The equivalent website for the UK has no price.

2008 XT660Z Tenere

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Thats why I have no doubt they will bump up the price for the UK market..

They always do !

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Not a surprise, but the XT660R is not being pushed in the MCN "bikemart" at present: the normal lull in advertising at this time of year - sales quotas met (or not), everyone at the bike shows , etc

So, who will be the first UK dealer to provide a discounted price on the XT660Z??!!

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The 660R on the german site is 6050 EUR (£4215 GBP) so you can see the mark up that us Brits get hit with.

They have charged 1000 EUR more for the Tenere so I think its safe to assume they will charge us £1000 more for the Tenere over the 660R

I'd love to be wrong though !


Places like DK and other importers will probably do them for £5250.00 on a parrallel.

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Looks like a lip-smacking year coming up for the AM-look with the 800GS, 690 KTM, the Tenere and dare I say it, even the 700cc Trannie which at 200kg for a lovely smooth V-twin engine is not so shabby over the new Tenere's 183kg. [actually I read Tran is now 214kg. that's more like it] TBM just rated the Tran, suspension wise, over the XT660, tho it was only a quick ride and Ride like it too. The BMW 800 twin claims 178kg dry...

The new Ten looks the part which initially makes me suspicious: striking looks, relatively heavy with the cat set up and probably cheap suspension. But 22 litres set low down with EFI ought to be good for 450kms. This and the screen are great features. I dont think that low mudguard will be any more of a knobbly problem than it is on KTM Advs.

I dont believe that these days excess weight adds up to a more durable bike as someone mentioned earlier - just a not very sophisticated or a penny-pinching design. What was the original k/s Tenere - 138kg? It didnt need 2 front discs. And as AMers we know that above all, weight is the thing that cramps our style out in the world when the roads get rough. It's the one thing trip reports come back to again and again with heavier bikes.

The Japs in particular have never built bikes for the likes of us - they build them for people who want to look like overlanders because there are a whole lot more of them, right now probably watching BBC on a Sunday night with their mouths agape in admiration!

Anyway, cant wait to find out how they all shape up.

Ch

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Something for an updated book perhaps ?? Bum some free demos ???

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I`ve just heard from a mate that the bike has had a slagging off from the Austrailian press.

Any knowledge of any proper test rides having taken place??

I fancy one, but could be tempted by a KTM if this turns out to be a Cosmetic bike.

WARNING - OFF TOPIC:
Chris, I'm really admiring your fantastic AM feats. Your book along with Jupiter's Travels, 10 years on two wheels, Mondo Enduro on Discovery, HU etc are all fuelling my own and my wife's desire to do The Big Trip. While we're waiting for our kids to grow a bit older so that they can either join us or choose to stay at home, we are doing only shorter trips lasting a few days - trips that probably wouldn't make us fit into the proper overlander category. We're obviously one of "them".
But I still prefer my Guzzi Quota, which perhaps make me look like an overlander, to any other bike (for the time being). My neighbour, on the other hand, prefers his Yamaha R1 even though he realizes he's nothing near being a Valentino Rossi.
What I'm trying to say is that I hoped we all could get along here without being put into categories like "us" and "them". I believe we all dream our dreams, gaping or ungaping, and that not all of us are able to realize them. At least not yet.

Sorry for being miles away from discussing Yamaha's finest - I'll stay on topic from now on.

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Something for an updated book perhaps ??
Of course! Could be a whole new Top 10

Bum some free demos ???
Tried it with Yam last time. They did not have the balls to simply say 'no' - just played hard to get for a few days. Must be some special PR ploy. Anyway sverrirt above seems to have proved the 660 RTW so that will do me.

Indu: Mc-ing has come over all lifestyle/recreational/poseury but an overland journey is no fashion statement, it's the real thing and a functional machine that still delivers when the going gets rough is what will count in the end. Some old Tenere models ticked the boxes, let's hope the new one does too.
You're here reading this (and other stuff) so IMO you're not a dreamer, you're in the early stages of planning so good for you ;-)

But if your neighbour buys a R1200GS Adv with matching riding suit next then I think you should move!

Ch

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