Bought my X in November, but the weather has not been on our side, so only really sat on it on Thurs (To bring home to sell the exhausts)

Really love the little thing (as usual), the handling really does take a bit of getting used to, it's exceptionally sensitive to movement on the bike when in a corner, any unsettling totally throws the bike all over the place. But once you get a bit more used to it, it seems to accept things better

I love going through the gears hard to the throttle stop, looking down at the clocks and seeing the speedo registering 85mph not 155mph lol. It's great.

Took the nasty B roads and this thing just eats them up... so much that if i'd had any other bike, i wouldn't have gone out at all.

Had to clean it 3 times on Friday LOL.

Only downside is that i've done all the financially viable mods to the bike (LeoVince exhausts arriving Monday to replace the Beowulfs) so it takes very little spannering now. NEw levers arrived and fitted, the short ones were just a bit the wrong size for me.... we'll see if these feel better.

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That's a bit better.. i must admit, i love having the bike back at home so as things come to me i can sort them
On the day the bike arrived the tank panel decals REALLY bothered me, they hard cracked, split and had a few bits picked off on the white section. It's something I noticed that others may miss, but it's one of the first things you see on the bike and it killed it for me. So whipped off the panels and got the hair dryer on them decals quickly removed and looks a million times better. I actually much prefer it with less decals on there, the fact the knackered ones have gone is an absolute bonus
This side was OK, but shows the full decal

Decal removed.

Fitted

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NEw exhausts arrived and fitted
VERY nice i have to say... superb quality of fasteners, bits, springs, baffles by the bucket load... As they come they sound lovely... quieter than my others, so that's good for early morning startups...

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It's about time you took all the junk off the back

Prefer natural on the later models.

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You must be joking their heavy enough without all that tat hanging on the back.

Lol 500gr on a 170kg bike makes no difference at all IMO. I'm more than happy.

This is my 4th X and the best I've done

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It's the sum of the total.

I'm sure you're all getting bored of the tractor thread.. but that's no real reason for me to stop now is it
After discussions it was thought that even though the stripe didn't matter, it did need the Yamaha 3-d logos.... So i got them ordered up and installed.
I approve of my work

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That back end looks like a backwards step and dosent suit the bike at all

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Yamaha xt660x 2009 blue/gold mods= iridium plug, stage1+2, removed snorkel, blocked ais, akrapovric pipes, power commander pc3usb (pre made map), adjusted tps, dynojet 02 optimiser 30amp aux relay, smoked puig screen, oxford heated grips and brembo carbon ceramic pads, rfx 30mm bar raisers, puig long adjustable leavers, plus much more and a cheep �30 alarm which stopped it been stolen