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XT600E vs TT600RE - share spare parts?
We need 2 bikes for our next trip.
The XT is my best choice (I'm short!) but as there very few available in autotraders (in the UK) we thought maybe get one for me when I find one in good condition and the husband could get a TT600RE which is taller but more available.
Does anyone know if those 2 bikes are fundamentally different or could they shares parts (ie oil filters, clutch cables, spark plugs etc..)
Same set of tool for both as well?
Or are they very different?
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Hi the XT and TTRE use the same engine with a few small differences carb size,bigger on TTR. Engine casses are thinner on the TTR not sure about the TTRE. Clutch cable is slightly differnt but could be made to fit if necessary.Spark plug should be the same as well as oil filter. Air filter differnt. not sure about brake pads.
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Originally Posted by maria41
We need 2 bikes for our next trip.
The XT is my best choice (I'm short!) but as there very few available in autotraders (in the UK) we thought maybe get one for me when I find one in good condition and the husband could get a TT600RE which is taller but more available.
Does anyone know if those 2 bikes are fundamentally different or could they shares parts (ie oil filters, clutch cables, spark plugs etc..)
Same set of tool for both as well?
Or are they very different?
Thanks!
Maria
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Without being an expert I have read from different sources the engine in the 1990 – 1995 XT600E is the same as the TT600RE’s. The newer XT engines are slightly different, you can ID them by the fact that the clutch cable attaches to the right hand engine cover (clutch cover). But in many ways the two bikes are very different, different frames, plastics, different carbs, different air filters, etc.
You can use the clutch cable from a 1990 XT600E on an TT600RE, even if it is about 5 cm longer. I have one on my 2005 TT600RE. I don’t know if it works the other way around.
IMHO - The saddle on the TT600RE is not that comfortable, it is a little slim. It is good when riding aggressively but I would not want to spend days sitting on it. Personally I would modify the saddle and make it softer and wider if I was going on a long trip..
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Have you tried the TTRE? I don't think there's that much difference to the XT600 in seat height and imho taking an TTRE and an TTR for your Husband would make more sense, since they are both exactly the same other that the suspension.
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Thanks for the feedback guys!
I am just starting to look at bikes.
We were planning to go april next year but we may have to delay by a year... Depending on work and career.
Quite few XT on the market all of a sudden anyway, so maybe we will find 2 recent XTs at some point, later this year or early next year (if we delay departure).
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