Firstly, I must say that the xt660.com search function works very well .

I got my bike (2005 XTR) in early December. After just one ride I decided I wanted new tyres and when they were reassembling the front end at the tyre place, the fitter managed to crack the fork leg clamp on the right hand fork leg .


This country basically shuts down over Christmas & New Year (Happy New Year everybody, BTW). Whilst the tyre shop readily admits liability they're not showing much initiative and we've not had any success in getting another fork leg from a breaker's yard.

So I'm going to let a work colleague have a go at repairing it using a TIG welder. He's built racing cars in the past so I reckon he knows what he's doing. I'll post again when it's fixed.

I've only ridden the bike twice .