Hiya JTW, greetings from Europe!!! Here in Italy we see loads of MT-03s where they used to sell really well. In my opinion it is a fantastic bike and of course shares 95% of parts and engine and so on with the XT660s. I would certainly buy it and then you can shave off some weight by throwing away the cat and stuff and get her to perform and handle loads better by reading this site. You can still get parts easily and over here they are not expensive at all so Flea Bay is good!! Good luck!!!

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(Now sold on, sob) 2011 Blue XT660X with gold wheels, was 26,500 km.
Engine mods: K&N Stage 1 filter, DNA Stage 2 filter, snorkel removed, Kev fuel mod fitted.
Plus: smoked Puig screen, Yam aluminium sump guard, Yamaha / Acerbis handguards, Givi Trekker aluminium side cases, Leo Vince X3 cans plus Kev front fork mod and Fender Xtender. Just fitted Michelin Road Pilot 3 tyres.

SOLD the XTX for a Super Ten 1200. And just bought a Raptor 700 so staying on here for some tips....