Hi there all,

Long time lurker from down in the deep south of Australia. I finally decided it was time to make it all official though!

I have owned my 660 Tenere from new. Its a 2011 model that's been used to the fullest extent of its capabilities whilst in my possession.

Needless to say, it is a little rough around the edges. I do pride myself on tending to its mechanical needs religiously, but a well oiled filter does little to protect in a slide down the road or a wayward tree(or bike!)

She is essentially stock as a rock mechanically. I've only upgraded to make it more reliable when traveling so its heated grips, fat bars and bark busters. Deleted ais, cush bearing modded and and extended dog-bone kit in the rear to sharpen the steering and set the seat at a height more suited to my own.
To finish I have OTR pannier racks with hepco boxes on them and a crappy Yamaha top box to boot. Plenty of room for travelling(and enough for a slab per pannier too haha)

All in all, I love the bike. It was a dream come true to ride it off the showroom flow and I still love it to this day. I've found this forum to be a great resource and look forward to learning much more as time rolls on.

I'll attempt to upload some terrible photos later (I'm a terrible camera operator)

Cheers all

Dale

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Welcome to the forum! , always envious of the amazing countryside you have to ride in OZ!, and the Tenere is the bike for it. Steve

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Hello dale and welcome.
Look forward to some more posts of your adventures.

Colin J

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2011 xt660z.
Yoshimura cans ,kev mod,Dna 2, Stahlkoffer panniers,Hepco Becker box,Givi crash bars,Mita e07 tyres.

We certainly have and immense variety of roads to choose from. I love it, and I love the dirt especially as you can ride as close to the limit of your ability and never will the police harass you.

Jumping on an R1 and have a crack on the twisty blacktop results in rapid and regular meetings with the local constabulary who can and will take your bike and send it to be crushed.