Super Tenere 1200

**junkmanjoe** · 9th July 2010, 19:19

I like the look of this machine,,,

maybe not the best beast to tackle fishers track up hill.... but i nearly pooped my fu fu valve on the 9fidy last time..

but it looks trick dressed up for touring,
hows it like on gas, have you run a full tank. what sort of distance at road speed..

JMJ & 9FIDY

**Big Dave** · 9th July 2010, 21:04

I only had an afternoon with it sorry - can only guess fuel - but it will be good I reckon - it looks like quite a big tank and Yama-san seems to have everything else in order.

**junkmanjoe** · 9th July 2010, 21:37

are you on the MMMMM ride.

**jafar** · 9th July 2010, 21:41

Your not helping my budget dave

**Big Dave** · 14th July 2010, 21:34

Sorry - missed that - what is the MMMMM ride?

**dino3310** · 14th July 2010, 21:39

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...-1-August-2010

**junkmanjoe** · 14th July 2010, 21:40

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Sorry - missed that - what is the MMMMM ride?

Its only the biggest most excellent east north island ride ever...and i feel you should come along on your new machine...

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...-1-August-2010

have a read up.. 3 weeks out
last time it snowed and the locals came out to see what the fuss wazz about..

JMJ

**Devil** · 15th July 2010, 08:15

You may have guessed it Big Dave, but:
Looks wise, BMW (GSA) for me.
Weight wise, GSA again (yam is about 6KG heavier wet - 261kg - but see next point)
Fuel Tank, GSA by a mile. 36L vs 22L of the tenere? (taken from here http://www.gizmag.com/yamaha-super-t...cations/14310/)
So the wet weight quoted is still with a third less gas on board than the bmw. So the true difference is significant.
Ground clearance - GSA.
Price - Bound to be the Yam. But the above points are why i'd pick the beemer.

Looks like a better competitor to the standard GS, but at 30kg+ heavier...

**Night Falcon** · 15th July 2010, 09:10

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!

**george formby** · 15th July 2010, 10:41

A member of the TDM forum has just bought one & likens the power to that of a turbo charged TDM 900 & the handling as considerably lighter. A very impressed individual & with high praise for the bike.

**Taz** · 15th July 2010, 10:49

I'm with night falcon on this. KTM have a whole market segment to themselves and then BMW, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki make these big heavy road bikes and try to pass them off as adventure steeds.

**Taz** · 15th July 2010, 10:50

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Sorry - missed that - what is the MMMMM ride?

You might not like it. No 5 star hotel at the end of the day

**george formby** · 15th July 2010, 11:14

Originally Posted by Anthrax

I'm with night falcon on this. KTM have a whole market segment to themselves and then BMW, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki make these big heavy road bikes and try to pass them off as adventure steeds.

I believe BMW have been making big heavy adventure steeds since they invented sand, based on a national disposition to ignore borders. The size of the bikes is necessary to carry the weight of your average German adventurer, their camera gear & little dumpling frau on the back.
KTM made it interesting for the rest of the world.

**Shadowjack** · 15th July 2010, 11:46

Originally Posted by george formby

I believe BMW have been making big heavy adventure steeds since they invented sand, based on a national disposition to ignore borders. The size of the bikes is necessary to carry the weight of your average German adventurer, their camera gear & little dumpling frau on the back.
KTM made it interesting for the rest of the world.

Very droll!! -
Anyway, had a look at the Super10 last weekend - didn't test ride it (not really healthy enough), but did have a seat on it with the seat in the "normal" position, which was comfortable enough. Would like to try it in the "high" position, which I reckon would be a beautiful, beautiful thing...for someone like myself, and the type of riding I do, the S10 seems like a natural extension of the TDM8fiddy. And in my case, the weight of the bike would be in correct proportion to the rider.