so far i have 50,001 miles on the bike 2009 it's a xt660z, the "1" clicked on as i pulled in the driveway after riding 38,000 from Ushuaia, Argentina!!!

i have a photo trip blog here if you want to see where the bike and me have been so far - http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=18174

...and this is what it looked like tonight when i decided to tear it apart



what i'll be doing is the following

• twin wall bars - DONE
  heavy duty risers - DONE
  dual gps set up - DONE
  high out put spot lamps - DONE
  front turn signal relocation - DONE
  crash bars - DONE
  barkbusters - DONE
  exhaust - DONE
  front suspension - DONE
  rear suspension - DONE
  side stand foot enlarger - DONE
  center stand foot enlargers - DONE
  chain guard - DONE
  cush drive - DONE
  kev fuel mod - DONE
  new swingarm - DONE
  swingarm bearings - DONE
  new hard luggage
  chain roller - DONE
  chain and sprockets - DONE
  quick fuel disconnect - DONE
  valve adjustment - DONE
  brake and clutch levers - DONE
  ...and probably a few more things - need to get this list done first!!!

any question feel free to throw them at me as i go along

Hey Paul can you list all the parts you have replaced over the last 50000 miles, this will give other rides an idea or running cost over that mileage.

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Mods that I have done to my XTX's

My 04 XTX
Stage 1 & 2 DNA filters / Kev fuel mod / snorkel mod / Drilled air box mod / Engine breather mod / Fork Spacer mod / 15w fork oil /
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My 07 XTX
Raptor 700 cylinder 102mm / Modified Crank Case to take a 105mm Raptor Cylinder / 11:1 102mm JE Raptor piston / Stage 1 Raptor Hot Cam / Ported head / Colder Spark Plug / +2mm Throttle body / DNA stage 1 & 2 filters / Modified Air Box / Snorkel removed / Worry Brothers stage 2 filter cover / 6mm & 8mm Bolts Replaced with Titanium Bolts / Recovered seat in Black / O2 Eliminator /

My 09 XTX
59HP at the rear wheel / Stage 2 Raptor Hot Cam / DNA stage 3 Air Box / Carbon Can Exhausts / Modified Exhaust Link Pipes / PCIII With Custom Fuel Map / Wideband Commander O2 Data logger / LCD100 Dyno Jet display & fuel adjuster / 2500 OHM HT lead instead of a 10K OHM XT lead / Extra Coolant Cooler / Protaper Fat Bars / Tail Tidy With LED Tail Light / OKE Protection Knobs / LED indicators / AIS blocked / Modified rear sprocket rubbers / Rear Foot Pegs removed / 09 ECU With 02 Sensor Changed To A 06 ECU / Complete wiring harnes Changed from 09 to 04 / Home made LED resistor flasher / Hole drilled in the fuel tank filler neck to allow quicker filling / Modified Bar End Weights / Progressive front fork springs, 15W fork oil, forks lowered 25mm, used XTR rear links lowering the rear 20mm, rear spring one click stiffer / Changed front & rear guards from blue to black / 47T rear sprocket / Speedo Healer V4.0 / Kev throttle cam mod / Throttle grip mod / The new 2010 O2 sensor mod is out, works a treat, The new 2012 O2 Controller is out, PM me for details

Now ride a 2018 MT09SP ABS + TCS

My KTM 990 SMR Mod book. http://www.ktmsmt.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4946

i'll do it for the last 38,000 miles, i got the bike with 12,000 miles on the clock, bought it in the UK got to see it for 5 minutes then the next time i saw it was in Argentina, hence minimal changes and upgrades, thats why the list is so long now

so the things changed/ done the list is surprisingly very short:
one upper neck bearing
3 headlight bulbs
1 set of front brake pads (lots of off road minimal use)
3 sets of rear brake pads
two rear sprockets
one front sprocket
4 chains (2 were standard 520 chains in south america lasting around 1500 miles before i could get to a dealership and get and or ring)
i had to fix a left rear turn signal wire that rubbed thru
4 front tires
6 rear tires
i used conti trail attack when doing around 30/70 off/ on road, good wear got 12,000 out of the first rear!!! already had 3000 on it when i got it
for off road i tried conti TKC80 twice, best i got from a rear was 4800 miles but after about 2000 miles the wear was bad - never again
i was in Newfoundland and needed a rear tire and the only thing i could find was a kenda k270 50/50 tire, looks like a full off road knobbly. right now it has about 6000 miles on it and still has more tread than the tkc and it was on $60

i did oil changes not regularly enough in south america due to finding it difficult to find 20/50w oil

most changes i put in between 2.6 and 2.9 litres, the standard amount - just did a oil change the other day and put 3.7 litres in. the order i took the oil out was this and i guess somehow it drained better?

front frame tube plug with the bike on the center stand
left side plug with the bike on the side stand
filter with the bike on the center stand

put in 2 litres and changed the filter...raced the motor around 6 times as per manual, then added 0.6 litres checked the dip stick and nothing, another 0.2 - nothing, then another 0.2 - nothing, go get another litre and and like i said got 3.7 litres total in there - weird!!!

i'll add more as i go thru it...but thats the sum total of parts/ service i have 'had to do' so far

i added Renthal twin wall bars. RC 922, they are 1 1/8inch so new risers as well, i am OK with this because if you take out your risers you will find they are machined out of one piece of material, if they snap in a fall you are screwed if there isn't a dealership around

at least this way round i can go and get a new bolt and ride off, problem resolved



the risers are Outlaw heavy duty, all the wiring and cables fit just fine

when i was changing the bars and obviously had the battery unhooked i had 50,001 miles



and then when i hooked everything back up, the mileage dropped to 50,000...anyone ever noticed this happen?

firstly the electrics...

i added another GPS i run with a Garmin Zumo 550 as standard and also added a touratech mount for a Garmin GPS 60CSX.

Why? well the zumo is not the easiest for adding coordinates and the 60CSX is,

also the Zumo occasionally faulted out and took a day or so start working again, so basically the 60CSX is my back up and obviously a lot cheaper than having to buy it whilst on the road and i can run one on maps and the other on compass...belt and braces i know!!!!



...and in this photo you got a good photo of the volt meter, more about that soon

Wonderful mate thanks for the super pics and stuff!!! I know that when that nutter Nick Sanders was doing his first runs on the 1200 Super Ten they had an Aussie journalist ride with him on an XT660T and he covered some 17,000 miles in a matter of weeks and Alf England Motorcycles in Coventry ( www.alfengland.co.uk) took the 660 back and serviced it. I know that the wear and tear was very little indeed. Write to Brian their Service Manager I think he has the material to write us an interesting article. Ciao.

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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....

so where it says "switch for spot lamps"

here they are




they are from a company here in the states call ADVmonster, www.advmonster.com this is the link to these specific lights ( http://stores.intuitwebsites.com/hst...off/Detail.bok) they are 3600 lumens, if you are not sure what that is, lets just say outragiously bright

these photos were taken at 125th of a second as a comparison the first is the normal high beam - the second is just the spot lights




to fit these i added a waterproof switch, last photo in the last post.

i also wired them in the main harness along with a relay and an inline fuse, its the white box to the left of the battery

so from this photo you'll notice that the front turn signals have been relocated into the headlight housing. This is very easy just a few cuts and soldering (use heat shrink to waterproof it all) and the are done, it was maybe a five minute job...buy the bulbs before you do it, they are part number 194NA



if you do this remember that you need to have a disconnect on the spot lamps in case you need to do some service work on the head lamp or gas tank, i use Deutsch DT Series Connectors, waterproof and easy to use, and available almost everywhere. They are available in 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 12 pin configurations

Because of using high output spot lamps you need to be aware of your volts so i also added a waterproof LED volt meter (also from ADVmonster)

*****turn spot lights off if motor is not running*****

these lights have a lifespan of 35,000 hours, so your battery will loose the battle

front end protection - i removed the original crash bar i had on the bike seen in this photo



one of the tabs had snapped so i got some SW motech crash bars, very easy to fit

if anyone wants them let me know, i can TIG weld the tab back on, just cover the shipping cost from me to you. You can have them for free (first come first served)

also the reason for the change was with the original crash bars you have to remove them to rotate the motor for a valve adjustments SW Motech you don't



also changed hand protectors to Barkbusters, my original ones had cracked from a fall in Argentina, my first choice was Enduro Engineering but they wouldn't work with the 1 1/8 bars as they mount to the 7/8 part and there simply wasn't enough room...so barkbusters it is, again very simple to fit in about ten minutes