Greetings from the west coast of South Africa
 

Hi all,

I am a T�n�r� newby and proudly so! :newhere:

My name is Emile and I live in Langebaan - a small town on the west coast of South Africa. My forum name "WeskusKlong" is in my native language and literary means "guy from the west coast". The town is well known for its wild flowers during the flower season (now). I suppose this is the first flower pic on the site but hey you gotta agree I live in paradise :icon_cheese:

http://i45.tinypic.com/2iidev9.jpg

We have a Yamaha dealer in a town about 30km from us - in Vredenburg. When I told the owner about my desire to own a T�n he promptly ordered one. According to him it is the 2013 spec. I am not 100% sure but since the 2012 ones here are blue or black, I recon this is the case. I rather like the steel grey color. This photo was taken when it was still @ the dealer. No topbox and hand guards yet:

http://i46.tinypic.com/2j12cl2.jpg

First day of ownership. Just got home:

http://i45.tinypic.com/111njw5.jpg

http://i45.tinypic.com/214446w.jpg

Anyway this seems to be a great site, by reading some posts here I've already learned a lot about the T�n.

Cheers!

Hi and welcome to the site - thanks for the intro and photos - bike looks great in grey. I imagine you have a great playground for the bike too.
Enjoy the site.:blob3:

Dag se boet, daardie prentjies van langebaan is mooi! I spent a fair amount of time in yzerfontein and elands, drank alot of beer in langebaan and generally grew up on the west coast. Nice one brother and enjoy ur ten!

:hello: amd :welcome: to :660:

nice shots

Welcome mate, this forum will soon become your second home.:jerk:

Welcome to the party dude. Nice Ten!

:006: Hi Emile and welcome to the forum. The matt grey is a great colour for the Ten - tones down the grey plastic a treat. Enjoy the new ride mate.

Think you're right to be sceptical - I'm sure your bike is a 2012MY, blue was last available for 2011MY (not 2012). Black of course has been available every year since the beginning (because it's the best colour ;) ).

Congrat's on the purchase and welcome..

I've not seen this colour before so could well be a 2013 - either way your Ten' looks great and what a lovely place to live..

Happy Riding..

Howdy and welcome to the site.

Now that's what I call a real introduction.

Keep us informed about your adventures which I'm sure will be happening soon.

Great pics.

SteveD

That gun metal grey looks great , I might try it out on mine at some point�. Beautiful part of the world and awesome for riding � nice flowers too �.njoy the new toy :hippy2:

Hi and welcome,i like the colour black/grey.The tank graphics are different.:happy2:

Wow thanks! Never had a welcome like this on a forum before!

Had to ride home from work yesterday in the mother of rain and wind storms - a real baptism of fire (or rain and wind in this case). From reading many reviews I expected much worse behavior in crosswinds but it was not bad at all. The Ten behaved perfectly and is a real joy in any situation.

@feck: Great to see you've been to this part of the world - di� tyd van die jaar eet ons snoek en soet patats! (This time of the year we eat Snoek (fish) and sweet potatos.)

@Mort: Yes I had a few negative comments about the worn-out look of the graphics but I like it (sorry the photo is low res):

http://i47.tinypic.com/4rrgq9.jpg

Welkom

Seker viskoppe en pattats :-)

Man ek wens vir n stukkie snoek op die braai te sit. Miskien n paar hottentot vissies saam te kook. Fokkin heerlik man ;)

Hi and welcome, nice bike!, cool colour