G'day guys

Looking at buying a 660 Tenere and have found a nice one that has all the bits that Id want for offroad touring.

Its a 2009 with 35k klm's.

BUT.....the engine number is in the middle of the range that have the 3rd and or 4th gear self destruct. (from the other threads on gearboxes)

Whats the odds of the gearbox letting go?
Is it worth perusing or should I move along and find another year?

Anything else to be concerned about in the 09's?

Thanks in advance.
Cheers

how much is it?..any service history and any work done to it?..personally i wouldnt but thats me.

I've a 2009 that appears to be in the middle of the numbers too, only 8000 miles on it, box is all good so far touch wood
It would be nice to know why the gearboxes failed, what changed 08-09 and 09-10, and why yamaha didn't do a recall

Seems a reasonable price here in Aus at around 7k.
He has had it since nearly new and has done all the servicing himself so no "official" records but thats not necessarily a bad thing, Ive been doing the same for the last 35 years.
Its apparently been faultless up to this point, its well used but not abused.

Does anyone really know what the odds are?
Is it doomed or is it like maybe 5% that fail???

Not that many of them broke compared to how many were made/sold. My 2009 has 86k miles on now.

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Great to know :-)