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KungFooBob wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:48 pm Nice.

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I likes the chrome (or is it nickel) plated frame, love the swingarm (is it a KTM one?), the filters look a bit thin?
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KungFooBob wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:54 pm the filters look a bit thin?
They do look too thin, front to back. You won’t know for sure until you try to go fast.
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 4:47 pm
weeksy wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:16 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:13 pm Does anyone find XT660s interesting?
Clearly me as i was the person who posted it :D

One of the guys on STW forum was asking about B road bikes.... i thought of the 660X
I found them a bit top heavy, I thought the road bike version was better to ride

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Styling wise, I love those.Took a test ride on one and it felt like a big scooter, maybe its the sunken seat and shortish wheelbase.
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Gregor wrote: Wed Feb 03, 2021 9:08 am
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 4:47 pm
weeksy wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:16 pm

Clearly me as i was the person who posted it :D

One of the guys on STW forum was asking about B road bikes.... i thought of the 660X
I found them a bit top heavy, I thought the road bike version was better to ride

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Styling wise, I love those.Took a test ride on one and it felt like a big scooter, maybe its the sunken seat and shortish wheelbase.
I rode one of them when i had a bike in Fowlers for servicing, that was an awful bike to ride and i wasn't a stranger to the engine as i'd owned a couple of XT660s by then, but damn that was an awful bike to ride, really not nice at all.
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Taipan wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:52 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:48 pm Nice.

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Aye, it is!
Those Kawasaki twins are the most convincing modern retros.
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JackyJoll wrote: Wed Feb 03, 2021 10:23 am
Taipan wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:52 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:48 pm Nice.

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Aye, it is!
Those Kawasaki twins are the most convincing modern retros.
W650 first sold in 1999 - so a retro modern retro :)
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Tarmacsurfer wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 1:39 pm Guess the donor bike
(Should be an easy one)
I rather like that.
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David wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 7:17 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 2:04 pm This is a Sachs rotary

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That Hercules appears to have a weird two stroke engine that is intriguing
L-F-G.... you is young innit?
I know a mad German who attempted the Iron Butt on one... twice. My memory is that he completed the second Iron Butt after he had three spare engines shipped to strategic points on his route. He used one too, if I remember right.

He'd already done an Iron Butt on a Pan... and decided it was too easy.
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Horse wrote: Thu Feb 04, 2021 7:18 pm
JackyJoll wrote: Wed Feb 03, 2021 10:23 am
Taipan wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:52 pm

Aye, it is!
Those Kawasaki twins are the most convincing modern retros.
W650 first sold in 1999 - so a retro modern retro :)
I’d have one, or the 800, but I’ve got a Triton.
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The Spin Doctor wrote: Thu Feb 04, 2021 9:42 pm I know a mad German who attempted the Iron Butt on one... twice. My memory is that he completed the second Iron Butt after he had three spare engines shipped to strategic points on his route. He used one too, if I remember right.

He'd already done an Iron Butt on a Pan... and decided it was too easy.
I know it sounds unlikely, but the water cooled Norton Wankels (Wanx Nortons) were reliable high mileage bikes.
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DEADPOOL wrote: Thu Feb 04, 2021 9:48 pm Image
Its certainly interesting! Got any more info!
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If a Norvin is your thing.
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