I had a TT-E on one of my desert tours once - and up till then I always thought they were neat, but this thing was just a flashy XT-E, prety crap really.
I would no recommend a TT-R for RTW because by the time you load it up it will handle like a XT-E and it really is a play/racing motor that does not have the legendary XT reliability, its more like and XR6.
I would say Tenerise an XT6E which are cheap, there's an outline in the book or a feature on Davids LAmbeth one on the MC Years on my AM website.
Also I feel the kickstart debate is obsolete these days with jap bikes. No cars have crank handles anymore and you can always push start a flat bike.
We picked XRLs for desert riders but I dont think I would have chosen it for RTW - a lower Dommie would have done the job.
Chris S
www.desertriders.co.uk
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