I'm up for that....I owe Jacque a visit ...he always makes the effort to head this way! Steve

Im in my mid 30's but ive only been riding since 2013.

At 6'3" i stupidly went for an MT-07 (i made it look like a 125). So within 12 months went to a MT-09 because it just made sense to go for the bigger bike......wrong again. After six months i traded it in for a Suzuki GSX-S1000 which was a lot nicer to ride but i still had problems with my knees (my right knee was smashed up on a MotoX bike when i was 16)

Anyway i decided to ride across France on my GSXS and thought nothing of it when i set off from Calais to Brittany.

Anyway after 500 miles i could barely walk and ended up lying down in pretty much any car park i could find. It was literally in the below pic i decided to get an adventure bike i could sit with my knees extended.

I was originally going to get a new V-Strom XT this year but picked up a tenere on Christmas eve 2016 and love it to bits.

http://i738.photobucket.com/albums/x...c.jpg~original

Always wanted a Tenere since I first saw the new style...then I married a bird whose uncle owned a Yamaha dealer and the rest is history.

The bird has flown but the bike remains.....

At least you can get both feet on the ground on the Tenere! It's good for taller riders.....

I've always liked the more off road adventure bikes as I was brought up on motocross, that and I'm quiet tall so don't fit on many smaller bikes.

I had an xtr and loved it's all roundness, ease of being modified and fixed and also the big single character.

When I seen the tenere come out I new at some stage I'd own it. With a short stint on a triumph tiger 1050 I sold it and downsides to a tenere and have loved
It ever since

I never knew I had a fetish for ugly grasshoppers until I saw the Tenere winking at me from the dim red light of the Yamaha dealership one night, as I stumbled home drunk.

My searches for "Hot locust action" and "Swarm filth" turned up no results, so I knew I must turn to motorbikes to fulfill my ultimate fantasy.

As soon as I captured the beast, and climbed on its back, I was hooked. The purring noise it made as I gently caressed its appendages, the oily mess it left all over my hands the first time I undressed it in my garage.

It is only here at xt660.com that my perversion has been made to feel normal, and I thank you all for that.

I had only ever owned Honda trail/enduro bikes as I used to green lane a lot and preferred that way of being sat on a bike. Never had a thing for sports bikes.
After being bikeless for 5 years I was thinking about buying a bike again when I saw a black Tenere parked a street away from where I live and I fell in love with the styling.

I ended up buying one 2 weeks later and have been riding it for over 2 years now. Every time I get on the bike it brings a smile to my face and still love it as much as I did on day one.
Almost had my head turned by a Tiger XCX and Honda CB500X RRP a couple of times though.