27 years old? Are you the youngest Tenerer?
Wise beyond years. Must be an old soul.
Wise beyond years. Must be an old soul.
That's just a nice way of saying you hang with old coots.Karson said:Haha - if anyone counts, I was 26 when I took possession
Just love the DS crowd - no maligned attitudes/stigma attached to how you ride and a generally awesome group of people eager to help the FNG like me. I don't think my age realizes what they're missing just sticking to hardball roads when they're ripping by me on their crotch rockets...
I'm old, and I had the 23 year old at work just tell me how old. My non-gray coworker and me were trying to get her to guess our age. We're both 47 and exactly 1 month apart. She guess him for 42, then looked at me and guessed, "fifty.... .... ... eight?" ??? My wife loved that one. Took her a long time to stop laughing.coastie said:Damit... I'm old? I never knew this :-\
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Maybe she was just saying you looked more distinguished?Dirt_Dad said:I'm old, and I had the 23 year old at work just tell me how old. My non-gray coworker and me were trying to get her to guess our age. We're both 47 and exactly 1 month apart. She guess him for 42, then looked at me and guessed, "fifty.... .... ... eight?" ??? My wife loved that one. Took her a long time to stop laughing.
Best I can tell it's for two reasons. First, she's 23 and clueless. Second, she's 23.snakebitten said:Maybe she was just saying you looked more distinguished?
Just trying to make you feel better.
So, why do you look 5.......8?
When you are on a 450 lb bike with 180 hp you're not missing much, except for the scenery so they could care less. It's the people that ride crusiers (young and old) that have never ridden anything else that don't know what they're missing. Except for mopeds, crusiers are the lowest on the totem pole for what a motorcycle can do. 8) Crusier riders would be the best market for the TenereKarson said:Haha - if anyone counts, I was 26 when I took possession
I don't think my age realizes what they're missing just sticking to hardball roads when they're ripping by me on their crotch rockets...
I have not owned a crusier but have had the unfortunate opportunity to ride a lot of them, and every time I do I think [what a pile]. with over 350,000 miles on bikes I would probably quit riding if crusiers were the only option.scott123007 said:When you are on a 450 lb bike with 180 hp you're not missing much, except for the scenery so they could care less. It's the people that ride crusiers (young and old) that have never ridden anything else that don't know what they're missing. Except for mopeds, crusiers are the lowest on the totem pole for what a motorcycle can do. 8) Crusier riders would be the best market for the Tenere
That is one of the coolest things that I have ever read! Good on ya! You certainly are a cool guy.eemsreno said:I'm not that cool of a guy but when I'm on my Tenere I am the coolest guy in the world. I do not get that same feeling on my Wee or even my new WR250R. When I look over at my son on his 990R I think he is the coolest boy in the world. There is just some bikes that are cool , not many.
Oh and when I'm riding next to my daughter on her 1982 750 Maxum , she's pretty cool too.
I don't need that additional 20 off-road. But I would welcome a 4th mode that provided it. Would be nice in West Texas with the sweet speed limits. Fully loaded 2-up with another 20 ponies at 85mph?scott123007 said:All things considered, the Tenere is about 20hp short of nirvana.
Unless they went VVT and did some Intake tube adjustment I don't think they will get the spread. It's not all electronics, at some point you have to have more air in chambers and that has a lot to do with the mechanical bits. Knowing YAMAHA's history I would say they COULD do something really interesting assuming people would pony up the cash., which is where it tends to fall down for them. That would be more weight and complexity. Expect cruise control first.snakebitten said:I don't need that additional 20 off-road. But I would welcome a 4th mode that provided it. Would be nice in West Texas with the sweet speed limits. Fully loaded 2-up with another 20 ponies at 85mph?
I think the Arrow headers with any slip-on exhaust will give you close to 10 HP and lop off 10 lbs. The other 10 HP may be hiding in the head if you gotta, wanna, needa, have a whole lot of horspower! The Clutch Mod does it for me on the street and T-Mode has plenty of power for offroad use.scott123007 said:All things considered, the Tenere is about 20hp short of nirvana.