Hi Guys I owned a 2007 610 for 4 months, i had bought it for one purpose of attending a Rally in Canada. In the time i owned the bike i did three offroad ride. The 610 is very very capable bike in all. But in Canada when we were crossing huge water ponds and some rivers, i was for the first time amazed that the 610 has a really low airbox intake. I do have the 250 and the 450, and on both of those engines we got the airbox under the seat....so to get swamped u need the bike well under water, but the 610 has it on the side..... any reason why as to this kind of engineering.....was it not developed for crossing water....other bikes that did fine was the KTM 690 enduro, couple of KLR and even XR.....i got swamped...although it was real easy to get the water out and the engine didnt drink a lot....the oil was fine....no milky shite....rode the rest of the event....it performed like a ferrarri on the dry stuff.... also why the clutch cable, and not hydraulic clutch.... Rudy
