Honestly after the 12Gs its like riding a 600 but the grunt of a 1600 due to the cross plane crank . It pulls yer arms off from 2000 to 5000 rpm.
Admittedly i have fitted a system and a PCv which does make quite a differrence.
The handling is superb and very responsive. Especially off road .
Bad points. It does dive a bit under braking but that could be me getting used to it.
Other points to someone coming off a twelve is there is no gear indicator (big deal) and it doesnt have the road presence of the 12 (doesnt bother me )
Most people think its the Xt660 (i got a black one so might be something to do with it) and a lot of bikers will ride along side me trying to work out why this 600 goes so well.
Considering i didnt like the bike on my test ride , i love this and i have the piece of mind of Yamaha reliability
