Model(s) covered: 2004 Yamaha XT 660 X
After riding just one block through a grid-locked inner Sydney heading for that Australian icon the Harbor Bridge, the light bulb went on in my brain. This was the type of bike that most motorcyclists should own, a bike for all seasons and all reasons.
But as I edged past yet another hyper-sportsbike, its rider hunched painfully over clip-on handlebars, I realized the enormity ahead for Yamaha's sales staff. In countries where big, powerful, twin- and four-cylinder engines have ruled since the early 1970s, such as Australia and America, what will it take to wean them?
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