Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Yamaha XT 660 User Manual
Yamaha’s new Ténéré has been on sale for some time in Europe but only landed Down Under late in October. An eager buying public has quickly taken to the Ténéré with 114 of Yamaha’s new adventure-touring middleweights finding homes in the first ten weeks of going on sale in Australia.
Our test machine was fitted with enduro style (17/21) full knobbly tyres. While great in the dirt, they were as to be expected, simply appalling on the road. Despite pumping a high 25psi in to the knobblies the tube simply shredded during a fairly tricky descent from Victoria’s Mount Terrible, something rim-locks would have in all likelihood prevented. Something to remember should you ever decide to put serious dirt tyres on your mount for serious adventuring as without rimlocks fitted tubes can easily be torn.
Ergonomically the bike responds well to both sit down and up on the pegs riding styles. A few vibes are evident above 5000rpm but that doesn't become a factor on the highway as at 110km/h the Ténéré is turning well below that mark.
