Hi all, glad I found you??? I thought I'd bought a pup but after reading a few of the threads on here the running issues of my 2011 xt 660r can I guess be addressed!! I only bought it last week with 2000miles on the clock, rode it from Sheffield in the foul weather! I put the initial lumpiness down to riding to Sheffield (to pick up the xt) on my Fazer 1000 and this being a totally different animal! But today I went out in between rain drops to discover the bike was indeed still running awful at low speeds!! I do still have shop warranty on the bike ..... so do I take it back?? OR is it's behaviour normal and I have to get used to it and ride differently? When accelerating there is no problem and it handles pretty well and to top it, I bet I'm gonna have a lot of fun on this bike........ Dilemma!!! Tony

Hi Tony


I cannot help with the surging - mines a 2004 model and so doesnt suffer the same as the later ones.

Should see you around at some point, we are all having a meet up at some point from around Hull area so keep an eye on the forum

and to

For assistance on the surging problem click here:

http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?...=Co+adjustment

and for the full list of mods click here:

http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=630

Greetings and welcome

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Hello again guys and thanks for the welcome, I look forward to meeting the local riders and will persevere in getting used to the bike, I've only done 50miles on it and most of that was riding back from Sheffield to Goole so I guess I haven't really given it a chance!! I did have a little pootle yesterday around the town and up the river bank which did make me smile..... like re-living the stripped Honda 50 days with a couple of mates on... sigh! See you out there? Tony

Welcome on board Tony

Plenty of mods you can do to reduce the surging, alot of which are either free-to-do, or cheap and easy. Here's some reading homework for you...

Join XT660.com supporters to access the “Ask Kev” 1:1 technical help section - http://www.xt660.com/payments.php

Twist-grip mod - http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?p=154983 No Cost Mod

Cush drive rubber mod - http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=12422 No Cost Mod

Adjust your CO - http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=55 No Cost Mod

Adjust your TPS - http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=56 No Cost Mod

Kev fuelling mod - http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=194

O2 controller - http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=14746 (current version from post #165)

Click on the link in my signature for the full list of all the mods available – and it’s a long one!

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Thats good news. Thumpers do take a bit of getting used to if you've been riding multi cylinders. Any big trail bike is great for the smile factor

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