The Yamaha XT660Z T�n�r� "R" version thread
 

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Hi!

Sorry for my Spanglish. I’m JaumeV from Barcelona: http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=21173

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Last year and a half I had lot of fun riding and modifying a Yamaha T�n�r� 1200 witch I converted in an off road beast.

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Most of my trips where with some colleagues, we could help each other so the weight of the bike wasn’t very important. But recently I have decided to do solo trips.

In my last trip to Morocco, I broke the bike’s fan and I was alone one day. Stuck in the sand I realized that a solo off road trip can be dangerous with such a heavy bike.

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So I decided to change the T�n�r� 1200 for a 660.
I've always liked the 660, it’s a reliable and simple motorcycle, comfortable and with good fuel capacity. I think it's one of the few bikes of this type in the market. I was also interested in the BMW GS800 but it’s much more sophisticated and despite being more expensive it has some poor components such the wheels or suspensions that need to improve. Another option is the more off road oriented KTM690 witch I like a lot. The KTM problem is that it is also more expensive than the Yamaha and needs more fuel capacity, improve the comfort for dual rides and more important I think it doesn’t have the reliability of the Yam. At least this is my bad experience with this branch. I love the KTM philosophy "ready to race" they are exciting and fun bikes but I'm not racing and I do not want to spend hours on maintenance. So finally I'll take the Yam.

That said, there are many things to improve in the 660. I'm sure that for 90 % of users the bike is perfect as it is but I want to get it to the limit... and I love farkling ... Basically what I want is to make it lighter, improve the engine without losing reliability ( or minimum ) and improve suspensions. The rest will be small mods , protections, etc. .

The bike arrives few weeks ago and this is the list of mods I have it now:

- Pegs, the series are too small to be many hours standing over them.
- Fender high to avoid wheel locks with clay
- Headlight protector
- Extended Kickstand
- Luggage rack
- Hand guards
- Skid plate
- Improve air intake
- New exhaust , preferably a single one to save weight
- Changing the seat to one level

Suspension:
- Front suspension from a Yamaha YZ. That means I need new triple clamps , front wheel hub , and a single brake disc. That saves a lot of weight and It improves the suspension.
- New rear suspension

I leave for later other things like suitcases , power comander and so on. Also the 18” rear wheel but I prefer to ride the bike a lot to be sure if it is necessary.

This is my new toy as it is now:

With big sister

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New toys arived: YZ450 bars :wink:

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The fun begin :evil

I will show you here all the evolution and for sure lots of questions to all of you that know this bike better than me.

:beer

man that is a class 1200 ten, and I like your plans for the 660 ten

Great Super Tenere you have go there!

Keep us posted with these changes on your new 660! :newspaper:

That is absolutely beautiful.

Can't wait to see what you can do to a 660, I have the same black Ten so I'd love some ideas!


Thanks for posting here!

I know... I'm handsome :pjrlaugh_61OD3G:

And concerning to the bike... sorry but is not going to be black again... I've sold it few minutes ago !! :icon_thumright:

It was a Yamaha demo bike with only 7000 km. It looks as if it was new and was a good deal... but it was the ABS version and I don't need ABS. I was decided to take the ABS off but a guy phone me to buy it :041:

So, and I'm going to buy a new one without ABS.
The only colours I can have here in Spain are blue or matt gray. I think I'm going to have the gray.

Tomorrow I'm going to transferred the black and going to order the gray... hope they delivered soon... :mbounce:

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Great looking 1200, I have followed your mod progress on other forums.

Wow great looking bike!!!!! Thanks for sharing and welcome on board!!! Ciao

Thanks guys!!

Hope you help me with the development, I'm sure you know everything about this bike.

Cheers!

Few weeks ago I was in the 30th years Tenere Meeting in Bonaduz (Switzerland). I saw lots of nice 660:

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But this was my favourite, I love the blue Sonauto:

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Jaume,
Love your XT1200Z, nice bike. But yes I can imagine it would be heavy to pick up as the 660 is bad enough. Love the photos of the Swiss meet and I'd have to agree the Sonauto is a nice looking machine.

Hi Jaume
If my wife had let me ,i was on my way down to buy your 1200 !!!! some weeks back. Fantastic looking bike ............should have got divorced :HappyRoll_ANPIUI:

Anyway looking forwad to the 660 project and i agree the Sonauto dose look the ****** , very much like the Gauloise.

By the way was that you doing the rock climb in one on the video ? if so, well done that man.

Phil

The Super Tenere is an incredible bike, better off road that people think but too heavy riding alone, this is why I change it for the 660. As you said heavy as well but after pick the 240kgs of the 1200, the 660 looks an enduro to me!! :laughing11:

Too expensive: bike + divorce!! I think the new owner is nearly in the same problem!! :rofl[1]:

If do you mean this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdbK_Hy2byA

yes, it was me embarrasing the poor enduro guys. This bike has an incredible traction control :unibrow:

Meanwhile I don't start with the 660... as you like this "unique" bike, here are some pics: https://picasaweb.google.com/1078214...perTenere1200R

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Last pic - http://picasaweb.google.com/10782147...perTenere1200R http://VON-AREND-1181 (1024x683)RECORTE (640x361).jpg http://picasaweb.google.com/10782147...perTenere1200R love it!

Bit out of focus but who cares?!

Inspirational! Takes guts to drive that beast the way a Ten is supposed to, especially if you spent time and money on getting it into that shape. =)

Keep it up! (and the knobby side down)

You are very demanding!! :101: :thumbsup:

I spend lot of time but I love it ans I had lot of help from the people who build the parts so no problem to get it to the limits. I also think a bike is for fun not to be worried.

I hope I can show you the new bike soon and start to work in it... too many days without bike!!! :120:

Superbe pictures...

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Thanks!!

Not with a 660 but I hope you like my last trip with the 1200 in the Alps.
That was to the Tenere meeting in Bonaduz:

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Good!! I've sold the ABS bike!!
I'm going to have the new one next week: matt grey.
Last saturday I said goodbye to her. Nice trip in the surroundings of home.

Pics and video: http://traildreamer.com/despidiendome-de-negrita/

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You bought a piano? Be interesting to see whats in the box. :)

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You northerners get some nice color schemes. I could get any color as long as it was blue :(

Blue is nice, but I went to see the bike in the dealer and in real is better than in pictures!! soooo sexy!! :thumbsup[1]:

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Yes there are lots of good colors - in my opinion the red one is the only bad one :-)

Nice to see that the side panels are now available in black. Can't help but wonder what the black panels would do to my black one instead of the grey :-)

So Jaume, now you've got it (the right one this time ;) )...

When does the butchering begin? :112:

Yes, this is the right one... at last!

Last Friday I ordered some parts, I hope they arrive at the end of next week. But I'm still waiting the nuber plate... so no riding this weekend :cry[1]:

The only thing I did was change the tires. She looks much better:

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F**k the number plate, get her dirty!!!


PS.

What parts did you order first?

You where right and I did it... you w'ell see the result as soon I can edit the video :BangHead:

What tyres are these, Mitas what?

C17 front and E09 Dakar rear.

The C17 is the first time I have it. The E09 comes from my Super T. Really hard. Perfect for Morocco but not good in wet or mud.

Hi

Here is my first short off road trip with the 660. Afer it she doesn't look so new :eek1

http://traildreamer.com/en/primer-cr...-de-la-xt660z/

And I have ready the english version of my blog. I hope you like it:

http://traildreamer.com/en/


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Sadists... yesterday y had record visits in my blog. And do you know why?
Because of the video of my fall. :dog

So, here it is the full (crash) test video: http://traildreamer.com/en/cabrones/

Enjoy... :eek1 :lol3

Dont like it!!
Dont like you!!
Dont like your good looking bikes!!
Hate you!!

...seriously - nice job here JaumeV - keep it comming !

Good!! I like to be hated :glasses2:

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I'm starting some little farkles!! :walk1:

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Like the very small RAM-mount http://traildreamer.com/wp-content/u...925_084127.jpg

custom or is it available like that ?

I could use a shorter one: http://www.tenere.dk/forumnew/uploads/119/IMG_0378.JPG

Yes I like it, It avoids this big and ugly RAM brackets
It is custom made cutting the ball bracket, drilling it and making screw thread. Is fixed maning a hole in the bar.

The smallest RAM bar mount I've been able to find is the RAM-B-231ZU
i.e. http://www.ebay.de/itm/RAM-B-231ZU-R...item53fd1f1f09