Hi from SW Ireland - looking to replace my retired 600 Transalp with something bit newer and 660 Tenere is looking a likely candidate at the moment! Hopefully will find something soon ;-)

Welcome on board.

Good luck with the search - you won't be disappointed when you get your hands on one!

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Welcome aboard, Chris! I visited SW Ireland in May and loved every minute of it. The scenery, the friendliness of people and the live music in the pubs all made it a memorable trip that I fully intend to repeat. Due to the distance from home and the fact that my mate rides a Blackbird, I rode my BMW but if I lived there, the Tenere would definitely be on my list of best bikes for exploring the back roads which I love to do. At times, I was wishing I was on my XTR! Good luck with your bike hunt.

Hello Chris and welcome to

Good luck with your search

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Thanks for the welcome - been distracted trawling interweb for bike! Might have found something suitable, unfortunately just stumbled across the 'gearbox' post :-(
Well I had to rebuild the Transalp engine just after buying it and it went on for another 50K miles - can do without that again...
The Transalp was perfect for round here Papa, until it was attacked from the side by a moron in a car and is written off - just got acceptance from third party insurance they'll pay so hunt is on for the replacement. Really gutting as I'd completely rebuilt it last winter, powder coated frame and engine(!) - looked great!
Did think about 700 Transalp til I saw the collector box - don't think that would work here! So looks like Tenere is still favourite ;-)

ps having trouble signing in with Tapatalk - gives me 'The usergroup you belong to does not have permission to login.' ??

Statistically speaking, the average motorcyclist (3000 miles a year) has got about the same chance of dying in a fatal motorcycle accident as they have of their XT gearbox failing. Bit morbid I know, but it puts the numbers into perspective. I really wouldn't fret too much about it.

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Haven't been able to post or read forum for while - seems my home IP is banned as I get Forbidden 403 when I try to access forum. On train to Dublin at moment to pick up my new bike (new to me :-) ) and forum works OK now. Hope someone can sort out IP problem...

I'll see what I can do...

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