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Good things come to those who wait. Brilliant replies. I guess I can make do with the originals to bridge me over to getting something better.

I was not aware of the voltage regulator issue - thanks for the heads up!

I am aware of the seat issue and will have something done about it.

The kev mod seems like an inexpensive and easy fix. I will ride and see - aybe the stock is good enough. If not, I now know there is a work arround to get richer fuel.

As for innertubes - there are benefits. I'm ok with innertubes and they give me peace of mind when having to depressurize while riding in remote places, where tearing a tyre or breaking a rim can get you into heaps of trouble. Then again - tubeless rims and a spare tube in the luggage, with some rim tape, etc - would be preferable. If the bike was newish, I would have gone your route, but I can't justify the expense to convert to rimless on such an old cheap bike.

I'll probably change out the exhaust, if only for the weight savings.


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yep good inputs and glad to be proved wrong.
in my 9 years here i think i ever saw a handfull of posts on the 660, ditto for posts from our two friendly helpers.
just look at the list of topics in this XT section, 6 in the last two months....


no complaints, its something i noticed also in a few other specific vintage models forums i am in, interest and activity with 25-30 or more years old bikes is dwindling. Water cooled bikes? Thats way to modern for me!


I do actually have just one, with your motor.... its powered by an XTZ660 highly tuned 700cc unit in a TZ250 GP bike frame, 75hp on 110 kg, used it for a couple of season of Supermono racing.
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I didn't convert to rimless, though the profile of the rim looks like it would take it. In reality the deep profile just adds to the difficulty of getting tyres off and on.


Puncture in the rear tyre just before sunset.

It was a lot darker than the photo shows, so despite not having a tent with me, I slept beside the bike under a cedar tree. Just as I got the wheel out the next morning, a local rocked up in a Mercedes and offered to take it into town to be mended. He returned 90 minutes later and wouldn't take any money. #kindnessofstrangers

Even with the benefit of a centre stand, refitting the rear wheel if you are by yourself is a real pain in the åss due to the spacers each side that need to be fitted at the same time. I took to carrying in my took kit a thick twig that was just long enough to go through the left spacer, the axle hole and the right spacer. Then, sitting on the ground behind the bike, offer the wheel and twig assembly up to the swinging arm and use one of your feet to keep the wheel at the right height whilst gently introducing the axle which at the same time pushes the twig out of the other side.
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