Shalom y'all!
 

Greetings,

I just picked up a new 2011 (1km) XTZ660 at the Haifa, Israel Yamaha dealer Friday morning. I rode it home to the Golan Heights, about a 120 km trip, being careful not to exceed the 4k rpm break-in limit. Not an easy trick on the twisty Golan mountain roads.

I'm newly transplanted here; I'm from California, originally and had a KTM Super Enduro for fast riding in the vast expanses of the western US.

My first order of business will be to add some ROX risers that I bought in the US to raise the bars a bit. Hopefully, the seat will become more comfortable after I get used to it...

Thanks to all who have contributed to this forum. The wealth of information here is incredible and helped me with this purchase decision. I had no prior knowledge of this bike, since it is not imported to No. America.

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Ride safe, Max

:hello: Hello madmax and welcome on board!

Hello welcome and enjoy the bike.:toothy2:
Would love to see some photos of the Golan area and of course the bike.

:hello: and :welcome: to :660:

I've never known a motorcycle seat to become "more comfortable"!

Hi and welcome to the forum:pics now:

+1

Not going to be your every day type e'h!!!

:hismiley: and :welcome:

Not many pix yet...
 

Come on, give me a break, I've only had the bike for two days! :102:
BUT, I edited my first post with a pic just outside my village, the only one I have so far. I'll post some more photos when I get a chance to do some traveling this week.

The Givi Trekker case is not esthetically pleasing, but I put it on initially for the shake down cruise to make sure it stayed put. I'll be using it only for errands and when I take my wife for a spin.

Thanks for the hearty welcome!

Hey up buddy welcome onboard!

Hope the motor is living up to your expectations!

http://i.imgur.com/e4pgxl.jpg


My condolences, I didn't realise you were colour blind, or did you just not realise that they were selling you a blue one? You can't win em all I suppose.:runaway:

Howdy and welcome, don't suppose you could send us a bit of sun?

Not too many sunshine bleached pics until we can compete please!:tongue5:

Hey Madmax - I lived for a while in that neck of the woods as a Kibbutznik for 9 years. I drove all over Israel, but didn't have a bike license or access to a bike. What a shame! Anyway, I plan to visit soon (providing the political situation doesn't deteriorate further...). I saw a guided trip on Vstroms online, but am interested if there are other rental/trips available.

Have a good one!

Colour Blind
 

Welcome, you'll love your bike!
Looks great in blue, it is a Yamaha after all! Don't listen to those other clowns!:icon_clown::icon_clown:
Be great to see photos of your adventures around Israel.
Cheers, Boneman

:hismiley: and :welcome: to :660:

welcome mate.

hi and welcome to the forum

a proper blue racing one!, yeah

stoic

Welcome,

You live in a lovely part of the world, some great biking over there.