It's a deal! You can have any beer you want! Look forward to meeting you (both?) and hearing all about your travel plans.

He has just told me that he has orderd one for himself too....

Roughly 290 orderd so far.

In the UK?

Good question.

His number was actually 291 and then he had another order confirmation come through 2 days later and it was 294....so....possibly, but in all honesty, I am not sure.

Sold my GSA combine harvester yesterday. I never did like it. A very sophisticated bike that just felt so crude.
Just the Tenere left to PX for the Super Ten now. Should have it for the Horizons Unlimited meet.
I am 53 going on 15 and am wetting myself with exitement.

Some pics of damp and cold Super Tenere's
 

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Way to cold for me Ray.

It would be good to hear some feedback from those guys....

The guy on the Blue one says: "Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!" :087:

I have never seen weather like that, never mind riding in it.
:notworthy[1]:

Great wheather to test all the electronic gismo's: ABS, traction control, heated grips, heated seat (?) a.s.o. !

HJ

Bit brighter today...
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I you haven't seen it, here is Yamahas Blog:
http://rideforlife.super-tenere.com/

And one of the riders has done a short report for UK Motor Cycle News:
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/Ne...ld-first-test/

6 weeks to go.....

Anyway Kev, you do not know what you are missing, it can be great fun, this was SWAMBO and I on Christmas day.
Out on the farm, she's on the quad and I am on the Tractor !

http://i310.photobucket.com/albums/k...g?t=1273284084

The white(2nd fr.l.)and red(right) colourschemes just for this trip? Or some try-out for 2011 modelyear?
Greetz. Hans.

That white one looks like it has "Lucky Strike" graphics. I don't mind the look of the standard Blue one, but the Silver looks a bit naff, if they're looking for suggestions a Yellow one would look good, with King Kenny speedblocks!

Only blue (as orderded) and varadero silver were the options when I ordered mine so I guess they are custom jobs but who knows, Yamaha my be testing the water with the colour schemes.
I'll be pig sick if they bring out a red and white one.

Here are some photoshop colourschemes.

Ray after sampling a GS 1200 - yuk i see what you mean - I think your Super Ten will be bloomin amazing - no matter what colour they do them in :unibrow:

Ride On

The sad truth is that I never liked the GSA. I only bought it as my XT660Z was not big enough for two of us on our travels and there was no other real option. Had Yamaha made some sort of verbal commitment 6 months earlier (not just the roumours that were curculating) I would never have bought it and saved myself about �3000.

I tend to agree about it being amazing, all the reports so far seem realy positive.....fingers crossed.

Bu55er, Bu55er, Bu55er
 

My dealer just told me my Super Tenere will be here 2 weeks early, the 6th June.
You may think that that is good, normally it would be but I am in the Isle of Man till the 17th.

Bu99er, Bu99er, Bu99er.

Would you like me to pick it up and run it in for you? No charge, I'm just a nice guy who likes to help out!!:angel4:

Err..............No!..........but thanks for the offer.

Dealer actually said he was chuffed as it meant he had one on the floor for people to look at !

Well I for one will go in and have look at it, I live about 7 miles from the dealer your on about.

Alf England have two in Today they say they arrived yesterday and they built them both up.

The Blue one is sold the Silver one which looks good too has a tag on.

So if anyone has the cash give alf englands a ring sharpish because I dont imagine it will be un sold for very long.

Had a good look around the bike it looks spot on.

The sales guy was saying that the foot pegs have the rubber on but when you stand on them the extra weight pushes down on the rubber and you then get the extra grip of the metal outer. damn good idea me thinks.

Seems Yamaha must have learned a lot from our Tens and put a great deal of thought into this new bike.

Ride On

Don't you touch it....I've arranged for a camera to be trained on it 24/7......:nono:............;)

I am on the I.O.M at present punting the baby Tenere about. A guy in a Mercedes dealer cheekily said "shouldn't you chop that in for the new one". I had great pleasure telling him that I was.

BTW, if anyone is considering coming here for the TT, do it, the atmosphere is incredible.

I sat on one in...er...Switzerland...or was it Austria (feck knows!)?. Ugly IMHO. Not my cup o char.

Its not a friggin arm chair, its a motorcycle. :icon_wink:

I could go all "BMW owner" on you and get defensive and have hurt feelings.....but.....I'll just sulk instead.

Bet I can sulk bigger and better than wot you can.
Cos i'm not getting one any time soon :(

But I can look forward to lots of pictures of yours plus your reports so its not all bad..... I'm getting excited about when you pick it up - let alone you!
Selina

There is a 'first test' of it in BIKE magazine this month - I bought a copy the other day - however, it doesn't really say much other than they like it - overall quality feel, rides well, feels lighter than it is etc. (but that it isn't technically 'outstanding' like the new Multistrada - typical journos being impressed by speed and gadgets!) - and to be honest, the rest of the magazine is distinctly 3rd rate these days... save your pennies, I'll try and scan it if anyone is really interested...

J x

Oh yes please JMo, although why I'm interested in what Bike has to say about anything these days I'm not sure :)
Thank you,
Selina

Just sat on one.....
 

I had a little trip to the dealers today (needed air filter service kit, new tank, new hand guards, chain set, pair of tires, service - and one or two other things to correct the effects of the Demolition Derby of the last two weeks), and they have a spanking new SuperTen there in the showroom for sale!!

I had a sit on it and it feels as light, if not lighter than the 660. The quality is very good and there are some nice touches to the bike, although I'm still not a fan of the 'under engine' pipes, it just doesn't seam right for a bike with off-road intentions..... The boxes aren't as bad as I thought and it's much lower than the 660 (I could sit very comfortably with both feet on the floor).

It is, however, very ,,, erm,,,, GS-ish in some ways.

Did I say how light it feels?

The wheels are very nicely made with the tubless rubber and bright spokes - not sure if they are stainless or just plated

I must confess, after getting astride one I did wonder if I should chop in the XJR.

I did start to compare it to the Multistrada, but in reality I think they are in different markets.

OldGitRay - I think you'll be very happy with it, I think you've made a wise choice.

Surely you can see that I have already ridden one? It was good.

Eventually,,, amoung the other 500 unread posts from the last two weeks.......

I had the privilege to ride a xt1200z on Friday.The bike does feel light and handles accordingly.One thing that did impress me was the power delivery when in sport mode.Wow.It is amazing what a different timing curve can do to the performance of a bike.(Almost hooligan performance).As for offroad capabilities I would not take it where I ride my xt660 tenere.Gravel roads and neat forest lanes she will handle with ease.But then than is what it is made for imho.Build quality is good with no vibrations.Seating position is almost the same as my 660 tenere.I think it is possible to get 20km/l if ridden with care and in touring mode.The only way you will know is to go and ride it yourself.We all look for different things when purchasing a bike.

Amen.

Short on- and off-road test video by Dutch Dakar-legend Arjan Brouwer:

subtitle: Fat Boys can jump!!



HJ

If anyone wants to see one and you're local to Woking then pop in, they've got the silver one fully loaded at �13,000 ....

I'd love to have one but wont be available here anytime soon (not even the Z is available yet :088:) plus it will probably be very very expensive for my standards. Motorcycles (cars too!) are expensive here in Brazil due to heavy taxation for instance:

a) XT660R, made in brazil (lower taxes) will cost you around 12500 euros :sad11:
b) If you to imagine the cost of a 1200GS Adventure (even more taxes on import goods) you should expect to drop 38800 euros!!!! :076:

So if you are traveling around this country and see someone ridding an GS ask him to pay you a beer he sure can afford it!!!!

More off-road Super Tenere; again by Arjan Brouwer:



HJ

I notice he's changed the tyres for the finish at Dakar.

1200 Tenere Hmmmm
 

Hi Guys,

Its been a while, but have been busy with work, a broken wrist and a new baby!

I have just had an 'on road' ride on one of the new Super Tenere's in the UK. So for the quick lowdown and my opinion as unbiased as possible.

It is a very nice bike to ride on road, very well balanced with confidence building stability(I kept catching my toes on the tarmac!). The bike sits lower overall than the 660 Ten, as would be expected from the pictures and this works well to hide the extra weight! So much so that the 1200 Ten 'feels' lighter than its little brother. Its comfortable, as smooth as can be expected for a parallel twin, and the power putdown seems linear and plentiful for requirements in both touring and sport throttle modes.

I not usually a fan of augmentation for bikes such as Traction and ABS, preferring a 'real' ride. However I like this one! The traction control has OFF/FULL/Partial settings, and the cross linked brakes work nicely.

Im not about to change my 660 in for one. But if I was going to go for a big adventure bike, it would definitely be on the cards and a close call with a Big GS. Its still alot of money for any of the 1200's though.

Im happy to answer any questions and no, im not a journalist, I just got lucky :-)

Cheers