Could not agree more, it's just fun. My fz1 is for speed and ripping it up.But the xt is just to go out and have some fun without killing myself. I put the sat nav on it. And just go and get lost on the back roads then put home in on the sat nav. Top,fun. But I must say I did a 180 mile ride the other day on the back roads. God I slept well lol. You know you have done the miles on an xt over a bigger bike. Really looking forward to my 5 day trip around the high lands of Scotland in May. Should do about 250 to 300 miles a day. I know it's not a lot of miles to the proper tourers. But think it will be hard enough on an xt660x. Going to do apple cross pass as well, ( see YouTube clip of it) looks like it should be a good ride.