It's a old car alarm thing the indicators, used to and still can on some old models that flash the indicators, pop out a side repeater send some voltage up the wires and it blows the alarm, mod was to put a fuse in indicator feed,
Hopefully insurance will fix you up quick and you'll be back on the road soon

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you win some, lose some, crash some
K+N filter, snorkel removed, homemade kev mod (with his blessing), co raised,
Pipeworx cans, r1 led back light, under tray removed, small indicators, handguards, cnc short levers,

Glad you got the bike back.
Hope the thief gets their hands broken.

I fitted a Chinese made tracker to my Tenere.

http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=23218

It seems to be working ok.

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Simon

Brighton, UK

It does sound very amateurish and opportunistic. As you say, without keys it's going nowhere. They're not going to get it going for a field bike or to re-sell.

It seems now the only viable options for a bike thief is to spend a fair amount of cash getting the ECU re-written and also disguising the original identity - which seems fairly pointless on risk/return for what is a relatively low value bike.

Broken to repair a crashed or blown bike, or the non-identifiable parts on eBay would be my guess where stolen XTs end up.

Other machines end up on race tracks etc. but on the whole it seems immobilisers seem to have killed off "joy-riding" and only the high value bikes or commonly crashed are targets.

...or have I got that wrong?

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Simon

Brighton, UK

Currently negotiating with the insurance company, they really are a bunch of scallywags.

Initially they told me it would be written off on Tuesday
I laughed off their proposed valuation on Wednesday.
Thursday they sheepishly came back to me with an alternative option where they do the full repair and I have to buy the panniers separately. Based upon higher valuation they cam up with.

I have just sent them my research on the value of the bike, which is not far off their proposal together with the repair cost showing break even at 65% of the bikes value assuming retail prices.
they get a lower price, and they get the VAT back, so the nett cost of parts should be at least 35% cheaper than the quotes I have obtained and passed along to them.

Will be interesting to see what they comeback with.

What is noticeable is that the Xt660Z tenere's have held their value well.
If doing 5000 miles a year or less, there is no discernible price difference between 5000 miles and 17,000 miles up to 5000 miles seems to command a �1000 price hike, and beyond 5000 miles a year seems to drop the price by �600.
Also the original equipment Panniers consistently add �450 to the bikes value. not so for Generic ones. (interesting)

Not too phased about the Yamaha Panniers, as they really are quite crap for an adventure bike, so will replace with Givi Outback trekkers. Also makes my alternative soft luggage easier to attach.

In short things are looking up and I may well be on my way to "the vince"!

You may want to have a look at ARDcases - British made and really good quality, same price as the Givis too:

http://ardcases.co.uk/products-prices/


I've got a set on Touratech pannier frames, which are pretty standard so I can still use the panniers on another bike in the future. Their frames are a lot more substantial than the Givi ones I had on it when I bought it.

I have to say the ARDcases been excellent, look smart, waterproof and tough (not a scratch when the bike fell over, several times).

Ooh, look another excuse for the Moscow picture...

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Brighton, UK