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It's a 2011 model. We were lucky to find one used. There aren't too many used in the Denver area and most of those were the new silver color. But my wife had her heart set on the bronze/platinum color.

I did the regular maintenance for a new bike ... oil change, brake fluid, chain oil, cable lube and adjustment. The old oil was dark and sludgy, but with Rotella 5w40 synthetic gear changes were still sticky. A second oil change to Mobil1 10w40 RT made it nice and smooth.

It was left outside uncovered by the po and the tires were cracking, so we put on a set of Shinko 712s and upsized them. The bike is nice and planted now and the larger tires make up a little for the short suspension travel.

Here's a pic of the TU next to my RX3 and Vstrom 650.