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Originally Posted by colebatch
Ahem ... X-Challenge comes with a cush drive rear hub ... 
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Hee hee - yes, I actually thought that after I wrote it... but I'm sure you get my point - the Tenere has a lot of the equipment you've fitted to yours (and that you'd want to fit to any large capacity trail bike) as standard, and at a significantly lower price?
I'm not sure how the fuel consumption compares back to back, but while I was in the US I would regularly get 200-210 miles to 16 litres (with 7 litres still to go on reserve) over mixed riding.
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I think as long as you have that bike, you should consider renaming yourself to JMo and the Elephant.
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Ho ho - I like it! - although I prefer 'The Sofa' - if you've seen last month's TBM, you'll know why...

(the blue and yellow paint scheme looks like IKEA!)
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Is there an anti knock sensor in the XT engine? Will it run on 76 / 80 octane fuel? (sorry i should clarify ... thats actually a serious question )
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Not sure if there is knock sensor as such, but it ran fine on the crappy 81-85 octane stuff you get in rural USA... seriously, the fueling is spot on with the new Tenere - I've taken it from -282ft to 14,110ft, -20°C to 44°C, and it never skipped, coughed or missed a beat...
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PS... love what you did with your front end.
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Yeah... you love what it did to all of it, you just won't admit it xx
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