The current supply chain issues affect all bikes, not just Yamaha. No matter what alternate brand you select, that's going to be an issue for a while with OEM parts, especially if you're buying a Japanese bike.
It's possible that there are materially defective components in your clutch that caused this issue; no manufacturing process is perfect. But nothing in my nine years of owning this bike, and being a part of this forum, would lead me to believe that premature clutch failure is an endemic problem with this bike. My experience hasn't been the same as Cycledude's; I've never seen of a plethora of reports about unexplained clutch failures that would lead me to believe there's a component quality issue with them, certainly not to the level of a worn out clutch at that low mileage.
The much more likely scenario to me is that your bike suffered a combination of previous owner abuse/neglect. You bought a 10 year old motorcycle that had 10,000 miles on it. An average of 1,000 miles per year means that bike sat around a LOT. It's not a leap to figure that a bike that sat around that much didn't get maintained properly (or at all). Guys who ride less than 100 miles per month probably don't spend a lot of time doing the required periodic maintenance that bikes need. That means old brake and clutch fluid that can screw up hydraulic systems (like clutch master and slave cylinders), old ethanol sitting in fuel tanks and causing fueling problems, oil that has maybe been changed once or twice since 2013, old batteries that can cause electrical issues, etc. If I owned your bike, yes, I'd be concerned about long distance trips, but not because of a lack of faith in Yamaha. It would be more along the lines of "what systems do I need to thoroughly look into and repair because no one has probably ever done it?". At the very least, before I took your bike on a cross country trip to Canada, I'd be pulling fuel pumps and checking/changing filter screens, cleaning throttle bodies and fuel injectors, changing spark plugs (and checking for corrosion on the left hand plug, because that IS a Super Tenere "thing"), checking coil sticks for cracking or dry rot, flushing brake/clutch/coolant fluids, repacking headset and swingarm bearings...well, you get the idea.
A totally trashed clutch at 10,000 miles is not a common occurrence on this bike. I doubt it'd even a common occurrence on the cheapest Chinese made motorcycle with dubious quality control. My lack of faith in your bike's viability wouldn't be Yamaha based, it would be previous owner based. You can certainly ruin a clutch at 10,000 miles doing things like Checkswrecks mentioned, but that's not a design problem.
I have 96,000 miles on my bike. Excluding typical wear items like tires, brake pads, etc, the only things I've had to replace was a set of rear wheel bearings, a lower headset bearing, and several headlight bulbs. I've always maintained it myself, so I know what's been done and what needs done; that's always a confidence builder. I wouldn't hesitate to jump on it right now and head for New Mexico. But I get where you're coming from, and I'd be pissed too...it's just that I'd probably be pissed at the prior owner, and maybe the dealership that sold me the bike.
