I mean vibration and loudness at cruising speed?
I'm preparing for something like that soon and having a little bit concerns
about xt660z being single cylinder.

Mate I love my xtz I have a airhawk seat pad and can ride all day no worries. Its not going to compare to a bigger multi cylinder bike on long road trips. But it is the best on road/ off road bike being equally good at both. Most bikes r better or more suited to one but not my tenere it's a great bike for both.


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thanks! that's reassuring I am almost ready to place an order how about engine noise, bearable ?

What exactly is your concern about the engine noise? Overall it is not really loud. It sounds like a single zylinder has to sound .

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you know, I'll be riding at night from time to time so I don't want to wake up wild animals in the bushes

With the standard exhaust you wont even wake yourself up!!!!!!!!!

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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....

Well I think that it all comes down to MONEY at the end of the day. I explain. When we start biking we buy er 1 motorbike and it must be all things to all men. So my first road bike was a Suzuki GT185 2 stroke and I thought that it was soooooo fast hehe. Then I started to earn some dosh so I went to an RD400 (mmmmmmm) and then a CB750 and started to discover a love of touring and France and the Bol D'Or and things.
Now I am older so I have 7 bikes so one or two for every need.
My beloved XT660X is a wonderful jack of all trades and if I had only one bike I think that I would choose her.

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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....

Yea it's fine mate I have stock exhaust so not to loud. Vibration is fine at cruzing speed the bikes gearing is really tailored for cruzing speed so it helps. If u do more off road stuff, changing the rear sprocket bye 1 gives it a bit better off road gearing from what I've heard.


Time spent without rod in hand is time forever wasted.

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1320 km in 13hrs only stopping for fuel ......seats ****e but what seat would be ok ????

great bit of kit and its good for 60mpg ......ish

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Mike, could you post some pics of your seat job, cheers. :thumbup:

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