Xf650x freewind

[Teapot43]

Ey up, anyone know much about freewinds just bought one for a project?

Thanks in advance Ryan

[Blubber]

Pssttt Ryan / @Teapot43.

What is Oldskoolsuzuki?

 "Early eighties till early nineties, air/oil-cooled double-cradle frames SUZUKI inline fours GS/GSX/GSX-R non-commercial website for sharing technical information SHARE THE PASSION!"

So, that means that the primary focus is and has always been 4 cylinder GS, GSX and pre-watercooled GSX-R.

 

 

 

I don't think you will find much love for the Freewind on here.... given our primary focus.  

Curious to see if some if someone will come out the corner / closet / cubboard and share their wisdom obout the XF.

 

- what kind of project are you thinking of?  big hint..... placing the engine in an oldskool frame kinda project ?

Edited August 7, 2019 by Blubber

[bluedog59]

The motor is the same as the old DR650 which is a bombproof unit but heavily restricted on the inlet and exhaust. If you're going to build something with it, a change of pipe and either big holes in the air box and a jet kit or something like an FCR39mm carb make a huge difference. Do something interesting with it and you may just get in the OSS fold.

[Teapot43]

1 hour ago, Blubber said:

Pssttt Ryan / @Teapot43.

What is Oldskoolsuzuki?

 "Early eighties till early nineties, air/oil-cooled double-cradle frames SUZUKI inline fours GS/GSX/GSX-R non-commercial website for sharing technical information SHARE THE PASSION!"

So, that means that the primary focus is and has always been 4 cylinder GS, GSX and pre-watercooled GSX-R.

 

 

 

I don't think you will find much love for the Freewind on here.... given our primary focus.  

Curious to see if some if someone will come out the corner / closet / cubboard and share their wisdom obout the XF.

 

- what kind of project are you thinking of?  big hint..... placing the engine in an oldskool frame kinda project ?

Yer thanks for that , just bought as something different to ride in winter

 

Edited August 7, 2019 by Teapot43
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[Captain Chaos]

your username suggests that you also own a teapot. Right?

[Teapot43]

5 hours ago, Captain Chaos said:

your username suggests that you also own a teapot. Right?

Yes I do 

[banoffee]

Top marks for not referring to it as a Katana 

[Swiss Toni]

I think the word's out on that one!

[vizman]

Like bluedawg said, basically a good engine wrapped in shit and restricted....hurry up and motard it.

oh and welcome to oss 

[Gammaboy]

Would something like this be interesting enough?

http://www.bikebound.com/2018/03/18/suzuki-xf650-freewind-scrambler/

 

[banoffee]

Brown seat? Fuck. Off.

[Gammaboy]

2 hours ago, banoffee said:

Brown seat? Fuck. Off.

 

Nailed it.

[Dezza]

I'd never even heard of a 650 Fartwind before and had to look it up on the interwebs

[gshub]

I had one for 3yrs or so but with a Gs1000s a Sv1000k3 I decided to sell it to a m8 who has travelled half of UK on it Fab Bike but couldn't give 3 Bikes justice one had to go sadly?... 

[gs7_11]

I've got one as a winter bike.

I really like it. Interesting engine that uses SACS so maybe it qualifies as oil-cooled?  

Also has twin carbs, one for each inlet port and twin plugs, side by side.

It's surprisingly nippy on anything apart from wide open fast roads, i.e round here it's as quick as you need, and more comfortable.