I'd be interested in a late XTZ660 as well. The reason I posted the thread is that I need to replace my Transalp, which has 62,000 miles and is 10 years old. In fairness to the Transalp, it's been great, taking me on my 150 mile round commute every day in the darkness, and longer off road tours as well. I now have to decide whether I will rebuild the Transalp (with a more off road bias, much like Honda's original concept)to do tours through places like Morocco and then buy a low mileage, more road oriented machine for the commute, or whether to buy something that (like the Transalp) can do both commuting and backlands touring. I had an XT600Z years ago and would have liked an updated/improved version of that, but it's clear from your replies that the XT660R is nothing like one of those. The fact that the only similarity between the XT660R and the old XTZ660 is a similar cylinder displacement tends to suggest that Yamaha aren't interested in "rally" style bikes any more. Why did they axe the XTZ660 in the UK anyway? Are there countries where that model is still imported?
Stig
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