new redesigned 2012 xt660r
 

any rumours out there?

Ooo where is it I want to see it.:chevil:

All I remember seeing (in MCN) was this picture of a patent drawing a while back (August 2010)...

http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/a.../new-xt660.jpg

It's of an X not an R and suggests things like it'll be styled along the lines of the Ducati Hypermotard and Aprilia Dorsoduro, plus it will have USD forks, but motor will be the same.

If you believe what MCN (More Crap than News) writes in their worthless paper, you'd believe that Martians have landed in Essex of all places looking for inteligent women who can spell their own names.

That is an artist sketch if there was a new redesigned XTX / XTR / XTZ or XT1200Z be sure I've got inside contacts and I'd be one of the first to know and tell you all about it.

Agree entirely, but zenity's post was asking for "rumours" - MCN is the best place to look for them!

I must be insane, but I checked out the US Patent Office online and the reference on the drawing does refer to a genuine Yamaha application for a patent (refers to a specific improved design of exhaust system). If you read the description of the bike in the application it certainly sounds something like an XT660?

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...DN/20100187036

It may well be a load of bull, then again it might not, its just a rumour...

any luck in Essex
 

how did the Martians go, I like to know about places like that...

they should publish international maps.

Pleiades, thanks for that info... I searched mcn and have found this...
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/Ne...60-on-the-way/

New Yamaha XT660 supermoto on the way

MCN has uncovered designs showing the next-generation Yamaha XT660 supermoto with Ducati Hypermotard-like styling.
It�s a far cry from the dumpy current XT, which lacks excitement and desirability compared to thoroughbred European supermotos from the likes of KTM. The new one has a leaner, more exciting look.
The detailed patent drawing shows the single-cylinder bike with what appears to be the same tubular chassis and the same engine as the current XT, so it�s still not likely to be a direct competitor for race-ready rivals such as KTM�s 690SM, but more a softer, more rounded alternative with the right look.
More details in next week�s MCN, out on August 18.



Let's see if anything emerges for the R.

I thought most of essex was already inhabited by an alien breed?!?!?!

LINE 2012 YAMAHA XT 660 R BRAZIL


http://www.yamaha-motor.com.br/web/site/xt660r.aspx

i read brasil didn't get the 2011's so 2012's are just 2011's badged as 2012

Looks allot like a sketch of a Honda FMX front end to me but with an 660 motor and rad.

new xt250's ( http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/pr.../574/home.aspx) and a xt1200z
( http://www.yamaha-motor.eu/eu/produc...114-393299.jpg)
in the news, now i'm just looking for a little something in the middle

http://www.yamaha-motor.eu/eu/binary...114-393299.jpg

That looks the exact same as my 2009 model. No cosmetic changes, any mech changes?