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What's so special about the Yam XT?
Or put this another way, why is there a technical forum for just about every manufacturer of bike but not for Yamaha as such?
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Is there no-one riding any other Yamaha on their travels? (TDM, Fazer, FJR etc etc).
Is this some type of historical anomoly or is there a logic that I am missing?
Full of questions today:
Will there ever be a forum for two wheels less an engine i.e. Bicycles? From a quick look around the web I can see why there may not be - there are various good resources there already.
On the other hand, the same can be said about motorcycling webpages!! 
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Lots of other RTW Yams out there!
I agree! There are several other Yamaha's out there that make pretty decent
RTW or LD bikes. Just ask Lois On The Loose!
XT660
XT225 Serow
XT250
XTZ 750/850 Tenere' twin
WR450 and 250 (coming as street legal?)
Various Tenere' singles
TDM 850/900 twin
TT600 and TT500
XT500
Why call the forum XT600? Should just be "Yamaha".
Just my opinion, but this really is a "Grant" issue and certainly does not represent any sort of problem or priority issue. I'd let the inmates decide.
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Rubbish
Bollocks!
XTs rule.
A pox on your firstborn!
How dare you go travelling on anything else!
Sorry - I've had mine for 20 years and can't imagine going off on anything else.
Old, sad, and stuck in my ways, I know.
Mind you - I fancy that LC8 engine ....
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Walkabout
Or put this another way, why is there a technical forum for just about every manufacturer of bike but not for Yamaha as such?
Or,
Is there no-one riding any other Yamaha on their travels? (TDM, Fazer, FJR etc etc).
Is this some type of historical anomoly or is there a logic that I am missing?
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This is totally historical - originally way back when in 99 when the HUBB started (HU site started in 97) there was only a bike tech forum, then we split it up when we got more traffic - and there was a volunteer to moderate a Yam XT600 forum - so that's what it was.
The trouble with changing it to "Yamaha" is that all the links to the forum will break - otoh, gotta happen sooner or later, so better sooner!
Consider it done.
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Originally Posted by Walkabout
Full of questions today:
Will there ever be a forum for two wheels less an engine i.e. Bicycles? From a quick look around the web I can see why there may not be - there are various good resources there already.
On the other hand, the same can be said about motorcycling webpages!! |
See the new Bicycles forum!
And start posting! 
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Oops!
That was quick Grant!
Breaking all of the links in previous posts was never the intention of course, and perhaps there is some way of keeping them? I would suggest a new forum for Yamaha (where discussion of any other Yam bike can go) and keeping the XT site until the day that no one wants it any more or hell freeezes over!
Thanks for the push-bike forum; can't see anyway of posting in there BTW.......
(I don't see a "forum tools" drop down menu is what I mean).
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oops!  Bicycle Forum glitch fixed.
Re XT / Yam etc - could keep it at xt forum, and add Yam - but eventually it has to be done, so it's now done! Nothing fatal, links will catch up eventually.
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Let's just say the Yam XT is a mean deam riding machine hehe...mine is from 1990 but has less than 7000miles on it and had only one or two major problems because it did stay about 2 years on the rain with just a plastiv cover over and....problems such as good battery but there was no spark on the spark plug and this one now that might be a wasted battery or the rectifier®ulator either of them ain't too good because the battery dies out of power after about 20miles of riding and wont E-start because the battery is too weak [killed the solenoid but already got one new all because of not enough power on the battery...]
Just wished one thing...if it was 80lbs lighter it would be way better...
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XT forum gone??
Many of us that use the XT600 Forum are trying to figure out what happened. I am disappointed that the forum is no longer model specific. It was the one place where you could get information on the bike in English. One of the keys to a forum's success is the right people being able to find the right place. With the switch to a general Yamaha classification we may not be able to attract new members because the forum will not come up when one searches for "XT600" in Google, Yahoo!, etc. Many long time members will be confused by the disappearance (like me). If we must continue to be organized in such a way that it is classified as a General Yamaha Tech forum, is it possible to create a sticky thread of the XT600 content or a way to index the XT600 content. Any other suggestions on how we can maintain continuity? Thanks.
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That was quick Grant!
Breaking all of the links in previous posts was never the intention of course, and perhaps there is some way of keeping them? I would suggest a new forum for Yamaha (where discussion of any other Yam bike can go) and keeping the XT site until the day that no one wants it any more or hell freeezes over!
Thanks for the push-bike forum; can't see anyway of posting in there BTW.......
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Hello Grant,
I would think there is a place for sub-divisions of each of the tech forums, so that bike relevant info can be found by everyone who is interested in only their particular cherished machine.
Maybe there can be sub-forums within BMW, Yam, Suzuki, Honda etc etc for specific bikes - should there be one for the XT600 and another for the XT660? (very different technologies).
For myself, I first got involved in this whole website when I had problems with my TT600R and I valued the tech info that was available in the XT section - however that relates to the engine of course, otherwise they are not very similar.
Just further thoughts after my earlier post, shown here,
(So, the sub-forum would be "XT600/TT600R"????!!)
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That was quick Grant!
Breaking all of the links in previous posts was never the intention of course, and perhaps there is some way of keeping them? I would suggest a new forum for Yamaha (where discussion of any other Yam bike can go) and keeping the XT site until the day that no one wants it any more or hell freeezes over!
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Hi Motomedic - I haven't seen anyone argue to get rid of the XT forum (please see above). Seems to me that the whole tech forums could develop along the lines that Mollydog identifies and is seen in lots of other websites; I suppose it depends on how much people see this website as being related to technical issues as it is to RTW/longish-distance riding discussion - there is room for both IMHO but, therefore, the website needs to develop along these lines. 
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I'll chime in here w/ my .02 cents worth. When I looked at buying my 1990 XT600 second hand, I was worried about a pretty much complete lack of information in English on the web. Thanks to Google & finding the wonderful XT600 tech section of this website, I have been able to troubleshoot a few issues & find information/advise specific to my bike.
And while there aren't specific sub-forums on here for other bikes, almost all of those bikes have healthy independent forums on the web in English, something the XT600 does not. Thank you Grant for hosting the XT600 English forums, I hope they can stay around.
--JOsh in the US, riding a "forgotten" bike
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When I looked at buying my 1990 XT600 second hand, I was worried about a pretty much complete lack of information in English on the web. Thanks to Google & finding the wonderful XT600 tech section of this website, I have been able to troubleshoot a few issues & find information/advise specific to my bike.
--JOsh in the US, riding a "forgotten" bike
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And you still can, exactly as I did back in Mar 07 when I had some trouble with a TT600R that uses a 3AJ engine; nothing has changed except the title of the forum!!
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