under load? If you need more fuel you need more fuel, but wouldn't a jet swap do the same? The increase in displacement wasn't that big.
What if you need both? More air and more fuel?
hey man ! you have to help the small engine by tucking on your drag race haha you're not helping it
why not just richen the mixture a little ? It will soften the power delivery and should also reduce the chances of knock.
Put some gloves on and a leather jacket Gabe.
@@martinheidegger517 skin grafts are painless, I've had plenty. Stay inside if you're scared of scrapes.
@@freeridemoto7133 ya same story with skin cancer, who cares? you've only got one life, might as well make it as miserable as possible
@@TheRealSykx you talk from 0 experience. It's not bad at all. Lmao at thinking you can prevent cancer at all you fool.