Did they say what kind of internal failure? Seems it would have to be pretty servere to take the whole engine with it.>Details from the dealer have been >slow in coming but it seems there was an internal failure of some kind that >took the rest of the motor with it - cases,crankshaft,pretty much >everything.
One of the guys in the dual sport club here has a XR-650 and at 12,000 kms or so he needed a new piston and the associated parts. At the end of last summer at about 14,000 kms his valvetrain was needing money thrown at it. One quick read in the local Bike Trader publication will find you all sorts of Honda's with many new parts on 'em. I am NOT a believer in the Honda reliability hype. Having said that, an XR-650 is a very sweet off road beast indeed! Good luck with your engine! Karl ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com>a long look at the XR-650 and though about what it would take to modify it >for acceptable road use.