XT660 owner's thread

[gpcustom]

I have a treadplate one on he DR800, it seems to be a home made job but well done. It amplifies the engine noise which makes the DR sound like it is rattly..
which of course it isn't...

I just put a bit of rubber in-between the plate and the mounting bracket its heaps better.
just going back to work now to put a few holes in it and paint it black . so new pics soon

[cynna]

I just put a bit of rubber in-between the plate and the mounting bracket its heaps better.
just going back to work now to put a few holes in it and paint it black . so new pics soon

on mine there is about 5cm thick foam padding in there to dampen the noise - think its a b and b one

[gpcustom]

on mine there is about 5cm thick foam padding in there to dampen the noise - think its a b and b one

mines only about 3mm and now that ive put holes in it its even better

Im off to the caravan in Bannockburn 2mrw so heading over the Dunstan Trail & then the Thompson Gorge track so will be a good test for it

[ADVGD]

Im off to the caravan in Bannockburn 2mrw so heading over the Dunstan Trail & then the Thompson Gorge track so will be a good test for it

Congrats on the new toy mate, have a great ride

[cynna]

petes good looking xt

[pete-blen]

bloody hell.... The top shock bolt must be the first bolt yamaha put in when they assemble these bloody things...
Might just put the stickers on & forget about the shock.. they look easy...

[gpcustom]

Congrats on the new toy mate, have a great ride

Thanks ADVGD
So I've had a awesome few days on the bike. only thing that went wrong was the pack rack bent.
These bikes are bloody great I don't know why there arnt many around maybe its the price??
I cant complain about anything.

So I've been Dunstan trail / Thompson gorge track and over to Bannockburn
Then Nevis /Garston/ Queenstown and back to Bannock burn
Bannockburn to Omarama for the night with my brother and his family.
Followed by a day of boating and left it a bit late but left at 5:50pm to go over the little Omarama saddle to Ranfurly and back home in Dunedin at 9:15pm

I had one deep fast flowing river crossing that did give me the shits but got over with ease

[Waihou Thumper]

but got over with ease

So, it's easy when you take the bridge then, huh?

Oh, you mean across it with ease, I get ya....

Seriously, nice to hear the ride went well, good stuff Yamaha!
Fuel range is bloody awesome, we have discussed that....Over 500km to a tank from some riders?

[gpcustom]

So, it's easy when you take the bridge then, huh?

Oh, you mean across it with ease, I get ya....

Seriously, nice to hear the ride went well, good stuff Yamaha!
Fuel range is bloody awesome, we have discussed that....Over 500km to a tank from some riders?

lol I wish there was a bridge I was shiting a wee bit was deep and I was almost getting swept away so I just went on the diagonal with the flow and made it over ok .
On the up side my bash plate worked well

[WStain]

Thanks ADVGD
So I've had a awesome few days on the bike. only thing that went wrong was the pack rack bent.
These bikes are bloody great I don't know why there arnt many around maybe its the price??
I cant complain about anything.

So I've been Dunstan trail / Thompson gorge track and over to Bannockburn
Then Nevis /Garston/ Queenstown and back to Bannock burn
Bannockburn to Omarama for the night with my brother and his family.
Followed by a day of boating and left it a bit late but left at 5:50pm to go over the little Omarama saddle to Ranfurly and back home in Dunedin at 9:15pm

I had one deep fast flowing river crossing that did give me the shits but got over with ease :

They are great bikes, was a real work horse after the quakes, even strapped a generator on it one day get it home when we had no power.

[cynna]

Just scored a high windscreen off trademe - hopefully that will stop all the buffeting right at helmet level

[pete-blen]

Just put a set of ROX anti vibe risers on....
Thats gives 2 sets of anti vibe rubbers now.. the ones
in the top clamp & the ROX ones... Hopefully no
more numb hands...
Now I need a set of lower bars... Throttle cables
only just make it.... Perfect hight for standing...

[thepom]

Allo Pete....glad you made it out of the Clarence reserve....heard you an electrical problem,...still time left if you need to finish the reserve ride....

[pete-blen]

How about a mini tenere....
Yamaha had the choice of the TTR250 or WR250R motors
And they use the old XT motor....
The damping rod forks look a bit dated these days on a new design/model...

http://news.pamotos.com/wp-content/u...re-650x400.jpg

[MisterD]

A good buy: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=693142380?

Or should I maybe shell out the extra to bring this down from Whangerei: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=692806687?

Given that this is my step up from step-throughs and 10" wheels. I'm looking for a solid, reliable thing that will do reasonable road duty with road-bike owning mates but won't care if the roads aren't tarseal and will handle some touring work and step up to harder stuff as my skills increase.