DFW_Tenere
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- Sep 21, 2018
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Hey guys so I want to preface this by saying that I am a tenere rider. I am still in Portugal while writing this. My childhood friend is getting married to a sweet Portuguese lady hence he invited his friends back from Texas to come attended, so here’s i am. I wanted to do something special for him before the wedding day. I researched and found a company called motoxplorers who rented out fully equipped brand new bmw r1250gs and mapped out routes around the country of Portugal and Europe.
I packed my fiancé’s and I moto gear from Texas and we flew to Portugal. Words really can’t describe how amazing the riding is in this country. One thing about taking your lady to Europe to ride is it’s romance. In the states we have the most amazing frontier and off road riding, but in Europe you will ride through rolling hills and out of nowhere is a magnificent castle. That kind of charm is something you only find over in Europe
and it made my fiancé excited to ride.
I have to admit. The 2019 r1250gs is a far superior bike to my 2014 super Tenere Es. My fiancé’s immediate response was “this bike is way smoother” “it’s been 3 hours my butt doesn’t hurt” “my legs don’t feel cramped”
As far as how it handled, it’s much lighter, it’s faster, and it’s technologically far superior. The GPS integration into the handle bar controls were out of this world amazing. No aftermarket upgrade will allow you to do this. I will try and make a video on comparison when I get home.
I will say if you have the cash, buy the r1250gs without a doubt. If you don’t buy the Super Tenere because it will still do everything the r1250gs will do just not as refined.
Also If you are a shorter rider the r1250gs is the bike to go with. I spent 4 days two up riding I am 5’4 and handled this bike with ease. It’s biggest advantage over the s10 is it’s weight and slender profile. The s10 tends to spread my legs out further and is much heavier.
However that’s not to say the tenere is a bad bike. I still love it and plan to order some lowering passenger legs for her and a new seat. This trip has inspired me to plan out some more adventures in the us.
I packed my fiancé’s and I moto gear from Texas and we flew to Portugal. Words really can’t describe how amazing the riding is in this country. One thing about taking your lady to Europe to ride is it’s romance. In the states we have the most amazing frontier and off road riding, but in Europe you will ride through rolling hills and out of nowhere is a magnificent castle. That kind of charm is something you only find over in Europe
and it made my fiancé excited to ride.
I have to admit. The 2019 r1250gs is a far superior bike to my 2014 super Tenere Es. My fiancé’s immediate response was “this bike is way smoother” “it’s been 3 hours my butt doesn’t hurt” “my legs don’t feel cramped”
As far as how it handled, it’s much lighter, it’s faster, and it’s technologically far superior. The GPS integration into the handle bar controls were out of this world amazing. No aftermarket upgrade will allow you to do this. I will try and make a video on comparison when I get home.
I will say if you have the cash, buy the r1250gs without a doubt. If you don’t buy the Super Tenere because it will still do everything the r1250gs will do just not as refined.
Also If you are a shorter rider the r1250gs is the bike to go with. I spent 4 days two up riding I am 5’4 and handled this bike with ease. It’s biggest advantage over the s10 is it’s weight and slender profile. The s10 tends to spread my legs out further and is much heavier.
However that’s not to say the tenere is a bad bike. I still love it and plan to order some lowering passenger legs for her and a new seat. This trip has inspired me to plan out some more adventures in the us.
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