Yamaha XT600E 1994 3TB
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Sounds like a fun project! My uncle had an old XT660 from the late 80s I think, classic white and red yamaha with the gold rims. No electric start, kicking it was a pain in the arse. I never tried it but watching my Uncle and Cousin literally jumping on it to try and get it going was good fun. In the end it was left outside for over a decade, went off to the scrap yard just 2 years ago, nothing could be done it was all rotten to bits. My uncle used to tell me it was a fun bike for the road, but too heavy for the trails. Do you share that opinion with the XT660E?
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Yeah I know the one, have seen quite a few on ebay when im searching for parts etc. They seem quite desirable and theres quite a following for them. Thats a shame as it probably would have been good some parts.
I can imagine kicking them wont be fun, although I'm not sure if that model had a decompression attachment which would have made it alot harder. I'm fitting the kickstart as a back up more than anything.
With regards to the offroad stuff I wouldnt know as I've only ridden it around the block so far. They are considered enduros by a lot of people but I certainly wouldnt be using it for any kind of technical trails etc. Merely as an option to ride on surfaces other than smooth tarmac if i go travelling abroad on it.
They certainly are quite heavy bikes at 156kg dry. I mean compared to the DT which is about 120 dry but from the small amount of riding I've done it felt quite manouvreable and I'm sure I could improve that fair amount with progressive springs front and back and some weight reductions like the tank and silencer.
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The Xt600 is very good dualsport, which can be ridden in gnarlier stuff than you would imagine.
I have ridden 120.000km on mine, all over Europe. Ive had a lap around the Nürburgring, and at both MX tracks and endurotracks and just about everything in between.
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@Jens-Eskildsen Legend!
@AndyYam Always fancied a Suzuki DR750/800 myself, biiiig single thumper
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@Jens-Eskildsen Wow! Thanks for the reply. Sounds like you have a sturdy bike there. Where abouts are you and what model do you have?
If you have any advice or anything thats worth knowing then I'd be very appreciative to hear it. I'm still learning alot about the bike but have seen alot online about how durable they are, especially the engine.
I was following a thread on another forum of someone who had some similar kind of km on their bike and hadnt done any engine work at all!
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@Darty You should do it! My mate is currently trying to buy a ex round the world bike which i think is a drz400. A couple of guys rode their bikes all around the world and now its sitting about and somehow my friends found out and wants to buy it.
We we're over the other side of the new forest the other week picking up a ninja for him to break and there was the bottom end of a DRZ650 sitting on the side in the workshop. It looked crazy big! They also had maruez' moto3 race bike sitting there too but our attempt to purchase it was unsuccesful!
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My bike is a 2003 model, Im located in Denmark. Its at 170.000km total, I bought it with 50k on the clock. At around 125k i treated it with a new piston and a fresh camchain. Otherwise just normal parts like brakes, chain and sprockets and so on.
Here it is as a Sumo:
[img]http://www.tenere.dk/forumnew/uploads/987/tarded.jpg[/img]And offroad ( older pic):
[img]http://www.tenere.dk/forumnew/uploads/987/HPIM2145Custom.jpg[/img]This model has no flaws, or any specific thing to be aware of. But as a genral rule, many skip out on regreasing all the bearings in the swingarm and linkage.
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Oh hell yeah now thats a nice looking bike IMO.
I much prefer it with the off road wheels. I see you have an acerbis tank for it then and you're lucky enough to have the later one (4TP is it?) so you can still get the tank and mounts.
Thats great to know that theres nothing major to worry about and yeah, I'll be religiously servicing/ greasing those suspension linkage and swing arm bearings! Thanks for the heads up. I think any bike that uses a similar set up should be sold with a grease gun as part of the tool kit!
