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Originally Posted by bergspre
How much power is the XT600E supposed to have? I don't mean in HP, i know its 40hp but how is it supposed to feel when accelerating?
The reason I ask is mine feels a bit slow but ok, when accelerating from 0 as fast I can down the tarmac road it feels on 3rd gear like its "just below the frontwheel-lift-border". Even on 1st and 2nd gear its not wild enough to lift the front wheel.
Its not that i actually want to drive on 1 wheel but looking at all those xt's on youtube it seems that they lift the front wheel as easy as anything.. So that just makes me wonder.
Does your x's acceleration fit my description or? Is it really supposed to be like this as a standard untouched XT600E ?
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I know what you mean, from your description I think your bike is like it is supposed to be.
I have a TT600RE, it has the same engine as the XT600E 1990-1995, but a little bigger carbs.
It pulls ok, but feels a little “lazy”. Not much throttle response, probably designed to be “user friendly”. From memory my ’82 XT550 I had many years ago had apprx the same total power, but felt much more awake. It built power more quickly. Maybe the difference is in the ignition mapping.
My bike will not wheelie easily. It will wheelie in first on the throttle alone, but not that easily, I need to be aggressive.
In second gear I need to apply front brake aggressively to compress the forks and when the forks rebound, apply throttle and clutch aggressively. Timing is everything, if I don’t get it right the bike wont wheelie.
In third the bike will not wheelie at all.
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Yamaha XT600E '01, Honda XR400 '03, Yamaha XT550 '83
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