Yamaha Says....

[mcbrien]

Motorcyclist says that Yamaha says that 12 % of Tenere owners have
taken there bikes off pavement. How would they know ? Nobody asked
me ::010:: We need a poll .There's gotta be more than that. Also they complain
about a weak motor but says its a + off road also that it will eat up fire
roads as readily as paved roads ! That puts the Tenere on top in my book .
There I feel better .

 

[cliffo]

I keep mine of the hardball.. If I feel like hittin the, I take out the XR650R.

 

[snuffcityrider]

Mostly ride pavement, till I find the first dirt road 8). Nothing serious, just dirt and gravel county roads.

 

[saddletramp]

"Off-road" is an interesting term. I never intend to do hard core single track riding but have done numerous forest service gravel roads in the mountains.

I was know for taking my Honda Valkyrie & FJR1300 on long gravel roads into some rough access places. The difference now is, I do it without concern for hitting the fairing or bottoming out.
Yesterday, my wife & I rode 60 miles north to Palouse Falls. There is a five mile hard packed gravel road into the falls. The road's suface had a thin layer of fine pebbles. We had to stop over 20 times as the park ranger collected money from the cars ahead of us. Each time I stopped & planted my feet I had to rub the ground hard to find good footing. There were a dozen or so motorcycles there but most parked on the flat part of the road to avoid the hilly part & walked in. On the Tenere we rode right into the parking lot no issues. Perfect bike for the mission!

We should have a NW Tenere meet-up there...the falls are fantastic!

 

[mcbrien]

This is what I'm talking about. I was seeing these interesting roads on my gps
while riding my Tuono. When I saw they were not paved I would shy away.40
years of pure street riding and now I found something totally new. Now I'm finding
roads off of these roads that I need a smaller bike for.

 

[tomatocity]

My Tenere likes hard pack and gravel and I will ride it when I find it... but that is not very often. Also don't prefer freeway and interstate travel... but that is just a necessary evil in California. I do prefer back roads... twisty and rough is good.

Just returned from a three day trip and rode some wonderful roads with little traffic, twisty, some rough and some smooth, some slow and some high speed, good elevation changes, beautiful scenery, and great friends.

Putah Creek, 128 (Solano), Berryessa Knoxville, Morgan Valley, Perini, Big Canyon, 29 (Robert Luis Stevenson SP), Petrified Forest, Franz Valley School, Franz Valley, 128 (Napa), Canyon, Dry Creek, Westside, Old Trenton, Dutcher Creek, Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs, CA-1, Mountain View, Philo Greenwood, Cameron, Comptche Ukiah, Orr Springs, 253 (Boonville Ukiah), 128 (Cloverdale), 121 (Napa),...

 

[RED CAT]

I bought my Tenere for its dirt/gravel road capabilities. Otherwise may as well own a Gold Wing. Plenty of street bikes to choose from. Not many dirt/gravel road capable in that size range. Have to admit to doing more pavement than dirt but that's only just to get to the dirt and back. I'd say 65/35%. Some of these Adventure bikes are better in certain areas than the S10 is but all round the S10 is best overall. IMHO.

 

[MrTwisty]

My S10 sees about 60% asphalt, 40% dirt/gravel roads. I have taken it places I probably shouldn't, but I didn't go there or purpose, and it wasn't fun when I did, but I had to find out what the bike and I are capable of. These days, I try to avoid getting into anything too gnarly. I know what I am capable of on the Tenere, and it's more than I expected, but I can't say that it is a pleasure wrestling that beast around on the tuff stuff. A really big problem is that turning it around is often more difficult than pressing on, and that makes me do things I probably shouldn't.

 

[creggur]

I don't think of well-maintained dirt and gravel roads as "off road" (product of growing up on a dirt road in Alabama I suppose). Off Road to me means there's no effen road...

 

[mcbrien]

Well so far there's 2 for street only , 5 for mixed and 1 unknown.
Thats not 15% ::005::

 

[saddletramp]

I don't think of well-maintained dirt and gravel roads as "off road" (product of growing up on a dirt road in Alabama I suppose). Off Road to me means there's no effen road...

::008::

 

[PowersUSA]

I consider my Super-T to be an "All Roads" sport tourer. Smooth paved roads. Frost heaved and busted-up roads. Graded dirt roads. Washboard and rutted dirt roads. Gravel roads. Double track fire roads. You get the idea, all roads. I'm still on the stock tires and haven't sought out any single track, mud or sand.

 

[~TABASCO~]

Yea, Ive taken mine off road only a few hundred times... Are we suppose to ride this like a YZF 450? This bike is amazing ::012::

 

[Ramseybella]

I consider my Super-T to be an "All Roads" sport tourer. Smooth paved roads. Frost heaved and busted-up roads. Graded dirt roads. Washboard and rutted dirt roads. Gravel roads. Double track fire roads. You get the idea, all roads. I'm still on the stock tires and haven't sought out any single track, mud or sand.

::026::
I do what I am willing to do if the tires are up for it and nor deep sand or deep Mud.

 

[stevepsd]

Mine goes off-road all the time.

If it's going to be gnarly I'll take my KTM530.....unless I screw up and end up on a Double-Black-Diamond off-road torture trail (aka the Devils Punchbowl) in the Colorado Rockies.......don't ask me how....but the ST came thru....but the Altrider skid plate was a little bit worse for wear

 

[cosmic]

I'm very close to 50/50 ratio.
As MrTwisty already said, I love to wrestle with my S10,while leaving the mid size bikes far behind. One thing though, I don't think my clutch assembly loves off road as much as I do.

©

 

[squarebore]

I take it where it shouldn't go, but usually by accident. Normally I wouldn't go off road but lots of dirt tracks and gravel.

 

[mcbrien]

Guess we are the 12%'ers ::022::

 

[Brick]

I have taken my Super T on dirt and gravel roads. I'm too old and it's too heavy for me to get stupid in the dirt. As said before it opens up an entire new set of roads for me. I live exploring forest roads.


Brick

 

[jwhuls]

Finding it difficult to stay on the tarmac. Each morning drive to work I see this little hit off the road and I long to nail it. But it is in city limits and they would not be happy.

I have even taken it on my MX track. Didnt make the big jumps but it was fun.