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Peregrine
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Dangerous question to ask me!
But yes, as others have pointed out - this is nothing like the Worldcrosser concept bike, it's just a stock XT1200Z with a few carbon extras and some stickers... ok, it might come with TKC80 tyres too...
I know that Touratech were looking at producing what would essentially be a 'worldcrosser' kit, which at least would take a stock bike closer to the concept original (rear tank, luggage system etc.) but like a lot of things in this current economic climate, it's on a go slow...
As GULGo points out, there are a lot of other 'all road' style bikes out there at the moment, all significantly cheaper, and as we all know from the 4x4 SUV market, hardly any of these things ever go anywhere near the dirt, and certainly not what you'd call 'proper' off-road... (except for Touratech UKs demonstrator perhaps - have you seen the video of Nick Plumb nailing the Super Ten' in Wales?!)
When you can pick up a new or ex-demo Super Ten for around �10K these days (well you could until George White went under), then �3K looks like a lot money for stickers and carbon?
To make the comparison with BMW, The stock XT1200Z (spoked wheels, big tank, TC and ABS as standard) was always more 'Adventure' spec in comparison to a stock 1200GS, so I don't know why they need to dress it up with stuff from the accessory catalogue...
They'll be doing an official "Nick Sanders" edition next!
Jx