Xclimation
Well-Known Member
to answer the question of "Is the Tenere still a good buy?" That depends on what YOU want in a bike and how you ride and even what YOU value. Before I bought my first Tenere; I made a spreadsheet with just about every spec and some columns for pros and cons. My spreadsheet had every ADV bike above 1000 CC and a couple of bikes I was just interested in owning. The Tenere was well ahead for my purposes. The one glaring thing I had to really think about is reliability. I like to take long trips and I ride my bike to work. I can't miss work. I do NOT want to be stranded in the middle of nowhere. I like to ride in the middle of nowhere. I don't want to have that extra worry in the back of my mind. I ride to relax. And worrying about being stranded on top of the inherit dangers of modern day motorcycling is not relaxing enough for me. I think if you made a spreadsheet or list with the major specs. then a column of intangibles....I believe the Tenere would still win. I've test rode many bikes since....and nothing has (wowed) me enough and more often I appreciate my Tenere even more and can't wait to hop back on a ride away.... And forgot to add...something I've learned and it seems to be getting much worse....Other bike manufacturers lie about their specs. I don't find this with Yamaha.