Modern day TDR250

[weeksy]

So would I, and with a little bit of effort they can look quite nice - I should get round to test riding one.

Absolutely agree, i can see one in my garage one day.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

[Supermofo]

Tenere 700? That's a MT07 with long travel off road suspension. Always get good reviews.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Tenere 700? That's a MT07 with long travel off road suspension. Always get good reviews.

I don't think I need long travel suspension, what I need is good suspension that can cope with 3" bumps mid corner.

If I'm honest with myself, I don't "need" anything, it's what I want, and I doubt if I'm going to buy a bike.

[KungFooBob]

700 Tenere with MT07 wheels.

Or re-rim the Ten's spoked wheels down to 17 inch.

[Supermofo]

Tenere 700? That's a MT07 with long travel off road suspension. Always get good reviews.

I don't think I need long travel suspension, what I need is good suspension that can cope with 3" bumps mid corner.

If I'm honest with myself, I don't "need" anything, it's what I want, and I doubt if I'm going to buy a bike.

Still think a 690 Duke best fits the description. Can't you just not look at it TBF I don't like the look much either, but I love the ride so much I don't care.

The Versys weigh's a million tons and is pig ugly. Not slow, but feels a bit dull IMO the power is all in the midrange and it runs out of puff at the top.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Still think a 690 Duke best fits the description. Can't you just not look at it TBF I don't like the look much either, but I love the ride so much I don't care.

I think you're right, but please don't make me look at one.

If I were to buy a bike, I have to look at it and think it's a good looking bike.

[weeksy]

that's pretty isn't it

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

that's pretty isn't it

Yes and no, the area above the headlight is weird looking, I'd put some LC style clocks on it (but I'm showing my age) and I don't like the after thought tail light

BTW I like the Pirelli Phantom lookey likey tyres

[KungFooBob]

I think you're right, but please don't make me look at one.

If I were to buy a bike, I have to look at it and think that looks like it was designed pre-1987.

EFA

[weeksy]

that's pretty isn't it

Yes and no, the area above the headlight is weird looking, I'd put some LC style clocks on it (but I'm showing my age) and I don't like the after thought tail light

BTW I like the Pirelli Phantom lookey likey tyres

Assuming you can fit a screen like mine, that covers that weird area.

2020-06-24_05-26-29 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr


2020-07-16_06-22-59 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I think you're right, but please don't make me look at one.

If I were to buy a bike, I have to look at it and think that looks like it was designed pre-1987.

EFA

If I'm honest with myself that's not far wrong, the bikes from the 90s I like are all race replicas, and I can't fit on one of those now I'm old and 14 stone.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

that's pretty isn't it

Yes and no, the area above the headlight is weird looking, I'd put some LC style clocks on it (but I'm showing my age) and I don't like the after thought tail light

BTW I like the Pirelli Phantom lookey likey tyres

Assuming you can fit a screen like mine, that covers that weird area.

2020-06-24_05-26-29 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr


2020-07-16_06-22-59 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

Yours looks better than the 700 without the screen, the screen improves it, would look better if the screen was a bit further forward, level with the headlight.

[The Spin Doctor]

Then you want the moon on the stick that doesn't actually exist mate.

Well yeah, that's why I'm hard to please

Well, you're not alone as it happens.

Every time someone says "you want [insert bike making 70+ hp here], I think "completely missing the point" of the combination of modest but punchy power and light weight.

[Skub]

What about a TDR250?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203491481231 ... SwgeVgxMp0

I reckon this is the one.

I've heard you say they pay you well,so buy this and get the paint fixed.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I am well paid, I could buy it and not make much of a dent on savings, but no thanks, I've got a 1983 YPVS 350 that does a very similar job.

[KungFooBob]

I'm looking forward to this jacked up YPVS with YZ forks and SM wheels he's going to build

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I'm looking forward to this jacked up YPVS with YZ forks and SM wheels he's going to build

It won't have jacked up forks, it's going to look standard, my current thinking is to get the internals of the standard forks reworked with cartridge emulators.

I'm in a very happy mood this afternoon, yet again I've done something at work that someone who claimed to be a network expert said was impossible.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I don't want a TDR, I would like a modern bike that does a similar job.

But I'm unlikely to buy anything, but our of what's been suggested so far the XSR700 would be most likely, if Yamaha made an XSR500 that would be a higher candidate.

[Taipan]

So I've thought about this a bit more, and I've thought "what is it I want about a TDR250" answers below

1. Riding Position
2. Free revving engine around 50bhp
3. Handling suited to poorly surfaced, bumpy B roads
4. Comfy seat
5. Easy to live with

This also made me think what don't I need

1. Loads of ground clearance
2. Big fuel tank
3. Fairing

XT660X

What he said!