Managed to get my hands on an old XT 660 X in Red with a whopping 9,500 miles on it , ate most of my tight budget ..
Generally good condition, rough areas are :

Front of engine corrosion and paint flaked off,
Wobbly rear sprocket carrier ,
broken red tank/radiator panel ,
tatty spokes

The fitted topbox and panniers bracket has odd bolts and poor paint (but will be binning them any way)

Havnt herd her running yet as the battery was low.

So first day of ownership saw her stripped nealy to the bone,

The exhaust port and small manifold between them all had siezed bolts, managed to get 3 exhaust studs out and other nut off, but snapped the two small allen bolts in the small pipe/manifold so neeed to drill the rest out and clean threads up AAAAHHHH .

Second day frame and other parts inc engine were blasted ready for coloring in ,

All plaggy bits have been through the sink ,greasy bits de greased.


Parts needed so far include:

RH tank/radiator panel in red
cush drive and pos sprocket /hub baring
Head taper baring and seal
Few nuts n bolts,
service items .
rear brake caliper guard
chain and sprocket look ok but will replace {suggestions on gearing? please)
Exhaust manifold gaskets and studs
Handle bar to top yeolk bushes
alloy sump bash plate

Any pointers as to suppliers greatfully received

Looking forward to getting it all back together

Ill post pics as i go along when i work out how to :::

Not been looked after very well then for only 9,500 miles on !..or have I miss read the post?..

Sounds like a great project..we need photos! Steve

Fair bit of corrosion but after all its a Yamaha and traily@ that, I have always found them and Kwaks to have inferior paint and more rust than other jap makes..
One company owned from new and been well serviced just taty paint , Cush drive is warn on outer corners although baring seams well.

Think its mainly been used and stood rather than being cleaned and loved

Ive taken pics but mainly of close up bits ie cable and pipe routs rather than "Poser" shots but have a couple when complete il read up and try posting tmro,

Ummm loads of freshly colored parts await assembly,
although swing arm and front forks legs will hold the job up til mid next week .

Anyone know the length of forks and spring weight? ,and how the head stock pin is held in the lower yeolk?

Well it sounds like your going to give it the love and attention it deserves,look forward to seeing some pictures of progress . Nothing like a good challenge!..

Dosn't sound to bad ... just been used...
I dented my tank & broke one of the plastic
things on the side the 2nd week I had it..
Say it's in better condiction than my XTR...
If you are going to take a bike offroad yer can't
keep it perfect... always have the have had fun
on it look..



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Sounds like a great project, I'd recommend 'Off the road' for some of your parts and accessories. They are great and very efficient, they have a good website https://www.off-the-road.de
Look forward to seeing pictures of your progress
All the best.

Yep I second that,I try and get most of my parts from off the road!..just recently brought a new seat seat from them ,well made product,fantastic service , highly recommend !..

I have a cush drive for sale, may be of use, and some other bits

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1219552634...84.m1555.l2649

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Hi All , sory for slow update,
Id blasted and painted the engine black in Halfwhits engine spray, and refitted it in to the freshley orange/red colored frame by last sunday,
Majority of freshly gold color colored bolts oil lines, nose cowl brackets and smaller "tin" itemsfitted to replace the scabby factory " finish " .
Airbox, rear unmodified (for now) rear mudguards and other plastic items fitted after a thorough scrub ..
Was at standstill til I got my monkey metal swingarm and fork boots back in a lovely alloy / chrome flippy color (they were late ariving on Thursday instead of Wednesday But at least on Budget Boy is it getting tight !!)

Forks went together well , (Just need to speck and quantity of oil , Hint Hint LOL )
Id tried to order new ruccer bushes for the top Yeolk to handle bar risers ,But to my fustration there only available when the Yeolk is purchased as one piece item AAAHHH
Guess ill have to dig the laith out from berried behind z1300,gixer/duke turbo and Adrenalin projects and under piles of junk ,So i can make some solid spacers,

While playing on thr roundy roundy whury thing i need to make a spacer to replace the warn one in the rear drive hub baring to wheel spindle , the reason for my sloppy sprocket carrier .. (thanks for the helpfull link to your e bay item but my carrier and baring seam ok Just the spacer warn badly ..

The swinger barings and nylon bush didn't want to be teased out so i took a risk with then in the oven temps that unfortunately destroyed them , so new items must now be found ;-( ..

Awaiting oil filter ,head bearings new cush rubbers ,exaust studs & EGR bolts (as id had to drill the old 6mm socket bolts out after they snapped) Wheel (spoke and hubs ) need good clean.
Disks to blast n paint ,
Brake hose ends to clean and paint ,
Spark Plug, anti freeze and Engine oil to Speck and quantity and order,
Couple of shorter Allen socket bolts for rear peg bracket and cowling to replace the longer "rack bolts"
Must do something with the not so cheap (price wise) "sub zero grade stainless" (than what i dont know) exhaust pipes and cans
I Would like a set of oval after market cans and make my own S/S links and alloy sump / bash plate but cash wont allow on this project. (YET LOL)
May be I could Flea bay the racks top box and panniers ?

And anyone know where i can get a red right tank radiator pannel and rear grab rails cheap?

Yep I know unfortunately due to the off road and hooning nature of the bike she will soon be in line for some abuse , see how many smiles i get to a rear tyre and slide off the thing lol
Nature of the game the more i ride it the bigger the horns will grow ;-)

Looked at off the road parts thanks for the tip, but its more of service/ replacement parts i needed for now..

Must try taking and posting some eye candy for you all soon

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE FORUM a world of information ..