I would say the XT660Z is slightly lower than the F800GS. I praised the XT660Z when it came out as the only bike really ready for long distance trail riding with its large fuel capacity and rally style cockpit and enjoyed many years with mine. Yes, it's top heavy but that's an advantage if you want quick reactions from the bike. It has a wonderfully wide gearbox.
It's main problem over the years has been poor electrical contacts at the rectifier and there are inexpensive mods you can find on the Internet to address this. I installed the 'Kev mod' to make the engine more flexible.
The F800GS has a much more tractable engine but with a narrow six-speed gearbox. When it came out there were a whole pile of problems but I guess they will all have been sorted on an old bike.
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