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Originally Posted by
renten
True. I rode with 7 KTM's in offroad, forest trails, mud, crosstrack style bumps etc... I did not lack any power, but bike is heavy and you simply cant ride fast enough cause bike wants to throw you over(front dampers can't absorb the bumps and rear jumps up like a mad horse) . I have hyperpro springs front and rear. I rode in mine and bike limits sometimes with them. I have stock gearing and power. Average speeds were around 50km/h in forest. Very twisty and bumpy with soft roads.
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Everyone to his own and we all ride different types of terrain.
In August last year we did a 4 day on/off road trip and apart from one 800GS the rest of the 17 bikes were 950 KTM's up to 1190 KTM's and 1200 GS's. Despite my small bike, they could not get away from me on any dirt tracks (except once or twice where we went over 160kph) and on the paved roads where we sometimes cruised at 150-160kph. The stock suspension on the Tenere is so much better than the 800GS I had previously. I love this bike. Not light in weight, but handles very lightly.
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2014 XT660Z - Barrett pipe, DNA stage1.5, Barkbuster hand guards and handlebars, Pivot pegs, Teknik suspension, Guard-it engine protector combo, B&B rear rack, Trax topbox.
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