A XT660Z Tenere in Ireland
 

Picked up my 2009 Tenere yesterday, it has not made it all the way home yet but is on the Island of Ireland and will complete the last 30 miles tomorrow.

Bought it near London and rode it back, very different from my FJR. I will post a review later after I get a ride in the Wicklow Mountains tomorrow.

Ride home was interesting, it is a high bike, I can half-foot each side, didn't make my planned ferry, got ice on my visor and gloves in freezing fog, had real trouble finding a B&B (I think single, irish men on motorbikes aren't popular), but sitting on the couch now so all good.

I have plans, need to get a few minor excursions done first and see what my off road skills are like, it is big yoke to be learning on.

Good looking forum and good tips and advice.

Nice one. I got mine 3 weeks ago and its awesome. Hope you enjoy

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Welcome ! A good buy, I am sure you will like it. I am just looking at christmas presents, bike is standard and so far only used commuting and days out so looking at Tenere experience in Wales for some off road use and see where I go from there. Enjoy your bike and the Wicklow mountains, sounds great but cold :weathermanf4[1]:

hi and welcome to the forum.

good buy petty the ride home was that cold. the tenere is good off road but no the easiest to learn on. just take your time, bring a friend if you can or let someone know where your going. come to the xt forum meet in the lakes in may we will soon teach you how to off road there

I got it home not in one piece. Low sided it on a greasy dirty country road a few miles from home. Silly boy, nothing that can't be fixed, 8 years riding an FJR nothing. 3rd day on a ten, doh.

Welcome to best place for info re your XT and yes this is totally different to riding your FJR, good luck and have fun!!

:hello: and :welcome: to :660:

Congrats on your new bike and you're better off dropping the Ten that the FJR..

Pics needed..

Welcome to the best forum around.

Congratulations & welcome. I reckon you're going to love the Tenere (had mine about 5 - 6 months now, best all-rounder ever). Enjoy getting to know each other.

Hi and welcome, any good trails around you?

Off road riding was banned in Ireland nearly everywhere by the Green Party.

Looks like my bike will be written off after just 3 days of ownership, not confirmed yet but the rule is 60% of value and the parts alone are coming to over that.

Why you claiming if you just run it down the road a tad?

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Why am I claiming? Because I have a protected bonus and the price of the damaged parts comes to over �1900. Which as a mate pointed out is completely ridiculous for a bike that is meant to fall over.

But there is a big difference between falling over and sliding for approx 20mtrs along the tarmac.

�1900 bloody hell, what did you damage, as mines been down the; road, mountainside, dunes, rocky trails, etc. ok its looks worn but it's been through a lot in the 50k i owned it.

The fuel tank is the big thing. Wore clean through the plastic protector/air deflector on the right side, to the tank. The tank alone new is just under �1000. The way they sell it is crazy a complete tank and fuel pump and all ancillaries.

There's a black tank on eBay - 0 bids - �49 - 3 days to go!

I'd get negotiating a deal with the insurers to retain the bike, get some cash and fix it yourself.

That is the plan and I work for the insurance company although in life arm.

Tank isn't holed just scored.

Sorry for you Butt, after reading this it didnt sound that bad.. hope you can keep hold and get it back together, in fairness if you can sort the tank the rest of it is pretty cheap to sort. Get some pics of it up and there are probably some good guys here to give you some decent input