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Originally Posted by Ian
I think that with a few mods the XChallenge would make a great overland bike for trips with a large amount of off-tarmac going - relatively lightweight and smooth (for a single) and strong motor. Weak points? All resolvable with enough £££: fuel range springs to mind. Talking of springs, is the air shock OK? Wheel rims: seen a few pics of badly dented ones. Gear lever?: see advrider. Last but probably most important for me: reminds me of the early G/S....which I always wanted....
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Pretty much sums it up. Great engine, fuel injected, great economy, runs on 76 octane fuel, no maintenance required apart from oil and filter every 10k km.
Fuel range ... buy an additional tank.
Gear lever ... change it to a steel F650 single lever.
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Originally Posted by JMo (& piglet)
Anyone who races one has swapped the air shock for a coil...
The dented rims could just be due to it being a heavy bike, hitting stuff hard...
I'd say it would be a great bike for modifying into an extreme terrain overlander - as you say, you can get a big tank for them now, bash plates etc.
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Coil over shock works very well with the bike. I went for Hyperpro, but understand Wilbers and Ohlins also do them.
Rims were nowhere near as bad as some of the complaining out there would imply. They are good enough for challenging adventure biking. And the wheels are a lot sturdier than G650 Dakar wheels / rims.
And yes you can get all the aftermarket touring bits for them.
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Originally Posted by JMo (& piglet)
So I bought a new Tenere which has everything fitted already...
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Well yes, its 50 kgs heavier and uses 20% more fuel, but if you are into that ...
I put 50,000 km on mine last year, about half of that was off road. A lot more detail on prepping my X-Challenge is here:
RTW X-Challenge Adventurization