Super Tenere 1200

[_Shrek_]

That's just rubbish - we have no such......say, who's watching the Cricket tonight?

cheers

[Eddieb]

A new installment.

[Moki]

Managed to book a 1200 for this year's Burt followed by a couple weeks on the SI. Be interesting how it compares to the 1150GSA.

[_Shrek_]

A new installment.

Eddie you will have to stop this, it's getting a bit much as I don't have the $$$ to get one yet

[Eddieb]

JMJ came down to the big smoke today and we went down to TSS to check out their new Super Tenere in the flesh.

It's big and wide. Not 1200gs tall I don't think, but probably 1200GSA wide.

I had a sit and it was comfy and everything seemed to be in the right place. Leaning it from side to side gave the impression the weight was very low, it certainly wasn't trying to pull me over onto it's side.

It would need a bashplate as the oil filter looked quite exposed and while it had some crash protection built in crash bars probably wouldn't go astray, I also wouldn't want to put too much weight on the rear plate, it's made of plastic and only mounted near the seat.

Otherwise it looked pretty good, the exhaust is huger than huge and the rear peg mounts are a bit agricultural but those are cosmetic things. It looks like it was well designed to cover huge miles on back country and gravel roads in comfort with a minimum of fuss.

[junkmanjoe]

that i did...and i was late...but thats ok...

the new bike looks nice and tidy, some areas need some attention if one was to adventure off road on it...

other wise be just fine as it is.. possably take a bit of gravel rash in the lower front , as eddie says very low oil filter and the CDI unit is next to it. with some protection from the plastic sump guard.

over all my thoughts are nice color, tight and tidy finish. demo model is due in store next few weeks....so might just wonder back down and go for a spin..

JMJ

[yafeetup]

What a whale at 261kg without any other gear on it and $25 grand apiece it may as well join the dinosaures as a fossil. Yea lets go adventure riding the titanic

[junkmanjoe]

well talking the the sales person..quite a few have been sold in NZ..

may not be your type of bike but will be what others are looking for.

dont knock it till ya tried it...

[NZsarge]

What a whale at 261kg without any other gear on it and $25 grand apiece it may as well join the dinosaures as a fossil. Yea lets go adventure riding the titanic

You do realize that the weight you are talking is fully fueled, oil etc..? Built to be comfortable going from country to country (in the likes of Europe) day after day on a wide range of surfaces. It's not a moto-x bike after all.

[yafeetup]

You do realize that the weight you are talking is fully fueled, oil etc..? Built to be comfortable going from country to country (in the likes of Europe) day after day on a wide range of surfaces. It's not a moto-x bike after all.

Understand the type of bike,the type of riding they are built for. What I struggle to understand is why cant they build a mullti cylinder adventure bike with a lighter kerb weight

[NZsarge]

Understand the type of bike,the type of riding they are built for. What I struggle to understand is why cant they build a mullti cylinder adventure bike with a lighter kerb weight

I think it's pretty par for the course among 1200cc multi-purpose bikes, some of the weight will be removed when the obligitory after market can goes on, the original is huge and well weighty.

[Ocean1]

Understand the type of bike,the type of riding they are built for. What I struggle to understand is why cant they build a mullti cylinder adventure bike with a lighter kerb weight

Had me fookt too, until I remembered that what sells isn't the practical application of contemporary technology. What sells is a weighty marketing arm.

Pity, 'cause the effect of decades of having marketing considerations set the spec's for bikes has made it bloody hard for the market itself to get what it wants.

[marks]

ferkin porky tinsel toy

we'll all just have to hope that Truimph get it right
They seem to have had a pretty good record over recent years so fingers crossed


I just want a 900 scrambler motor in my klr with no weight increase.....
I'd even consider a 640A with a scrambler motor - at least then the chain would be on the right side

We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious....

[_Shrek_]

What a whale at 261kg without any other gear on it and $25 grand apiece it may as well join the dinosaures as a fossil. Yea lets go adventure riding the titanic

I've tried it & it weights 12kgs more than my 1150Gs but is lighter on the feet than the Gs handles better than most I've ridden
so unless you have taken one out & tried in the hills or even on the seal, you have no idea what ya talk'n about, so best to until ya have

[marks]

I've tried it & it weights 12kgs more than my 1150Gs but is lighter on the feet than the Gs handles better than most I've ridden
so unless you have taken one out & tried in the hills or even on the seal, you have no idea what ya talk'n about, so best to until ya have

if you like them and are intending to buy one then more power to you but you are comparing it to one of the heaviest adv bikes ever made. Its seems (massive generalization here) that once you get to 200kg and over most adv riders start to become uncomfortable on the gnarlier tracks that are often the ultimate destination of the rides we go on.

For nz conditions - for those of us (of average skill) who like to regularly do tracks like the 42nd, whanga rd, porika, big river, etc it seems that the 150-180kg range is where we prefer our bikes to be.

to each their own