WANTED- Adv Bike £3k Budget!

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Versys 650,ive had both,Mk2 for 4yrs & i'm now riding the Mk3 which ive had for 18mnths,been all over on it and given it some abuse,i'll dig out a video,great reliable bikes,you could pick a fully farkled up Mk2 for £3000.





Found it........

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fjwbrady95 wrote: Tue Nov 14, 2017 12:51 pm
Richard Simpson Mark II wrote: Tue Nov 14, 2017 12:24 pm Honda CB500Xs can be had for less than £3K. They do 80 mpg, and you can use the money saved to upgrade the suspension etc.
I've been looking at those actually; really good value bike, it just looks like it needs a good bit of money spent on it before you can even think of taking it off-road! With the Rally Raid kit though, it looks like a really decent mini Africa Twin.

Ah, yes.

buy one for £3k, then it costs another £3k to get it up to the sort of performance of the used KTM 690 enduro that you could buy for the same dosh.

But, it's arguably a better bike than the 690 in terms of comfort and economy, plus you'd probably need to spend a bit on the 690 to get it how you wanted it, then put a bit aside to hedge against the various mechanical gremlins that some 690s are prone to.
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XT660R in immaculate condition
2011
9k miles
More than £1000 of extras:
2 into 1 exhaust
Heavy duty luggage plate
Engine base plate
Hand guards
Engine bars
Etc
All original parts included
Almost new tyres
New oil and filter

12 months MOT!

Won't find another XT like this in the UK



https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-XT660R- ... SwrFtZ8PXl
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Martyn wrote: Tue Nov 14, 2017 5:46 pm https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-XT660R- ... SwrFtZ8PXl
The full link: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-XT660 ... SwrFtZ8PXl

Finishes at 20:15 tonight though :o
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Been relisted. Apparently very good bikes that are lighter than the z tenere model but christ they are ugly.....IMO :D
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XT's looks a brilliantly capable bike, but I do need to (more than occasionally) carry a pillion passenger in relative comfot, hence why the CB500X, the Tenere or indeed another BMer are looking ideal.
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Shame you couldn't stretch a bit more I'd let my 800gs go for 4k
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bond_yzf wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2017 12:34 pm Shame you couldn't stretch a bit more I'd let my 800gs go for 4k
Student budget, I'm afraid. :cry:
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Couple of bmw g650 xcountry up on ebay?
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