New air filter cured these symptoms on my bike. I need a new one every 3-4 months cus of the vast amounts of dust in portugal.

I keep the following in my toolkit:

_Long distance_

- Locktite
- Cable ties
- 2x Ring Spanner - Size 10
- Socket Wrench
- Sockets 10, 15, 17, 24, 30 (brakes, axles, front sprocket)... think these are the right sizes...
- Mini Multi Screwdriver + star key bits + screwdriver bits
- Multi Tool ...

Hi all

Noticed when I changed my rear sprocket that the studs are lacking thread and can no longer be torqued up.

Are these studs easy to remove?

I was just thinking of putting on two nuts and undoing the lower nut to remove or maybe using a pair of mole grips to twist them out. Is it this easy ...

I got mine from EBay too. It was indeed too wide, however all it needed was a longer bolt and an extra nut to act as a spacer. Don´t even notice if the nut is placed next to frame.

https://www.motorcyclespareparts.eu/

Full of original diagrams for loads and loads of bikes

XT600E ´99 Service and Repair Manual

http://www.ok.eclipse.co.uk/manuals/XT6 ... k_1999.pdf

Its in Portuguese. Not difficult to read though if you can speak french, italian or spanish.

Apologies

I have linked it instead and also resized.

I would use photobucket, but the photos tend to get deleted after a while so I prefer my own fileserver.

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Hey Guys

Had my XT about 6 months now. I found after a little research that my British License allows me to drive anything I want in Portugal so :D

Cost me 650euros, not bad tbh. Has a bit of a tick on engine and 35k,000km´s on the clock, goes well and gets about 50mpg. The tick is nothing ...

I found the opposite that racks are harder to get for ´95-.

The main yamaha dealer in fact said one was never made.

However, a pre-95 racks fits just fine it seems as it is what I fitted to my ´99