The Yamaha Tenere thread

[Helicoptermanr22]

Mine was £120 inc front sprocket change to 16 tooth

[mark vb]

First service yesterday - things have changed since my last new bike purchase since it's not free of labour charges any longer, but maybe that's how the purchase price is kept down. The cost was £87.53, of which £46.80 was for 1 hour's labour, which seems reasonable to me.
I guess I'll have the bike serviced as necessary at the dealer over the remaining warranty period just so there's no risk of having problems in the unlikely event of a warranty claim.
Next thing to do - fit the very sturdy-looking OEM centre stand.

Which dealer ?

www.alfordbros.co.uk in Folkestone, Kent

[johnnyboxer]

First service yesterday - things have changed since my last new bike purchase since it's not free of labour charges any longer, but maybe that's how the purchase price is kept down. The cost was £87.53, of which £46.80 was for 1 hour's labour, which seems reasonable to me.
I guess I'll have the bike serviced as necessary at the dealer over the remaining warranty period just so there's no risk of having problems in the unlikely event of a warranty claim.
Next thing to do - fit the very sturdy-looking OEM centre stand.

Which dealer ?

www.alfordbros.co.uk in Folkestone, Kent

Bit too far

[mark vb]

Well, I've been using the 660Z of late and it still rings the bells loudly for me. So much so that if I had to get rid of it or the T7 it would be a hard decision.
I don't regard either as being suitable for proper off-road stuff (the DR fulfils this function), but as all-roads bikes being equally happy on pavement and on gravel/fire tracks, they're ideal.

[boboneleg]

Interesting, if I had the same dilemma and could only keep one bike then probably the T700 and CRF250 would go and I'd keep the Donkey.

The DR650 for me is a true go anywhere bike, fortunately at the moment I don't have to do that and that's great because I'm really enjoying the Yamaha

[PHILinFRANCE]

Looks like this thread is being taken over ..........

Here's a real T7 .............................sorry D1

IMG_3192 by Philip Parkinson, on Flickr

Not tried the T7 but have to agree with Mark , i put the Tenner lady up for sale after thrashing it for a year , Balkans , Africa , Europe and even the UK ....................great bike but it aint a DONK

[johnnyboxer]

Interesting, if I had the same dilemma and could only keep one bike then probably the T700 and CRF250 would go and I'd keep the Donkey.

The DR650 for me is a true go anywhere bike, fortunately at the moment I don't have to do that and that's great because I'm really enjoying the Yamaha

I think that about my XR 400, do it all bike

[MotoCP]

Interesting, if I had the same dilemma and could only keep one bike then probably the T700 and CRF250 would go and I'd keep the Donkey.

The DR650 for me is a true go anywhere bike, fortunately at the moment I don't have to do that and that's great because I'm really enjoying the Yamaha

I think that about my XR 400, do it all bike

Arrived home this evening from a 1350 mile round trip from Yorkshire to ride the Great Western Trail with dibbs & Oblix.
Had a fabulous nine days and the T7 did it all. It had enough legs for sustained 85mph motorway stints, plenty of torque for lazy gear selection on the tight winding country lanes and durability/composure on the trails which were surprisingly steep, slippy & technical at times for a bike weighing over 200kg + luggage.

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[boboneleg]

Arrived home this evening from a 1350 mile round trip from Yorkshire to ride the Great Western Trail with dibbs & Oblix.
Had a fabulous nine days and the T7 did it all. It had enough legs for sustained 85mph motorway stints, plenty of torque for lazy gear selection on the tight winding country lanes and durability/composure on the trails which were surprisingly steep, slippy & technical at times for a bike weighing over 200kg + luggage.

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I was there a couple of days before you

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[MotoCP]

Arrived home this evening from a 1350 mile round trip from Yorkshire to ride the Great Western Trail with dibbs & Oblix.
Had a fabulous nine days and the T7 did it all. It had enough legs for sustained 85mph motorway stints, plenty of torque for lazy gear selection on the tight winding country lanes and durability/composure on the trails which were surprisingly steep, slippy & technical at times for a bike weighing over 200kg + luggage.

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I was there a couple of days before you

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we saw your tracks!