TexBuxer
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Today I bought 2010 XT1200. I sold my previous BMW couple years ago, but now I needed to have this. I had also 1989 ST earlier, but it needed too much maintenance, being too old.
Everything has to have ST in it
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welcome
from S Wales UK
Rob
from S Wales UK
Rob
barkingllizard
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congrats on your new ride, TexBuxer, with a simple hello...
Dshane
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Hello from New Hampshire.
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Greetings from Canada
WJBertrand
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I’m thinking not. The first Honda ST1100 was 1991 (at least in the US). Older Super Ténéré perhaps?
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I didn't search when the first Super Tenere was, so you could be right. Wikipedia said the first ST11 was a '90, so that's why I was askin'. As we get older years tend to run together the further back they are.
WJBertrand
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Yeah, I think Europe got the ST1100 a year model before we did. There was a previous 750cc Super Ténéré that was never sold in the US. Not sure what years it was made.I didn't search when the first Super Tenere was, so you could be right. Wikipedia said the first ST11 was a '90, so that's why I was askin'. As we get older years tend to run together the further back they are.
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you could get a new st1100 in the UK in 1989 the honda dealer had them in the shop in S Wales UK the mechanic a friend of mine bought one a 1989 and still has it
rob
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I "heard" the 11s didn't handle as well as the 12s. I know that the L.E.12 was speed limited to 120mph. Apparently, in the UK there had been some high-speed crashes; 120mph+. They surmised that the high-speed wobble was caused by a message board attached to the back of the bikes. But since they decided to just limit the speed, they didn't find out for sure.
That’s like here where they were using them as police bikes but nobody read the blurb from the company that said, when they’re fitted with panniers, the bike shouldn’t be ridden over 130kph
That's pretty much the standard company line from all the manufacturers. I never noticed any difference in handling with the RT, ST, or Tenere, even into triple digits. The ST was a pita. It got to 120mph so quick and then shut off, only to come back on at 119 and then back off at 120, ad nauseum.
WJBertrand
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That’s what I recall as well. I think they were labeled as 1990 models though, could be wrong on that. Some countries determine the model year by when the bike was sold rather than how the manufacturer labels it, which is very confusing when there’s a generation change. First gen Ténéré’s labeled as 2014 models because they were sold that year.
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yep thats the UK, the st1100 may of been a 1990 but you could buy then in august 1989, my mate has a 2015 registration gen 1 tenere uk, but when it was sold the dealer had it adverised as a 2015 model
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AusTexS10
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Used to have a tee shirt that read "The older I get, the faster I was." Still true, but can't find that shirt and no way it would ever fit again, lol.As we get older years tend to run together the further back they are.