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Old 17-08-09, 17:24
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Question blistered paint/lacquer

Well I am ALMOST a 660X owner. Went for a testdrive and Put my deposit down over the weekend.
I was interested in the black model, it had 10,000miles on it. But when it arrived at the shop I saw it had quite some damage to the engine casing paint/lacquer, it looked ugly.
Initially i thought it had just been abused. it was rather bad.
Luckily the shop had another, but this time in white, only 1000 miles with no damage. Figured I can live with white, if not I can change the plasic at some point.
Now recently I have read somewhere that blistered paint on the engine is a common fault with these bikes. Is this true? Anyone else lost most of the paint on the casing? I'm hoping to do alot of miles abroad on it next year (It'll get some full day riding) will it be ok, or will it get hot and shed it's paint?
Anyone? cheers.
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Old 17-08-09, 18:08
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Dont think i have ever seen one with out the paint peeling but they might have sorted it on the new ones
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Old 17-08-09, 19:40
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i met a guy who had a black one and he got it from some1 who lived by the sea, and his engin was a bit messy
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Old 17-08-09, 20:52
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If its less than 2 yr old hit them with a worranty claim i,ve had a new tank and engine case on mine!
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Old 18-08-09, 13:19
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Well, thanks for the Quick replies folks.
I'll have a search around the site like you mentioned.
If it's something I can remidy with a paint job in a couple of years then no worries.
Cheers for the warm welcome too!
I'll let you know when I'm riding me XT, will be a nice change. Spain next year hopefully.
My only other reservation is the pretty hard seat! I'm looking to change/modify it. I'll let you know how I get on.
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