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Thanks for the replies. I need to find a demo or better yet one I can rent for the day to make my decision. Presently my rides are a 2010 Honda ST1300 and a 2000 Harley Softail Classic. My thoughts are to replace the Harley. steve

I am very interested in the 2014/2015 Tenere and was anxious to see the magazine reviews. Motorcycle Consumer News reviewed the 2014 model in their last August magazine. The only major concern they mentioned was that the tweaking of the two D-Mode engine maps resulted in now the S-mode's...

Thanks guys, I appreciate the responses. Dallara, I did several searches on this forum using terms e.g. "Tenere high miles", "High mileage Tenere", etc and did not get any hits. I also googled and could not find the information. I'm happy to hear the Super Tenere has a respectable reliability...

Have there been any posts indicating the amount of miles riders have been able to obtain on the Super Tenere? Reliability means a great deal to me when deciding on my next bike. Consumer Report indicated that Yamaha is the most reliable manufacturer and that BMW was actually one of the least...

After posting I noticed I could join for 3 years at $147.00 and still get the roadside service instead of having to select the automatic annual renewal option. As someone pointed out $49.00/year for motorcycle representation plus roadside service seems like a pretty good deal so I decided to...

Thanks for the information!

Does anyone have the Roadside assistance benefit provided by AMA. Supposedly for the cost of membership and providing a credit card for automatic renewal it is provided. Sounds reasonable if it works.

Thanks for all the responses and good information. It's given me alot to think about.

Thanks for the information and the pictures. It sounds like I might be okay with the low seat. I doubt I would ever use this bike off road so in your opinion would this bike serve well as a sport tourer going across country? Thanks again for your response.

I am considering the Tenere 1200 to use basically as a Sport Tourer. I've looked at the Yamaha FJR and Honda ST1300 but prefer a more upright sitting position as provided by the Tenere. At 5' 8" the stock seat height of 33.26"/34.25" is just too tall. My question is regarding the Low Seat of...