LOL.

I've already told my dealer I want a test ride, and I plan on doing exactly that 2up.

Toooooo much!
 

I was actually told it will be �13,620 on the road from my dealer...! What a joke, never mind "First Edition", at that price it may as well be "Last Edition" because they won't be selling many! :smilies0947:

I have a Idea for Yamaha Makers
 

Put a 1000cc engine (preferably V-Twin) in to 660Tenere frame.

Just remember keep the weight down..............

I am sure there will be a lot fans lowing the bike.

(Set of supermoto wheels for twisty corners)

:bigwink:
:nana:

:yahoo:

The competition:

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/4514/blingst.jpg

The S10: Another treat for the pack-mule commuters.


http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6...enture1054.jpg

BMW R 1200 GS Adventure. No jammed immobilizers or cracked frames can get this one off the throne thanks to some actor.


http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/5...viontx4454.jpg

Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 4V NTX. The pretty one.


http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/8...araderosv4.jpg

Honda XL1000 Varadero. A honest bike who doesn't pretend to be some desert rally bike.


http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/2...stromsv483.jpg

Suzuki DL1000 V-strom. Just as the Varadero the strom skips all the poser gadgets but do just as well on the long hauls.




There's also another bike, but in a category of its own... :

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/6999/ktm990jump.jpg

Going on looks alone the Yamaha does look very very nice. The MG Stelvio is superb looking BUT if they are still as they where in the days I was biking you can keep them in the show room thank you very much! They WHERE just cr*p.

I still can't see any of the above bikes competing with the Tenere in its market segment as a true bike 4X4? KTM excepted.

All a learning curve for me.

As one member wrote who will risk taking a bike that price off road? I thought the Tenere was expensive 'till I saw some of these? Lol

Ryland

Changing the subject slightly:- I dont ever remember a 1200cc twin that has been in line,:ninja: usually they are a Vee of some sort or horizontal opposed like the bmw.
I still think along with quite a few others that they should of used the TDM900 unit and kept it less complex along with the price.:bricks:

True, but then people would have whined that it 'only' had 90bhp...

I really don't know why people (over on ADVrider mainly) are complaining - this was only ever going to be an uber-tourer - any 1200cc 'dirt' bike is - noone who is serious about going off-road is going to choose a bike like this?

J xx

Some pictures of a real bike here on ADVrider:

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showt...45850&page=100

xxx

Just wondering: What's the price for the GSA over there in the UK?