Super Tenere

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How lucky was that. Right place, right time. How many times does that happen … to me … never.

Well yesterday I got to ride the only Super Tenere in the country (supposed to be that of the MD of Yamaha UK) … took it to Heathrow.

What’s it like … very nice. Would I buy one … well yes but I don’t need one. Just bought an FJR :smiley:

Damn nice machine. Is it worth the money? … Is any bike worth that kind of money … last couple of years price hikes has ruined the fun of bike ownership. Feckin typical. Anyway if you like big traillie type bikes this is as good if not better than the GS or KTM. Well thought out bit of kit.

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Amazed you got a test ride - apparently only four allocated to UK this year.

GS does nothing for me but I can imagine riding the tenere.

I’ll wait a few years down the line for some cheaper used examples to appear -don’t fancy spending 13k on a bike!

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You fortunate barsteward… :slight_smile:

Any pics?

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I’ll try to reduce the size of the pics … they’re at high resolution and stick some on here.

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Here you go … hope this works

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Reportedly a damn fine machine. But not at that price.

For that money you can get the “better” Ducati or the BMW.

I am jealous though.

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I love bikes to bits (haven’t owned a car for over ten years - bikes only) but I’m not paying thirteen grand for something that falls over and has no roof. . . :hehe:

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I agree that the price is just ridiculous … trouble is prices will never come down from here. I’ve adjusted my line of thinking now though. I used to buy bikes on a regular basis. I wont now … bikes have become more reliable and have greater longevity … I’ll buy the right bike with the intent to keep it longer, exploit the warranty and be far more insistent about my rights opposite the product. If I keep a bike for four years it’ll have 75K miles on it that way I can afford to write it off … in financial terms. It’ll still have a bit of residual value … just. :w00t:

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I agree - I’ve never bought new - I just can’t see the point - all your doing is taking an instant hit in depreciation.

If you can source a decent used bike then the thousands you save over buying a new one can be spent where it matters - on tyres and petrol!

I really ought not to be saying this in print - we need people to buy new bikes so I can pick them up used a few years down the line. . . :wink:

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How did that happen … they’re not supposed to have them … but they have! Now I gone and bought one :smiley: Look out Sahara here I come :w00t:

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Very good, seems like a very nice bike, congratulations :smiley:

Make sure you throw every bit of security you can at it, as those nasty little bike thieves will certainly have their greedy eyes on it. Almax, ground anchor, alarm/immobiliser and tracker will do for starters…

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Please tell me I am mistaken and didn’t just read 13k for a yamaha trailie???:crazy:

No trailie can be worth that much, seriously!

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Well, Ducati think their new Multistrada is worth £14,295.

That’s basic. Easy enough to spend another £2 or £3K on top of that.

Worth it? That’s all subjective, but why pick on trailies? They make fine commuting and touring machines and the better ones will give the lower end of the sports bike market a hard run for their money.

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What does a standard blade/gixxer/r1 cost?? 9-10k, and I would consider all of them far more technically advanced/exotic than a single cylinder trailie.

I can’t see where the the money has gone. It doesn’t appear to me to have any exotic materials or any extra special components, so as far as I’m concerned it’s daylight robbery.;):stuck_out_tongue:

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A Fireblade is near enough £11K, a GSXR 1000 is over £10K, and Yamaha no longer have the price on their site.

All Japanese bikes have gone up by a rather large amount over the last 24 months.

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It’s not a single and it’s got all sort of gadgetry like traction control.
I also doubt the price will stay that high. It’s selling slower than they like, and the new multi strada is hard to compeer against.
Nice bike though. Good luck and let us know his you get on with it.

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Ah but it’s a twin-cylinder trailie. I guess that second cylinder is of really good quality, possibly even gold-plated, and worth £4k on its own :stuck_out_tongue:

It does have some fairly trick features like its three-stage traction control and some apparently very clever ABS arrangement. More details here.

I really like it, especially the gadgets, but I think I will wait for the price to come down a bit before I take plunge :hehe: Could get two new Bandit 1250s, and have some change left over, for the current price it’s going for :w00t:

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Beat me to it Driesie :hehe:

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I got an email today about the Super Tenere, and will be going to test ride one in the morning. More out of curiosity than anything else.

For those interested, everybody who test rides at the moment gets a free Nick Sanders book and DVD.

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Having waited an age for this I was particularly put-off at the huge price tag. Am in no doubt it trumps the fragile Ducati and antique GS’s* but at such a tag I can’t see it being taken up in great enough numbers for us to make a reasonable, comparative assessment.

… was rather hoping for a medium sized, inline four, shaft driven trailie but it just doesn’t look like one will ever materialise, so I guess in my case I’ll probably end up opting for the more nimble 660 Tenere for those around the world rides.

*If you look on the Adventure Riding site almost every BMW [esp the 800s] falls apart in under 10,000 miles, and the Ducati is such an impractical show-boat any serious distance riders leave it well alone.