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maybe this is not the bike for you. my new 660x surges a bit if i'm dithering about. use a bit of clutch and throttle control, nail it and the surging is cured, i love this bike.

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Originally Posted by CaptMoto (Post 73288)

:hello: and :welcome: to :660:

I wouldn't want to lie to you but, the surging issue is a characteristic of these bikes, however there are a number of them which do not soffer this problem at all.

The latest production engines as fitted in the Tenere have totally new remapped ECU which has shown ZERO surging. We hope same mapping will be applied to the new 09 XTX/XTR models, however, even a little surging can be tweaked to a near optimum result, and you will find all these tips in this forum amongst our technical threads.

All I can say to you is go and try one and see if you like it.

Good luck

'Evening CaptMoto
As a relative newcomer to XT660.com I've just picked up this thread re surging XT660s.
In April of this year I bought a new '09 XTR660 and haven't suffered any of the problems other seem to have.
I've covered about 3000 miles from purchase, with about half that mileage clocked touring Scotland and the Highlands laden with panniers in July '09, encountering all types of weather and traffic conditions.
I guess the engine on mine must be one of the latest with re-mapped ECU (as the Tenere), but it would certainly make sense for the XTX, XTR and XTZ to share identical settings etc, wouldn't it?
I bought mine from Webb's of Eye (Peterborough), and have to say that their service and attitude has been faultless in every respect.
On another, totally unrelated matter...
I'm planning to ride up to Nordkapp (Norway) in spring 2010: initial route mapping suggests I'll be covering about 4,000 miles on the journey.
As I'm not a hard rider does anyone know - realistically - how many miles the 'stock' Metzeler Tourance tyres and chain/sprockets are likely to last treated gently?
I'm trying to second-guess whether I should replace those items before the journey... or whether they'll last.
Grateful for any feedback

You can expect 4000 miles out the tires but the sprocket and chain will depend on the terrain i.e. how rough or smooth, in town sprocket and chain can last up to 7500 miles.

Front should last about 10-11k miles
Rear about 5-6k miles
Chain and sprockets should last 15-20kmiles depending on oilling times etc.

Very jealous of your trip to Norway:icon_cherry: cant wait untill my next big trip.

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Originally Posted by CaptMoto (Post 108750)

You can expect 4000 miles out the tires but the sprocket and chain will depend on the terrain i.e. how rough or smooth, in town sprocket and chain can last up to 7500 miles.

Thanks for the info guys.
Roll-on spring 2010!

My 2006 XTR (TPS replaced under recall) has always had the low speed fueling glich. tried increasing the CO value made no difference except for a smell of petrol after a ride. On the advice of a respected spanner on another forum I tried lowering the value...hey it improved...the only detriment, more popping from the exhaust on overrun (which you might expext)
Running at -10 from standard setting. Used every day for city commuting...i'm happy

Most run between -10 to +30.

i got my xt in late june 2012 and it has this surging prob. going back in to the deler wednesday..if no prob im going to tell them its not fit for use and replas it or money back..will let you all now the out come