Originally Posted by BruceP

1st, I'll apologise for bringing an old thread to life.

I'm not sure how I missed this thread, and this post, unless it was because my wife and I were riding the 2 Pegs mentioned and were in Patagonia on them at the time.

Lets look at the "1 did break down several times", hmmm, not really. Mine had an electrical failure in the US, a short on pin 17 as it turned out (in the clocks I think) so we bypassed it.

After a 28Km ride over cobbles in Mexico I had a running issue, which was a spark plug issue. This was followed by the connector coming lose on the coil.

I also had an intermittent brake light issue which I finally found the loose connector for while in Peru.

So, that is 1 breakdown and a couple of minor tweaks.

I also crashed it into the back of a GS1200, twice, in 1 day. And came off in Argentina and France.

My wife had the most serious break down when her shock broke in Patagonia and we had to get it fixed. (As she had to do 200 kms on the back of the truck I can claim only I did the entire trip :-) )

There were other minor issues, caused by us and not the bikes.

On the fuel pump issue, this is a minor one. It is not as wide spread as some claim. And no other than JT seems to have had the plastic bag wrapped issue.

How many people know that the Tenere 660 had a known fault with the electrics that needed a recall ?

On the flat spot needing a Power Commander issue, I do not know why people waste money on such things. I just added a K&N to both bikes, it moved the flat spot down a bit and we never ride at those revs..

While we were away 2 BMWs were stuck in Lima with broken motors, so no bikes are perfect.

The bikes made it home. They are still running (yes I have had a couple of issues with mine since the return, but I used most of the winter as well). We are now planning more trips with them.

Did I trust mine when I started ? No. Do I have faith in it now ? No more than any other bike.

So, if a Peg is all you can afford, get one. Prep it, use it and care for it.