Unfortunately they are keeping their lips sealed on the 661 other than it will be late fall 2013 or spring 2014, other than it will weigh approximately a 1 lbs less, that is about all that is being said. I am speculating that it will have the same simple strato technology as the 461, I think they are prolly deciding on whether it will be a CM or fuel injected platform. It has been stated along with the weight loss there will be a noticeable increase in power 20-25% increase. Supposedly the folks that have been lucky enough to test it have loved it and don't want to give it back.
The 241 CM will come set up with 3/8 Picco set up, some who got to see it run in Germany said it is more impressive than a 200T ever was.
They are also well aware of people's complaints with the 201T, and although nothing was stated, I'm sure they are working hard to tweak it to what it should be, addition of the CM will be a good start.
Irregardless of brand you can thank the EPA for all the problems that all two stroke hand held mfgs are having. Scary thing is that some states like Kansas have already approved the sale of 15% ethanol gas and there is a strong movement to get 20% ethanol approved.
I sure didn't know that it is against the law to run any gas with more than 10% ethanol in a handheld piece of equipment.
Also we learned it is a 25k fine if you replace the fuel lines on a saw with anything but the oem fuel lines that came on the saw.
We use tygon on all non-stihls, especailly Poulans, according to the EPA rules we could be fined for not going back with factory Poulan line.
The EPA needs to concern themselves with issues that really make a darn, not a few hundred thousand woodcutters/loggers.