johnnyboxer wrote:Not many have mentioned BMW's XChallenge :whistle:

Good shout on the x-challenge. Finding one is the problem :whistle:

There is the x-country option (more available) but work is required (19" front wheel, for instance).

Another XT660R rider here. I chose the bike using the same selection criteria as you, plus the R is cheaper than the Z. When buying second hand, I realised that I could buy an R and put the savings towards an exhaust and a 22 litre long range tank and still be in front - which I did. By swapping the...

I think this was an XT660R dragging wood up to the refuge at this years Stella http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b110/Tonibe63/Stella%202013/SAM_1193_zps7f63f96d.jpg This one is a XT660X running 17" TKC's front and rear, his tyres look inflated here :laugh: . The rear one required 6 blokes and...

Thanks for the warm welcome Lads! Welcome and get ye to Ullapool next weekend. Tempting Mike, but unfortunately this clashes with babysitting my Oldies who are visiting from the other end of the earth. If they haven't disowned me by now, they would properly disown me if I disappeared for a weekend :...

Ratass - I use a Garmin Oregon 450T. I originally bought the unit for mountain biking a few years ago and recently (15k mile ago) started using on a RAM mount on the bike (or tank bag for the road bike). Has exceeded all expectations especially after discovering the free Openstreetmaps (OSM) and Ola...

Howdy All, Just popping in to say "Hi" after stalking the forum for a while! :woohoo: I should also apologise to those of you that I [strike]kept awake[/strike] met at the Stella this year (half-cut Aussie kicking about with zee German) and also to the two blokes riding rented F800s that I...