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Old 11 Apr 2006
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XT600E or Tenere ?

Due to the general very high prices of bikes in Denmark and the limited availablity of used enduro bikes I have narrowed it down the the Yamaha XT 600 for a longer trip (either europe / africa or Ameracas have not decided yet).

However there are several options:

1) XT 600 E late 1990's with 30.000-40.000 km's (USD 6500)
2) XT 600 Z Tenere 3AJ with 45.000 km's (USD 6000)
3) XT 600 Z 'Ur' Tenere 55W with 65.000 km's but recently rebuild engine.(USD 4500)

4) I could buy a next to new XT 600 E (USD 8500-9000)

My brain tells me option 1 or 4 would give me less trouble but will also be the most expensive options. However my heart tells me the Tenere as I in some unrational way find it a more 'cool' and adventurous bike. It also has the larger tank, but I could just fit the acerbis 23 l on the 600 E.

Any suggestions and comments on the options will be greatly appreciated!
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This one is not on your list, but could you stretch your wallet to include a 10 year old xtz660 Tenere (I think it was produced from '94-'99)? One of my all time favourites.


The 750 Super Tenere is a bit big. If you are really concerned about costs, have you considered an XT 350 or a Honda 350 TT (have its subframes strengthened befor putting panniers on them)?

My rules of thumb, for a cheap one cylindered offroad/adventure/enduro bike (I live in Norway which has bike prices allmost as horrendous as in Denmark):

Less than ten years old (still parts availability in years to come).
About 40K or less kiometers.
Looks well cared for, preferably with a complete service history.

Or, older but with a recently complete engine and electronics overhaul (with receipts).
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Check with GiorgioXT or one of the other guys with expert knowledge over at the XT part of this forum. Try posting your question there.

And good luck!
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Thanks for the input. I posted now in the XT600 forum instead (Sorry for double posting)

I did consider the XT 660 but somehow it seems a quite heavy and much more road oriented machine than the XT600E/Tenere. I want to be able to go everywhere and would also like a machine that is easily handled. I also tried out the XT350 and I really liked it but I fear it may feel to small in the long run when fully loaded.
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Smile which bike

hi, in my opinion i would go for the 3aj tenere, it has the same engine as the xt e but has electric start, but the set up of the bike is more geared for long distance on/off road riding, ie tank size and riding postion.
I wouldn't pay 6000 or even 4500 usd for one though, that seems a bit steep.
maybe you could import one from germany, there seems to be loads nocking about there and all the second hand parts you can shake a stick at.
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cheaper bikes!

Hi,
if you are from Denmark you should lokk for used bikes in Germany, you find interesting XT 600 or Tenere around 1500 Euros, check it out!
www.mobile.de for example!

I think the Tenere 3AJ is still one of the best bikes!

Jens
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Thanks for the feedback! I am considering importing from Germany as the market is much larger and there are more low milage bikes than here.

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I wouldn't pay 6000 or even 4500 usd for one though, that seems a bit steep.maybe you could import one from germany, there seems to be loads nocking about there and all the second hand parts you can shake a stick at.
I don´t want to either, but the danish registration tax is allmost 200 % of the value of the bike (a danish official will determine the value of the bike by inspection) so a USD 1500 bike from Germany becomes a USD 4500 bike in Denmark. On top of this comes transportation by truck (about USD 300).
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