Yamaha XT660X

Hello All, not sure I am in the right place to be asking questions about Yamaha as this is predominantly Suzuki site I guess? But I will try anyway.
I have more or less decided to get the above bike but I don't know anyone who has it and would really appreciate a bit of advise from some with more experience.
It is pointless to ask about it in Yamaha centre as I am sure they will say that this is the best bike in the world I haven't lived as I haven't owned one. I am hoping to use it for commuting and occasional fun over wekends or so. Mostly in town but occasional trip out to the country maybe required.

Anyone has experience with this bike? Please let me know your thoughts.

Cheers

Dave

It's crap, buy an SV.

(Well what else did you expect? )

I think the XT660 is a little under-powered in many ways but is also probably a lot of fun to ride. At the end of the day, does it do everything you need a bike to? It certainly looks cool, and as an urban machine would be pretty sensible.


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SV was on my list but I had some negative feedback regardingthe quality and as I am planning to ride in the winter too I have decided against it.

44bhp will be enough for me for now. I am sure I can have plety of fun on it.

Don't think the Yamaha quality will be any better, particularly not on a budget machine (and I think the XT still comes in to that category). Either way you can't really go wrong buying the XT, just don't expect 44bhp to cut it in the performance stakes.


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there's no doubt it looks cool, although the long travel suspension (very soft) means it's always going to be "involving" if you decide to push it on the roads, the build (from what I've seen) isn't anything special, and it has as many cadmium bolts as the SV, instrumentation is basic

I haven't ridden one, but have several supermotos, and as a generalization, they are great for town and short journeys, but you wouldn't want to do great mileage on them.

Speed wise, expect it to be dead over 80 mph, but then you won't really want to ride it above that anyway.

The engine is a bit long in the tooth now having come from the XTZ660, although "tweaked" it's more reliable than exciting.
Brakes are adequate as opposed to great.

Weather protection is nonexistent.

Limited tank range is also a concern on this type of machine, as is luggage.

As a second bike or weekend toy they are great,perhaps if you only have a short commute then they would do (20-30 miles max), but short of that the impractabilities outweight the advantages.

Cheers Mark.

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?

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?

Don't ask him that, he'll just say speed triple...

I do think they look and sound rather cool...

Originally Posted by Grinch

Don't ask him that, he'll just say speed triple...

I do think they look and sound rather cool...

Speed Triple

Have ridden one briefly, belonging to the school where I did my DAS. It was only around town and after my ZX6 I found it a bit slow , but it was great and a bit of a laugh to ride. John, the owner swears by them, he has two, one with 15k miles and the other with 18k miles that he uses as instructor bikes. Some of his taller students have used them on test as well.

I had a word with him and if you email him on info@yourbiketest.com, he will give you some feedback. Just mention my name...

Drew

Cheers guys. Most helpfull!