261kg dry weight bit of a porker, imagine all kitted up with bags and cargo :biggob:

I think thats the wet weight but your point is valid she's a fat lass:love9:

Go make yourselves a brew and get yourselves sat comfy, then click on the link below and scroll down a little...

http://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/

Dissapointment
 

Very dissapointed and surprised at Yamaha after all that lead up hype.
All Yam had to do was design and build a bigger version of our 660zs with all the latest tech.
Looks wise I agree with everyone else.....just another Vstorm, Varedo,etc, etc.
On a positive note....thanks for saving me money not to change.

<THUD>

I just hit the floor, jeeze

It's a lot for something that noone's going to get to ride before they buy it.

:agreed:

That about sums it up nicely Stumpy. And I prefer my old 90 landrover 2.5td for off roading, even my old ex army 2a light weight would go any where and even pulled a couple of RR out on while on off roading days.

Well .... first let me say that I'll be keeping my 660 ten as long as possible, but .... I'd like one of these too. I like it. Mind, I have a V Strom 1000 and have prayed to all the bike gods for years for an upgrade. Suzuki ... sneaky ******s .... have done it and re-badged it 'yamaha'!

I take all the points raised, especially where they pertain to heritage, tradition, pedigree, off-roading, etc. It's like any bike though, you pays-your-money-and-takes-your-choice. I have no doubt that it will sell. It's badged 'Tenere' (tick), it's like a GS1200 ((tick), it's capable of longer, more comfortable, road trips (tick), it's new (tick), it's appeal will be wider than hard-core, adventure, off roaders (tick).

Think what I'm saying is that we each look at our biking needs (albeit with a loud voice from the heart interrupting from time-to-time) and buy accordingly. I like to use my little Dr250/EXC250 for serious (for me anyway) off-roading, when the trail;s are tight and tough. I like to use my V Strom if I'm on a long road haul and when I want to surprise a few of the 'fast lads'. I like using the 660 Ten for when I'm doing a ,mixture of road/trail miles. Yes, I'm fortunate to have that choice. If I could only have one bike and my needs were wide - say commuting, touring, trailing - then something like the 660 ten is the very obvious choice.

After all the hype (which I personally rather enjoyed, as it got us all talking and opinionating at least) I found the Yamaha marketing and promotion really good. Like JMo, I thought the 360 degree feature especially interesting - would love to see it without the panniers though and look forward to seeing it in the flesh. It's interesting to see how they're pitching it .....

.... off-roading gets 'time for a little rear-whell steering in the dirt' ... yeah, right!!! whilst roads gets 'attack velocity in the twistys' !!! I guess as I've spent most of my years (probably self-deludingly!) in attack velocity, I'm getting quite excited by it !! If it's half as good as my V Strom in that way, it'll be worth a ride. So you can be both a Dakar and Moto GP god !!! Putting pictures in peoples heads is what sells bikes. they are a business, after all.

Also just looked on the infinity link above....�13499????

In todays climate......?? I am still in shock.