Hoping to get there Friday afternoon.

Honda/Marquez have the "Abacus", Yamaha/Lorenzo have the "Rattle"

How do rate your new bike?, tried an 800 out, but the dealers mechanic had gone home on the xc show didnt get to try that one.

Just covered nearly 2500 miles on an Alps trip a couple of weeks back on my Tenere. I fitted a pair of Avon Distanzias to the XT660Z tenere just for the trip as my original tyres were getting towards the end of there useable life, the Avons have hardly worn, obviously the Ten doesn't have the power ...

I take it you want to lower the gearing for offroad?,Compared to my WR250F 1st gear is quite a bit higher on the tenere and when riding in tight technical/ slow going the bike tends to runaway with you unless you slip/use the clutch a lot. For offroad riding I think 2 extra teeth on the rear would b...

Picture of my XT660Z taken just before I set off with 4 mates for a 9 day tour round the ALPs (Switzerland, Italy and Austria Tyrol). We covered approx. 2450 miles, got back last Saturday and had a great time, enjoyed every minute of it (except for the Tenere seat!), if and when I go again I think a...