Super Tenere 1200

**Big Dave** · 15th July 2010, 20:30

Originally Posted by Devil

You may have guessed it Big Dave, but:

I think the BMW is a better all round package too. And has an advantage in the heavier flywheel/clutch which makes it more tractable at low/feet down/culvert speed.

The Tenere is +/- 25% cheaper that an Anniversary GS.
It would depend on your bank balance as to whether it's that much better.

**Big Dave** · 15th July 2010, 20:44

Originally Posted by Night Falcon

Most biggy adventurers are comparable when you are looking at soft terrain capabilities except for the KTM offerrings which still stand apart from the crowd..end of story!

Some of the story.

The KTM is less comfortable and harsher on the road for rider and pillion. The advantages it has as an off roader, it pays for as a grand tourer.

**Big Dave** · 15th July 2010, 20:50

Meh.

If it's to test a vehicle I am Pre-stressed-concrete-TFU

If it's to burn petrol I'll see you in the spring pillow.

**Big Dave** · 15th July 2010, 20:57

I would happily do a CCA on the Tenere on TKCs.

In fact to ride to Welly and back to do the ADV bit it would be one of my preferred choices.

**_Shrek_** · 17th July 2010, 23:15

Originally Posted by Night Falcon

the KTM offerrings which still stand apart from the crowd..end of story!

thats coz they look like road marker cones

will test ride the supa ten on monday, but my Gs still rocks

**Oscar** · 19th July 2010, 13:39

Originally Posted by Big Dave

I would happily do a CCA on the Tenere on TKCs.

In fact to ride to Welly and back to do the ADV bit it would be one of my preferred choices.

That's a big call.
Based on my last two outings at the CCA on a 950 with TKC's I wouldn't do it.
I've sworn off big mutha's on single track.
Trying to keep Cam's stinking 950 in one piece on the challenge section was the hardest bit of riding I've done in years.

**_Shrek_** · 20th July 2010, 12:17

took the supa ten out for a

out to the peninsula yesterday cheers

MCR
even though it's heavier than the Gs it didn't feel that way for a big bike it was light on it's feet, through the twisties pegs touch down & it felt stable with no sign of letting go, on my back took a dirt road to another bay & found it pure joy on the metal, even with ABS it handled better than expected I tryed to get it to switch off on the loose but it seems to read that you need it to stay on (latest tec i'm told) any way, wound up to 180 PDQ then run out off road, those little back Bay roads are narrow & not very long & not a lot of metal left in places
standing is comfortable & you can see your front wheel & control is lighter than the Gs (bugga) all in all a bike you can do big ks on & off road & not get sick of it or tired of riding it
It left me with a big

with the thought when it's time for a new bike.... "Mrs Shrek"

**Big Dave** · 20th July 2010, 15:07

Originally Posted by Oscar

That's a big call.
Based on my last two outings at the CCA on a 950 with TKC's I wouldn't do it.
I've sworn off big mutha's on single track.
Trying to keep Cam's stinking 950 in one piece on the challenge section was the hardest bit of riding I've done in years.

I did the second one on a Tiger 955i and me and Campbell made quite a sight bulldogging it and his V-strom down one of the gullies, but apart from that it was a bit of a doddle really. Devils gate was OK too. We didn't do the real hard loops. Not the right bike - it was the right bike for the 750km rides to and from the event.

The Tenere would be comparable.

**Oscar** · 20th July 2010, 16:17

Originally Posted by Big Dave

I did the second one on a Tiger 955i and me and Campbell made quite a sight bulldogging it and his V-strom down one of the gullies, but apart from that it was a bit of a doddle really. Devils gate was OK too. We didn't do the real hard loops. Not the right bike - it was the right bike for the 750km rides to and from the event.

The Tenere would be comparable.

Ah, I thought you meant the hard stuff.
I swore off tight trails on Big Muthas after the FNAR, where I arsed off several times and sprung a rib cartilage.

At the CCA, I swapped the 690 for Cam's 950, only to find the slack shit had no route sheet on his bike. So, not recognising where he was going, I followed him into the hard stuff. Now I didn't drop his bike, I gave it a damn good try - I did run out of back brake at one stage and almost launched it over a bank toward the end.

Don't get me wrong, big bikes are a lot of fun in the tight stuff, but the consequences of getting it wrong are financially and physically excruciating...

**Big Dave** · 20th July 2010, 16:24

Yea - but you know how it works - the best bikes for the hard core bits are taken there on a trailer.

The opposite works with the best ones for the touring part are the least suitable for the challenge loopage.

Comes back to my enthusiastic thumbs up for the tenere is that's a real good NZ multi-purpose bike.

I'm trying to get another fang and will head yo way if successful.

**Crisis management** · 20th July 2010, 16:38

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Comes back to my enthusiastic thumbs up for the tenere is that's a real good NZ multi-purpose bike.

I agree with your comments about the Tenere as a good "getting there" bike BD but having gone from a 990 to a 640 I think the middleweights have the best all round package for NZ. I've found the middleweights to be equally capable of getting from A to B (I will concede the 640 is not the best on-seal bike) and still capable of poking around the off-road bits we stumble upon, those big adventure bikes are more all road capable than all terrain capable.
I somehow (to my horror) suspect the 800GS is the best compromise there is.

**Big Dave** · 20th July 2010, 17:39

Originally Posted by Crisis management

I agree with your comments about the Tenere as a good "getting there" bike BD but having gone from a 990 to a 640 I think the middleweights have the best all round package for NZ..

Yes too - but then I regularly carry a passenger and the heavyweights do that much better.

**Oscar** · 20th July 2010, 17:41

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Yea - but you know how it works - the best bikes for the hard core bits are taken there on a trailer.

The opposite works with the best ones for the touring part are the least suitable for the challenge loopage.

Comes back to my enthusiastic thumbs up for the tenere is that's a real good NZ multi-purpose bike.

I'm trying to get another fang and will head yo way if successful.

Excellent - gimme plenty of warning and I'll take the day off.