Hi All
just back from a trip from Cornwall, via Germany, Luxemburg, Switzerland and Austria to the Dolomites. Awesome! Even made it all the way to Lake Garda. Covered 19 alpine Passes in Italy alone plus a couple others.
Only downer is that I did it on a TDM. Modded it to turn nicely though. Loved the engine's torque and power. That's what I was missing on the 660 Ten. The long stretches of linking the good roads would have been tedious on the Ten. The TDM made easy work of it. Once on the twisties I think the Ten would have kept up since we were not in a race anyway.
With that much more power the TDM was very good on fuel, even better than the Ten I had before. Which begs the question again:
Yamaha, where is the next Ten to take it to the baby G/Ss?
I still miss my Ten but need more horses. The 1200 is just too much of everything, including the �. I want a basic Tenere that can keep up at a basic price which I can add to as I need it. Yamaha got the bits, hopefully put them together soon. There will be a very very good TDM for sale then.

http://s1278.photobu...asses Tour 2014

Just a few pics for a taste what is to be had there.

Rob