i had a XT600 Tenere back in 1985/86,loved that bike
its the only bike ive ever been knocked off of ( touching wood here desperatley), some fat bitch pulled out in front of me,i managed to avoid her by going down the side of her and then she turned right across me into the pub car park that she's just been drinking in (apparantly!!)
had to have 8 stitches between 2 toes on my left foot,got a bollocking from the doctor for only wearing trainers on a bike ( fair point,i was young,dumb and full of,er,life) but one of the coppers who attended the crash knew a fella who lived near the pub,he asked him to look after my bike for me (it was about midnight at the time),the fella in question was a ex British off road sidecar champion,who not only looked after the bike for me,but fixed a new clutch lever on it for me,straightened the gear lever for me and rode it to my house for me a few days later.nice bloke.
i remember trying to kick start the bloody thing (no electric start on them at the time
) about 4 weeks later,it was bitterly cold,bit of snow,ive still got a bad left foot but im sweating my knackers off trying to get the thing started
traded it in for a Honda cbx 750 the following summer with the compo i got off her,one of those bikes i wish id kept but i needed something 'better' for 2 up touring
oh,and,no,it was chain drive