EDC Yamaha XT660Z Ténéré: Moto travel/prep' tips that work for me.

[WIBO]

The old girl turned 90k on 01.04.18

Still running well on 5000kms oil/filter changes..... 10W50 for a less clunky gear change..... 100% fully synthetic supermarket oil at €7.79 for two litres.


Not bad for one cylinder doing all the work.

Nice going, you're certainly getting your money's worth out of it. Is that the Super U oil you're using ? I've been using the same for the last 3 years

Yip ....the very same....it goes into my diesel and petrol vehicles also. Every food shop I do I lift two containers of it....pour it into 20 litre containers to build up stock at home. At that price everything gets 5k oil changes!!

[chunky butt]

Went to e leclerc on Saturday for 5lt of there finest tech9 fully syn, but found shell helix on promo cheaper . Fecking New van drinks the stuff as if it's on happy hour

[WIBO]

As stated before I carry a front tube across my handlebar.....I stash it in a cut off tube as it will crackle in the UV and heat here.


























In the camping kit post I'd long since forgotten to mention a small roll of cord which is used as a clothes line. You buu this in Decathlon in the climbing section and is handy for all sorts of other stuff too. For clothes it doesn't have to be a large diameter. It stays in my cooking pots.






















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[diggermanbob]

Went to e leclerc on Saturday for 5lt of there finest tech9 fully syn, but found shell helix on promo cheaper . Fecking New van drinks the stuff as if it's on happy hour

Oh that doesn't sound good steve

[Tramp]

Wibo or anyone else....

Whats needed in the xt660z toolkit? Ive bought croftys and need to make up a basic kit....spanner sizes etc please....

[crofty]

Hi Russ

The tool kit I used on the XT was cobbled together mostly from this thread on xt660.com.

https://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=21152

[herman]

For starters have a look at the wheel spindles. I use a car sump plug socket to sort that oddity.

[crofty]

Oh thats right, front wheel needs one of those 14mm/17mm hex keys for a few quid

https://www.paddockspares.com/drain-plu ... W0QAvD_BwE

[chunky butt]

Hi ya Russ, 14mm Alan key for front spindle, 22mm spanner for rear, spare rectifier, starter solenoid,.....jobs a good un. Your friend is xt660.com, loads of knowledge on there. If you get stuck give me a shout.

[Tramp]

Mucho thanks guys....think im going to travel far and wide on this bike....quite fancy constantinopal where east meets west....fancy name so must bd worth a look