The whole BMW GS thing never interested me but I would like one of these.
Nice to see Yam reviving the Tenere mystique.
http://www.gizmag.com/yamaha-super-tenere-xt1200z-specifications/14310/picture/111333/
Probably excellent at what the target demographic will realistically use it for. But it’s no technical trail bike:
I would NOT like to be picking a fully laden one of those off the floor :S
It’s not so bad - it’s character building and once you’ve done it you’ll do as much as you can never to have to do it again…
So it’s a learning experience.
Like this new bike - clever marketing too which will help people swallow the high price. Be interesting to see the price of the normal model.
And with Yamaha bringing back the Tenne I’m hoping Honda will take a proper punt at this game too
I guess if you were planning a cross country escapade in Africa etc on a bike the Tenere XT660Z would be the better option than the larger bike.
To be honest something older and with less electronic gadgets would be better - the cheaper the better especially if you needed a carnet
The old XT?
Yep:D
As you say - The less flash, and complicated the better for that kind of thing. 
Love the Dakar footage - reminds you what legendary bikes Yamaha built for the Dakar. And not a GS in sight. . . :hehe:
Yeah, something with a carb, world class suspension, a kick-start, and a massive tank. Any ideas? 
Errrmmm could it be orange? And you have pictures of me on it 
The second word is “ugly”
I’ve just come back from Andorra and Spain and one of the chaps on the ride had a GS1200 Adventure. Very heavy but fantastic at poor condition road riding and a bit of gravel, massive fuel tank too. Better than my Hayabusa for touring anyway :w00t:
Bike magazine this month have had a look at the Tenere and the Ducati Multistrada and the Multistrada looks seriously good, I can see me buying one ready for the Autumn. I doubt it’s a proper off road bike but for a trip to the Alps and Pyrenees again it’ll do just fine. The Tenere looked like an attempt to copy the GS.
Yep - I think this is probably the most comfortable type of bike to carry out a trans-continental type raid - although to be honest - if it came to the crunch i’d probably go for heart over head and pick a Kawasaki ZZR1400 over a trailie to blast down to Italy/Spain etc - even though I know it will be less comfortable and has a chain which will need lubing and adjusting on the way rather than a maintenance free shaft.
Yamaha have stated that they intend to use the engines in other applications.
Wonder if there will be a TDM1200 tourer?
I know they are moving into small Tractors . . . :Whistling:
Thank god for that. I thought you’d lost it there for a moment…
LOL at that video. How is riding up to scotland a valid test of an **adventure ** bike? “you can literally go anywhere on 'em” err as long as anywhere = a road :doze: Good luck with the multistrada in the desert. This “exiting new category of bikes” seems to be road bikes for fat/eldery/uninspired yet wealthy people.