New xtx owner
 

Hi guys, moving up to an xt660x from my xt125x after passing my A2 licence recently.

Any owners on here from Hull?
Picking my bike up on Saturday!

:006: Welcome on board Josh.

Enjoy your 660! :D

There are a good few members from your neck of the woods on the forum. Some are sure to crawl out of the woodwork soon...

Did the same move as you josh trust me it's all Gravey from here and welcome on board

Hi Josh and welcome. I'm from Hull originally and will be over there this weekend for mothers' day. Not sure if I'll be on the bike!

How about coming to see us at the Wales meet?

We're a good bunch of nutters but pretty harmless and you'll get to see some pretty impressive mods for the bike.:smilies0948:

Enjoy the upgrade mate.

Hi Josh
welcome to the aboard. I'm sure you're going to enjoy the step up to your 660.:045:

I'll be sure to pop over to a meet up as soon as I've learnt the ins and outs of her!

Think the XT i'm getting is stock, it's an 04 plate so will need the fuel mod and DNA filters fitting when I have the money, will probably have to block off the AIS to try calm the exhaust popping down! But i'll just have to get use to the bike first :).

:hello: and :welcome: to :660:



http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=20688

So i got my XT today, great so far, but it's fitted with a center stand only which I do not like AT ALL!

Anyone know where i can buy a side stand?
Much appreciated, thanks.

Look for bike breakers in your area (Yellow Pages), or on ebay and if no luck, get it form a Yamaha dealer

Cheers for that, after another days riding I'm getting use to it. Figured I'm actually tall enough to straddle the bike and rock it off the stand which is MUCH nicer than moving it off the stand holding the bars...felt like I was going to drop it every time.

Bonus pic, cheers guys.
http://i.imgur.com/USgh93d.jpg

I'm just curious as well, what is an acceptable level of vibration for these bikes? I'm finding it to be quite a lot at the moment, the mirrors vibrate quite extensively to the point that the rear view becomes almost a blur. It vibrates right through first gear, most of second and then stops as soon as i sit in third and cruise at 32mph, but will start again as soon as i climb up. At 70 it's quite heavy, and then by 80 the vibration is almost gone.

They do vibrate a bit - normal (within reason for a big single). Certainly going to be more vibey than your 125; it's all relative to what bike you've come from/are used to.

Some things to think about/check:

I see you have handguards fitted. Are there any bar end weights fitted?

You have a bash plate and engine bars fitted. These are fixed at the engine mounts and quite often people don't get the torque set right, or use sub-standard bolts (that come with the kit) which are a bit stretchy, or they work loose. Check the torque; too loose or too tight and you will get excessive vibes transmitted through the frame.

Try keeping the revs up in the 'comfort zone'. One of the things you'll get used to is where the XT motor doesn't vibrate and work around this by careful choice of gear/engine/road speed.

Thanks for the info. I don't suppose you know the correct torque settings do you, or is it just trial and error?
And I believe the hand guards are fitted with end weights yeah.

All the engine mount bolts on 2004-2006 XTX are 73Nm apart from the upper bracket to engine mount which is 55Nm.

I'll be sure to check that out, cheers!

Just thought i'd drop by and say I adjusted my engine mount bolts and it's dampened the vibrations by about 25-30%, thanks a lot! Unfortunately one of them seems to have worn and will not tighten completely.

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You may have a stripped thead if so replace the bolt. Also check that you are not crushing something,:eusa_doh: you can get TONS of pressure on any bolt over about 10 mm. If you have not got a torque wrench go easy and just tighten until the pressure hardens up on the spanner it always better to slightly under tighten most bolts.

I am using a torque wrench yeah, it's a click type so it's really obvious when they are at the correct setting. The bolt just keeps turning so I think it must be stripped. :(