Driving with Greg from Germany to UB and now on the way back. I can say that the xt 660 is very tough and reliable, and fairly fast offroad with the right driver. We also drove with a couple of KTM's 690s on the northern route, and yes these are awsome in the dirt.. But i dont now if i want one for long trips. We heard what problem they had come acrossed, and a saw cluthbasket come off twice in a day. For me these are high performance racing machines, that can do rtw tours with the right preperation and service. But they are not off the shell rtw toures, like the tenere's.
The broken tenere suspension snoah talks about, was the original suspension for my 24year old xt600 3ds that gave up.
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