Hi there! Of course you could have the tenere as a first bike, there is no reason not to apart from it takes a little while to get used to the weight and height. They are not that powerful - if you wanted a gsxr1000 as a first bike I'd advise getting experience on something less dangerous first!

As for the height, there are lots of options for lowering the bike that don't cost a lot of money and are easily reversed when you want to sell it. Do you have any option to buy a bike in another country and import it secondhand to save some money?

Go for it!

David

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