When did the Yamaha Tenere XT660Z come out?
My impressions of the XT660Z Tenere after riding from London to Morocco and halfway back in November 2008, soon after the new bike came out. I’d only owned it a couple of weeks before setting off and happened to sell it a couple of weeks after I got back.
What’s the average speed of a Yamaha XT660Z?
My near-new XTZ averaged just under 72mpg or 25.5kpl for the last ten fill-ups. The worst figure was an as-expected riding all day into a gale-force dust storm at around 50mph: 52mpg or 18.3kpl.
What kind of bike is the Yamaha Tenere?
In Europe Yamaha’s Dakar-inspired Tenere has long been the definitive bike for desert travels. In the mid-1980s I rode the original kickstart XT600 Tenere across the Sahara to Dakar ( right ), and a year or two later I rode the electric-start 1VJ model ( below) around southern Algeria.
What’s the worst mileage on a Yamaha Tenere?
The worst figure was an as-expected riding all day into a gale-force dust storm at around 50mph: 52mpg or 18.3kpl. The best was interestingly, a necessarily slow ride over the High Atlas one bend-swinging night resulted in 86mpg or 30kpl. Nice.
When to buy a Yamaha XT660Z Tenere?
I am currently considering buying a Yamaha Xt660z Tenere. I intend to use it fora commute of about 20 miles each way with both country roads and motorways. I also want to be able to take off road and back roads at the weekends.
What kind of Springs does a XT660Z have?
This was a modification made after the Iceland stage when giving the bike a service. The stock XT660Z springs are fairly soft and when riding trails fully loaded with the preload up at 27 turns. The forks can still perform but under strong braking, cornering, or increased speed.
What’s the spring rate on a Tenere 660?
Our modifications give huge benefits over the stock parts. You can also find the fork spring rate you need with our range of rates from 0.48 to 0.65kg/mm “Having had my Tenere 660 for around 2 years and put a mere 15,000km on it under my ownership I finally came to the biggest decision for the bike.
Is there a cush drive on a Yamaha XT660Z?
Cush Drive Rubber mod When i first got the XT660Z i’d read about this issue, so it was one of the first things that I checked. Despite being replaced a few hundred miles before acquiring the bike, sure enough the cush drive was beginning to deteriorate. There was a good amount of disintegrated rubber floating around in the housing.