When I first saw the super tenere a couple years ago I said that is my next bike. Well two weeks ago I made the jump and bought a brand new black 2012. Lots of extras with it also, skid plate, panners, extra front lights, engine guard. extra tall wind shield. The bike rides as good as I thought it would, its fast enough for me and is forgiving. I haven't used it in sport mode yet. I was on a klr650 and new it was time to upgrade. The wind shield is not that good, already hunting for a better one. Cee-Baily's made a great wind shield for the klr but it seems no one has one here yet. The vstream seem to be the preferred one so that may be the route I go. Needs to take some of the air off me on these So-Cal freeways. The breakin period is already gone as I now have 800 miles on her. Shifting really smoothed out after that oil change. Already changed the tires as I picked a screw in the first 100 miles and killed the factory rear tire. So threw on a set of metzlers. I love the bike so far and hope for many years of good riding ahead. 
