X BMW GSA owner hits 5k miles in about 9 weeks

[EricV]

I understand your point.
How is it to work on ST10, is it as easy as on FJR? BMW GS and GSA need too much work, there is something that needs to be done, every 6K or so.
I'm just worried about getting S10, because I ride two-up 90% of the time and always 18+ days trips, I know that FJR can handle the weight of camping stuff. I dont know if S10 can carry, three paniers and my wife who is 120LB.

Like the Feej, the S10 is pretty low maintenance. Oil change at the interval you are happy with. US manual says 4k, EU manual says 6200 (10k kms), so I split the difference and do it at 5k miles. Easy to remember, eh? Normal maintenance is very easy to do. The air filter and plugs require the tank coming up, but that's not difficult. 26k valve adjustments are pretty easy to live with too. About the only thing I let the dealer do, just cause I'm lazy. Shim under bucket is a bit of a pain if you don't have a set of shims.

The S10 is not quite the touring beast that the FJR can be, but it's close. Your wife is on the petite side, (tell her that, I'll be a GOD in her eyes), and then it simply becomes a matter of how you pack. My wife rides her own ride, a F650GS, and she has it loaded to the gills. somehow it manages to do ok. ??? The S10 has boat loads of power for a parallel twin 1200. Crank up the pre-load and go. I have panniers and will be mounting up a fuel cell/load platform and fully expect to need a custom shock with a heavier spring, but that's my odd requirements.

For two up, triple panniers, I would also expect to need a custom shock and stiffer spring. A fair consideration for the extra weight. I was running a 800 lb spring on my FJR with a wilbers, pre-load adjustable shock. Great for two up, loaded for travel, or for full 5 gal fuel cell and rally load.

 

[kraigd]

I think the only part that worries me about the Super Tenere is the resale value is not as good as on the BMW R1200GS/A.

Resale on the GSA or GS is no all that great on the newer bikes. I bought a 2010 GSA in oct 2011, Loaded all fact bags GPS loaded guy paid 23k out the door in SC April 2010. He went back to the dealer with 1900 miles on it Nov 2011, they offered him 12900.00 He was not happy. He was moving and needed to sell it, I gave him 14,500 and he let it go. Had the final drive not had major leaks 2 times in 1000 miles I would still own it. I sold it for 17,500 in Nov 2011 with 3200 miles on it. Lets say I bought it new and lost almost 6k in that amount of time, thats a big hit. I paid about 14900.00 for my S10, thats with everthing and my bike is loaded, and that incl taxes. I am pretty darn sure in 18 months if my bike had 3k on it (thats not going to happen more like 30k) my bike would be worth more than $9500.00 bucks. PS the 3k I made on the GSA off sets alot of loss on the S10, feeling good about loosing so little. This bike with 100k will be worth more than a GSA with 100k for sure, my bike will need nothing the GSA come on cant go 3k ::022::