Yamaha adv update for XTZ. Quite groovy
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Looks great and it may be the kind of bike i'll be on in a few years, trouble is I would think the residuals are going to be poor and the dealer locally has a poor reputation
Dry and unencumbered it still weighs in at 183k which means about 187ish wet at a guess, no lightweight really
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I'm clearly missing something here
While I can see the appeal of a lightweight bike and I'm only too pleased to see somebody get one over BMW. The Yam 660 is hardly a machine to get orgasmic over. nice idea but the appeal goes out the window when you're tootling up the road on a spindly little thing like that and trying not to go above it's terminal wobble speed... And no comments from you Y2 about handling. I backed off when I was following you to the Tank ranges - yours developed a tank slapper at 55 MPH that looked pretty scary from where I was sitting
Depends which way you look at it I spose. Yes, as a road bike - it's absolutely nothing to get exited about. For me personally, I took my 1150 on my last trip, it was reliable but way too heavy and not good enough off-road. I'm looking for a cheapish mid-weight machine that'll deal with the off-road stuff better than the GS, and be easily multiple pick-up-able (if you know what I mean!) without breaking your back / knackering you out / making you worried about another drop the whole time - and it needs to be fairly simple and reliable. KTM's are expensive and reliability/complexity is an issue. Africa Twins are no more. The 800GS doesn't exist yet and there's a good chance BM will screw the opportunity up anyway. DRZ's are the other viable option IMO - but they're not going to be great for the enevitable long stretches on tarmac, and would need sorting out before a decent trip. It would be lovely if this Yammie turned out good - could be just what I'm looking for - I'm going to have a good old gander when they hit the showrooms.
Pluck.