Honda XL 600

The Honda XL 600 is an off-road capable enduro motorcycle from the Japanese maker Honda, built from 1983 to 1987. The XL 600 R, model PD03, arrived in 1983 as the larger-displacement sister of the XL 500 R, with many details changed and a hydraulically operated front disc brake. Several variants were built under related designations: the PD03 XL 600 R, the PD03 XL 600 L Paris-Dakar special edition of the standard XL 600 R, the PD04 XL 600 LM and XL 600 RM, and the PD05 XL 500 R, a reduced-displacement version for Austria for insurance reasons that kept the same engine. The Honda XL600V Transalp is a separate model and is not covered here.