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I considered one of those briefly but then noticed it was a road bike and unsuitable for my wants (the front mud guard gives it away).
Erm if I were you and admittedly I'm not I'd raise the mud guard (see Korn's tour thread) and put some proper knobblies on it, in that those are clearly road tyres and its horrendous riding around in mud/gravel with road tyres. I'd also replace the thin plastic bash plate with a 3.5-4mm alloy one that plastic one will break first rock it hits!.
Also replace the foot pegs with metal spiky type ones rubber ones in the wet mud are downright dangerous. ____________________ Spain 2008France 2007Big one 2009 We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. In the end, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching. |
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Yeah, 'as is' it's more of a battle bike for Londons roads. Lewisham council seem to want to replicate the roads throughout most the African continent, probably to make their staff feel at home (miaow!).
But I am planning on a bash plate and engine bars. Will probably also invest in knobblies when playing on more dirty stuff.
Sadly, everything costs money and will have to buy it bit-by-bit.
This my first bike of this style, so I wont be doing anything too adventurous this year I expect! ____________________ Like a Yorkie - I'm not for the girls  |
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Engine bars? , they have them hidden away under those plastics IIRC from taking one for a spin at Wigan Yamaha. ____________________ Spain 2008France 2007Big one 2009 We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. In the end, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching. |
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Real nice ride ... i wish YamahaCanada had the sense to sell the Tenere in Canada. My only choice is the KLR.  ____________________ Current Bikes: 1973 Honda Cl350k5, 1976 Honda PC50k1, 1981 Honda C70 (6V) Passport, 1982 Honda C70 (12V)Passport, 1984 C70 Passport, 1989 Honda NSR125F Adriatico 2. In CANADA try: https://www.import-motorsports.org/ for cool performance sport-bikes. |
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It looks very nice although i admit i dont have a clue about off-roading (Yet!).
It kinda reminds me of thos robot things from star wars... with the guns... ill find a picture  ____________________ Current Bike: 1996 Yamaha TRX850 (The Japanese-Ducati One).
Previous Bikes: 1990 Honda NSR125 'Rothmans' (The smoking one), 1990 Suzuki GS500e 'Caf? fighter' (The loud one), 1987 Kawasaki GPX400r (The quick one), 1997 XJ600s Diversion (The reliable one), 2000 Kawasaki ER-5 (The spontaneously combustive one) |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 17 years, 166 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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