XT500 - flawed?
I recently did a trip through Africa on a yamaha xt500. The bikes reliability, simplicity and cost were the main things that drew me to it. I did have severe problems with the bikes fuel consumption and electrics though. I was only getting about 160km on my 12.5 litre tank and had to carry around a lot of extra fuel. Also the fuses on my indicators and lights were constantly blowing. I don't know a lot about bikes so there may be some obvious explanations and solutions to these problems that I don't know about. Otherwise is the XT500 notorious for eating fuel and having bad electics? I'd be very grateful for any help as I am now planning to make a trip from UK to Singapore and can only afford a bike like an XT500. Cheers, Jasper
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