picked up a 56 Xt660x in orange and black and it's basically bloody awful to ride. Around town the thing is lurching and hunting and doesn't settle down. Second gear the thing is racing ahead one minute, stuttering the next and third is like it's about to stall completely. Thought it might redeem itself out on the open road but it's lumbering up through the gears before topping out a little over 80. Is this typical for them or is it perhaps restricted and the dealer didn't know before selling it on? I know it's never going to match my fazer thou for sheer speed, top end etc but had reasonable expectations that a large 660 thumper would offer some thrills between 0 and 60 but this thing is souless and bloody hard work to ride. In the wet on diesel covered roundabouts in town it's verging on lethal.

any thoughts ideas?


***just read some of the threads n stickies on the rubbish fuelling but doesn't seem to explain the lack of get up and go the thing doesn't have***