KTM 690 SMC vs Yamaha 660 XTX vs KTM 690 SMC

Full and uncut ride on the East side of Stelvio Pass. No music, just pure engine sound. First time riding on this road, with +20kg luggage on each bike.
Action starts at 2:20 and gets more intense from 7:20.
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[@Mark90s]

Without the music is much much better ;)

[@GyroticArts]

3:20 wtf..

[@juancarlosgonzalez3931]

GyroticArts 10:18 wtf!!!

[@JohnErikjohansson]

yea would not drive with these kids..

[@trippyscred8863]

😂😅😅😂😂😂

[@1990-t1j]

Incredible riding with no margin for error. Glad the XT rider is okay. Shame about his bike being wrecked. Tremendous video.

[@shaikhaneef3463]

Jjid

[@BurOzt]

Nice video, but your riding style was dangerous sometimes for the upcoming traffic, be careful...

[@polaco.official]

What a fun road and beautiful place, here in Brazil we have something similar, called Serra do Rio do Rastro...

[@alexsp311]

Great video. What tires do you use?

[@anas.g]

Yamaha 660 XTX Dry Weight = 173 kg KTM 690 SMC Dry Weight = 139.5 kg

[@Chaotic69]

Nice video! are your brakes stock? im sorry for that guy on the yamaha, thnx god he is fine... how lucky. Cant wait to buy my 690 smc !

[@RidingtheAlps]

+David Motorlover The orange SMC (the one filming) has RCS15 brembo master cylinder, other than that stock brakes. Don't worry about the yam, if you watch episode 5 you will see how I replaced it :)

[@moninum]

1:40 tiny house on tour

[@RidingtheAlps]

Pirelli rosso corsa III for the orange SMC, Pirelli diablo supercorsa for the white one, and a mix of Michelin Pilot power and Pirelli dragon supercorsa for the Yamaha.

[@TheXeolias]

Cette route est étonnement peu fréquentée dans les deux sens, c'était vers quelle heure votre descente ?

[@ΝικολινΜενγκρι]

what the green light in dashboard ?? and a awesome ride guys :)

[@ΝικολινΜενγκρι]

Thnx

[@dbauernf]

That is one fast XT or you weren't wide open?

[@SoWeiDie]

Ist nur eine Frage der Zeit bis ein Unfall passiert

[@johncopetti1253]

Fun and exciting ride. Cheers guys. Have fun

[@Jackc3105]

Isn't this where max wrist films?

[@jorikyoutube8423]

Jack B Maxwrist films in gaytown

[@lolotardy]

UN VIDEO ESTUPENDO, me encanta, una carretera espectacular

[@kepel3412]

Nice driving guys. Drive like you stole it...hahah. On what brand/type tyres do drive the XT660X ? Thanks for the reply

[@RidingtheAlps]

Front : Pirelli dragon supercorsa Rear : Michelin pilot power

[@eliasbauer5461]

Bin da auch schon gefahren was hast du da verbraucht

[@SavedbyHim]

Such a nice road, wouldn't have bothered racing...

[@1996hrvat]

when does episode 5 come?

[@queenslander954]

Great Vid , the XT660 did pretty good considering the Kato 690 is supposed to be the all & end all ,of big singles.

[@zardportugal]

GREAT VIDEO!

[@schemkesa]

Awesome Guys!

[@dozicstevica9876]

10:50 real sound begin!

[@muaythai193]

How the fuck can that XT660 pull away from you, even slightly? Is it tuned?

[@guso712]

because that orange ktm is 34hp.

[@muaythai193]

Now the video makes much more sense! lmfao

[@RidingtheAlps]

guso712 No, this one is full power. The KTM in front of the XTX is 34hp though. When riding such a steep downhill pass power does not matter at all, and the XTX weight is not a handicap here. Even though it is less powerful, it has a nice torque and a smaller sprocket is mounted. Engine is not tuned, the rest is just a matter of how hard you are pushing it. PS: if you watch our uphill video (KTM 690 SMC vs Yamaha 660 XTX on Stelvio Pass [raw]) you will see that the KTM rider is clearly not pushing it behind the Yam, because when riding uphill power and weight does matter.

[@sjoerdwitt8358]

Not 35 hp but 35kw which is the Same as 50hp

[@CafeineCrewOfficial]

Sjoerd Witt No. 34hp, which is 25kw. French legal restriction for young riders at that time (which later changed to 47hp/35kw, harmonized at a european level)

[@1osmarn]

xt with power commander or something?

[@nealtoner7875]

I want a xt660x even more now!!

[@zeusvogel2005]

Is the XTX-Driver in ur Crew too oder was he just a random driver? :D

[@RidingtheAlps]

+Coolman LP I am the XTX driver, who edited all the videos of this channel ;)

[@bahadir_kose]

great job guys, but i think u should use both of your brakes at the same time, why dont u?

[@jorikyoutube8423]

Bahadır Köse you only need front for 90% and rear for 10% max

[@jorger8806]

very nice video and fun, it remembers me and friends going up and down in farellones Chile, riding as crazy as this, rgds

[@marcinros]

I had 2 years XT 660, now I'm owner of 690 SMC. It's just stupid war which is better. Ask yourself what you need. The fact is that KTM is much lighter and more powerfull, with many parts apdapted for hard riding. It's bike for fun and I love it. XT is good for long snappy trips with even heavy luggage. And the most important - both seems to be reliable.

[@quentinjimenez3669]

YEAH !!! Trop bonne vidéo =) Vous vous faites Pleeezzzz !!!! Je vais passer mon Permis moto d'ici quelques mois , et c'est bien pour les mêmes sensations que je veux un supermot' !!! Un bon gros KTm là !

[@timpotthoff200]

Albanien??

[@Richthofen100]

KTM or Yamaha?

[@MrJackato]

Hi. What exhaust system is on the ktm? Sounds good?

[@Infect89TV]

Gato Sierra akrapovic or remus

[@niklaswerner5549]

Österreich italy ????

[@Akko75]

Road?

[@Bigtroosh]

You should learn to brake thats terrible

[@Hanibaltherogue]

Hmm you both did some not so nice mistakes, be more carefull. But the vid is nice! ;-)

[@JoeJoRo]

7:08 No, no you go ahead. I HAVE TO CHANGE MY SHORTS! I know the feeling.

[@airgunnyhighway]

Nice riding. Don't like walls on both sides

[@bdcash]

The best kinds of bikes for that road. A lot better on the hairpins than my K1300S. You must be been shattered by the time you finished.

[@tosgem]

XT660 pwns them all

[@julianlei1293]

Wo bekommt man so einen Spiegel her ?

[@philip6027]

***** Das ist nicht serienmäßig

[@Bigtroosh]

Philip P. Endurospiegel guck bei polo ;)

[@guillesdu31]

cette route de malade !!!! ça tourne plus que sur circuit

[@SBlanK-r]

Oh puréeeee ca me donne envie de passer le permis moto d'acheter cette becane la smcr 690 et faire des rides en ardèche 😍

[@reyesay660]

donde quedan esas vias que chimba .

[@BLACK05GO1]

Death Race - No room for any mistakes on that road.

[@juancarlosgonzalez3931]

Rear brake o ver used!

[@RidingtheAlps]

Haha yeah, but the reason for letting the other rider overtake was not this little slide, it was because the overheated rear brake stopped functionning.

[@EVT987]

incredible!

[@MrMadman1221]

holy shit that guy was biking up the mountain

[@islamtaytay1897]

where this country???

[@RidingtheAlps]

+Islam Taytay Italy

[@islamtaytay1897]

+RidingtheAlps merciii

[@piotrd.8880]

do u have titanium balls??? fuckin awesome ridee

[@fnq-8890]

XT660 did well there to punch above its weight .. literally.

[@Jean_1999]

The XT660 still sounds weak. I wanna get one as a bigger bike since I want a supermoto and a Yamaha its gonna be a xt660x but with 48 hp and 186 Kilogramms I dont know if the xt660 makes that much fun.

[@sommerklassiker1260]

I don't wanna imagine what happends if the front break overheats infront of one 180 degree corner D:

[@LiLwiLplayer]

Just happened to my dad a few days ago oO. Luckily he was reacting fast enough so he could Break with the rear break :D

[@sommerklassiker1260]

Arvid Hofmann If you ride like these guys, rear brake only won't be enough!

[@LiLwiLplayer]

Sommer Klassiker My dad didn't :P He's just riding an old BMW r80 gs, oldie but goldie ;)

[@RidingtheAlps]

Arvid Hofmann I lost the rear brake prior to losing the front brake, so there was not much left to do....

[@porchezazou]

Magnifique balade, puis quelle maîtrise, même si vous avez du vous faire des sueurs froides parfois ! Un peu naze par contre les balises cimentés sur le bord de la route, je ne parle même pas des glissières de sécurité --'

[@steffengimmestad2195]

so you have stolen both bikes and fuel or ?

[@RidingtheAlps]

What do you mean?

[@blazbozja6488]

he mean that you drive it like you stole it :Dnice video

[@hyarleywanderley3161]

acelera essa moto!

[@surg23]

That guy on the 660x is damn good to keep up with those much lighter, more powerful bikes. I owned the 2004 XT660x and had it 10 years, it's a fat turd compared to these true Sumo's.

[@dozicstevica9876]

80 % rider,20 % bike!

[@Schleberger]

You guys certainly are wicked fast, but still there were some potentially dangerous moments in there and you seem to lack some basic skills like blipping on downshifts. I wish you nice rides and keep it safe! (Your mate couldve easily died there, really lucky)

[@RidingtheAlps]

Thanks! blipping on downshifts is very unusual (and kind of useless) on a supermoto since it's relatively easy to just back it in... and it's way more fun that way!

[@valebliz]

RidingtheAlps Uhm, kinda true what you say. I'm so accustomed to blipping i end up doing it on my duke 690 too... but kinda useless with a slipper clutch on that kind of bike.

[@bokelund9176]

Schleberger The reason they dont do any "blipping" on the downshifts is probably so the rear tire will spin slower than the ground wich will make it easyer to back it in :) If you blipp the throttle your downshifts will be more smooth and may not cause the rear tire to spin slower than the ground and will not help you back it in

[@zeusvogel2005]

Schleberger What's blipping on downshifts? :D

[@Schleberger]

Coolman LP Matching the revs to those of the lower gear. But theyre right, it's not such a common practice on supermotos

[@topgopnik]

You should take a riding course Your skills are good but are very basic Leaning and angles are really easy to learn engine breaking was 50/50 your rpms were not in the right place before the turn

[@andremarques7907]

Marc marquez? Is that you?

[@marvsoccer]

3:06 Where i Am?

[@franckbody4064]

faut que t apprenne à piloter garçon tu te traines comme une endive ! tu l as acheté hier ton ktm ?

[@_aimdesair_5230]

Heu tg merci

[@TheMopedraser]

The XT-rider has better skills and gives mor thottle :)

[@lefthandedluke]

Its funny, all the best fun is had on a great twisty road and under 100 kph (60mph)

[@hugobear1]

magic ride...lovely....sick of the expense of big bikes I've just bought an XT660 and it is terrible at low speeds - really jerky fueling - anyone else find the same?

[@RB87NL]

Its the same on all the 660 Yammies. Powercommander will sort the majority of the surging, but the injection could have been better.

[@hugobear1]

Rick Buitendijk I couldn't live with it I'm afraid - dropped £1k and sold it after a few weeks and got a 4 year old 990 SMT, soooooo much nicer!

[@erice7046]

hugobear1 really? i`m trading my speed triple for a 990 SMT now I`m a little worried, please do tell me more ...

[@friday_xo]

Is the XT enough powerfull to keep up with the SMC-s? I would like to pick up one cause its half the price of the SMC

[@FredGopro]

Vous vendez du rêve !!!!!

[@fredeveraere7312]

Juste excellent !!! V

[@mag081189]

you guys are crazy, i almost shit myself by just watching! its steep

[@a77nature]

you r really crazy guys

[@yurimototurismo7337]

Se fosse eu, eu andava bem devagar, pra contemplar a natureza! Parece ate que os caras tao tirando racha

[@GroovyVideo2]

road looks more dangerous than Nurburgring - I spelled correctly Yea

[@fernandomatos130]

que lugar lindo

[@blxckpxwer7056]

Dude give your bike a little throttle tip before downshifting the gear✌🏼😉

[@seb2716]

j'adore ce coin de route vivement que jai un peu de budget pour reprendre la becane u supermot pourquoi après tout vu les limitation de vitesse facile a assurer et a piloté a voir

[@JinglePeeny]

as you go down the mountain your bike gets more power.

[@astevn01]

Lo mal que lo pasarias con una moto sin abs

[@alexandrebernichan6440]

enorme !! quelle baston !🙃

[@RidingtheAlps]

Nope, just Leovince slip-ons.

[@danmoyer25]

wow what a ride BEAUTIFUL !!!

[@gabimiguel4392]

Hermoso!!!

[@Lapookie]

DE LA BOMBE !!

[@whyzul]

nice road

[@artecapelli6665]

dove seiiiii??? sono uscito fuooori straaaadaaaaa!!! siii, ma dove ti trooooviii??? non lo sooooo!!! cooome non lo saaaiii??? ancora devo arrivaaaaaaareeeeeeee, quando finisco di precipitare ve lo diiiicooooooo

[@kabylie69110]

vous êtes des bons,j'aurais été loin derrière ak mon Z attention à vous

[@manuelstrondl1797]

Please tell the Yamaha-driver to stop putting his foot to the side during turns, if he's a little bit faster, does that and touches the concrete he will hurt himself... The proper way is to put the foot parallel to the motorcycle.

[@salv01645]

Il tipo sulla yamaha non scherza mica! E' dura la vita.......

[@salv01645]

Significa che sulla carta la ktm è piu' performante, ma in questo caso il pilota della yamaha annulla la differenza e riporta le prestazioni che vediamo su questo tracciato a livello analogo.il pilota fà sempre la differenza.

[@mattiacirongianfrandadduzi4540]

È anche vero che la differenza è di 15 cavalli!! Nonché differenza che si riesce a notare in strade con meno tornanti o curve strette. Poi l'erogazione della potenza della yamaha si sviluppa tutta in basso al contrario del ktm che ha una coppia distribuita su tutti i giri, questo permette al xt di competere con moto ben più prestazionali in questi tipi di strade!

[@mattiacirongianfrandadduzi4540]

***** si hai ragione ma io dico questo anche perché io ho un xt660x e un mio caro amico un ktm 690 smc e quando "per sbaglio" esageriamo con il gas vedo che nelle curve strette ce la giochiamo, appena arrivano i curvoni li noto la superiorità del ktm !!

[@mattiacirongianfrandadduzi4540]

***** con questo non nego il fatto che il pilota fa la differenza!!!

[@mattiacirongianfrandadduzi4540]

***** anch'io logicamente ho provato il ktm ed è una cosa spaventosa, non sembra di guidare un mono ma un bicilindrico!! Come comodità devo dare qualche punto in più alla mia, questo è vero, come è anche vero che un pò di cattiveria in più non le farebbe male!! Comunque ho messo un pignone da 14 denti e ho guadagnato un bel po in ripresa ma non di certo paragonabile al ktm!

[@setter000]

Wonderful road but, guys, you can't ride without risking to kill each other

[@qaywsxedc313]

7:06 - skoro tomu pred nim vybilo šetky šiby!!!

[@RidingtheAlps]

Ben idem :D

[@MrF0xBzH]

belle descente ^^

[@mickduke5812]

total nutters-love it-the only way to ride-stay shiny side up :-)

[@PhasedHere]

rip xtx

[@dozicstevica9876]

Take pictures of the reae tyres. You still have chicken strips :)

[@PedroDVC]

Crazy shit...

[@ruimoreira8513]

XT 660..........Is the Best