Yamaha XT660X

Hired one in Spain. Vibey horrid thing, I couldn't wait to give it back.

Don't do it.

[rictus01]

Originally Posted by Dave The Rave

Bl00dy heck Mark,

I am now in tears Well, I still think I will stick with it. Like the look, it is cheap and hopefully will be fun to ride for a tear or two. However, as it looks you know what you are talking about, what bike would you choose?

I wasn't slagging the bike off, just giving an honest opinion on it.

as I said, I'd have a supermoto as a "plaything" but not as a serious road bike, a few years ago my brother was going to go to the Assen gp with me and we worked out he'd need nine fuel stops(ccm R30). and then we'd still have to travel a 70mph max if he was to keep up.

the seats aren't ment to be comfortable, but practical, great fun riding for short periods of time but you wouldn't was to go say 100 miles on one, now think about it, thats a 50 mile rideout and back, not far really.

of course you could, but it's not fun anymore, not what the bike was made for, if you're tied to the single and want something that way inclined then perhaps the Aprillia Pegaso 650 or alike would be more practical?

Cheers Mark.

Good mate of mine has one, he loves it for winter riding and commuting. He regularly rides it over 100mph (I know, I've been behing him) and he's had it for just under a year and it doesn't look that bad actually.

I can't ride it, being a short **** I can't get on the damn thing But it is what it is, an "urban" supermoto type thingy.... Depends what you want it for, but it's designed for urban use and (very) occaisional green laning...



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Ed...I think you will find that the bike being mentioned here is the Yamaha Supermotard bike which is not what you hired. Yours was a Trailie bike.

Further more I am not at all sure if the vibes you mentioned were the bike or your knees knocking as we went along the Ronda Road! :P :P :P

go get a ktm LC4 640 - more expensive but more value.. components are all top quality etc...

KTM? Well it's the price what is worrying me. It costs much more than the Yam.

Been down the supermoto route mate,hence now an sv owner!The yam is under powered and overweight for an S/M.KTM's are easily available for same money (big discounts on pre reg bikes,check dealers).If you're doing a few miles the vibes will drive you mad though.The latest big husky road based S/M is mean't to be a great road tool and smooth engined.Don't bother with owt competition based,too much maintainance.Hope thats some use.

Thanks everyone for your feedback. I spent some time thinking about it and I decided to just keep going around some bike places in Manchester and just make the decision more or less on the spot. I don't know anyone who knows a thing or two about bikes so I am scared of buying private. I think I will keep my cards open as I am equally happy to get SV, Honda CBF, Yamaha XT660 or fazer or even others. As this will be my first bike I think I need to look at insurance as anything above group 12 would be just too expensive.
Thanks again.

[MrMessy]

Hi Dave,
I have a Yam600E trail bike has well as the SVS. It is a lot of fun for commuting and around the Dales. Been to the coast on it and it is O/K. Fairly bullet proof motor. Would make a good 1st bike for learning on, not too powerfull to get you into trouble but fast enough to keep up with the traffic and have sum fun on! The 660 is the watercooled version of the old air cooled 600.