Adventure bike options?

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bet them sports-bike riders are shitting themselves,

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:lol:, as long as I have enough poke to pass the odd car or two I'm laughing, if stopped in trafic on a C road due to campervans, tourists and caravans I can use the verge 😂.
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See if you can find one with suspension up grades. Mines got hyper pro front springs and an ohlins on the back, makes a massive difference especially on the road.
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Albert 888 wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2020 7:15 pm On the yamaha xt660z forum now so I better get one, thanks for all the info I've took most on board.
Which forum are you on?
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cozi70 wrote: Sat Jan 18, 2020 11:57 am
Albert 888 wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2020 7:15 pm On the yamaha xt660z forum now so I better get one, thanks for all the info I've took most on board.
Which forum are you on?
Yamaha xt660z tenere one on fb
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Great forum, loads of info. Xt660.com was great, but think it's no longer.
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This is an interesting insight into the XT660Z;




And here also;





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Guy on here who does the Morocco tours, Webo I think his name is, he's got a million miles on his, he might be worth PM'ing.
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Currently my budget is £1700 + my vfr rough Value of £1500,so £3200,i can dip into my savings and stretch to£4700,then modify at will afterwards.
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950/990...it’ll do anything you want with just a change of tyres....


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