Future owner in CO with a ?

[highside338]

I'm currently on the FJR wagon. Looking to fall off and get onto the S10 wagon.

Seems like the perfect bike for Colorado. Test rode all the competition and it seems like the right mix for the riding I want to do.

All the magazines talk about it needing to be put on a diet. Has anyone done it? How much weight were you able to drop? What mods were required?

Feel free to send me to the correct thread.

Thanks.

 

[greg the pole]

they all say that. I have mine on gravel all the time, compared to my v-strom 1000 its featherligth, goes where you want it, get some heidenau tires put on, and it transforms the bike.
some guys went the light battery route, really, cant do much more that I know of. got 18.5km on mine and love it

 

[Dallara]

I'm currently on the FJR wagon. Looking to fall off and get onto the S10 wagon.

Seems like the perfect bike for Colorado. Test rode all the competition and it seems like the right mix for the riding I want to do.

All the magazines talk about it needing to be put on a diet. Has anyone done it? How much weight were you able to drop? What mods were required?

Feel free to send me to the correct thread.

Thanks.

That's the problem with magazine journalists...

I don't think there has ever been one of them that has actually designed, developed, and then produced a motorcycle for sale in large numbers. For the most part the vast number of them are actually less than qualified to make such an assessment.

Believe me, if Yamaha could meet their design goals on strength, reliability, durability, performance, maintainability, cost, market pricing competitiveness, etc. and make the bike even 10 lbs lighter then they would. There is no logical reason to even remotely suggest they wouldn't as it could only help them in the marketplace. Worrying over the weight of the bike is a bit of an exercise in frustration, especially for someone coming from a bike like the FJR... Which is no lightweight. (note: I am an ex-FJR owner)

Give it a test, preferably someplace where you can even take it off-road a bit. That will tell you more than anything else whether it's the right bike for you, and the the weight will even be an issue.

Just my two centavos... YMMV.

Dallara



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[Rasher]

That's the problem with magazine journalists...

Believe me, if Yamaha could meet their design goals on strength, reliability, durability, performance, maintainability, cost, market pricing competitiveness, etc. and make the bike even 10 lbs lighter then they would. There is no logical reason to even remotely suggest they wouldn't as it could only help them in the marketplace. Worrying over the weight of the bike is a bit of an exercise in frustration

Indeed, all this metal and meterial costs money, why do you think the 1200GS was 30kg lighter than the 1150, for the good of BMW's customers, or because they needed to buy 20% less stuff to build them :question:

Then look at all the FD failures and lack of durability compared to the 1150's.

I could not notice any weight differential between my old 1200GS and the Yamaha, at low speed it feels lighter and better balanced, even pushing it up my drive (quite a slope) it seems no worse than the lighter GS, I think where the weight sits is easily as important.

As for Journo's, well they read the spec sheets and write conclusions based on the stats, so when they see a bike weighs close to 250KG they say it is heavy, they would probably not want to say it feels light in case someone pointed out the weight is quite heavy and implied they could not deduce this from riding it.

After years of Sportsbikes I was expecting to be horrified at how unmanageable these types of bikes are, to be honest with the riding position and everything else they seem far easier to ride, you can shove your sun 200kg bikes

 

[klunsford]

Welcome,
I just got back from doing over 2500 miles from Oklahoma to Colorado (around up and down through the mountains) and back again. As far as street, it was super. I kept up with my FJR friends with no problem. I did some riding up some fire breaks and logging roads and it was a dream. I have the Yamaha bags and such. I don't see a need to remove anything... ::021::

 

[JaimeV]

Welcome and don't read the magazines. :

After adding a tone with all the farkles mine still agile and I'm doing all sort of riding with it.
Such a well balanced pig! ::012::

 

[Tippo]

The Super Tenere is a nearly perfect bike for Colorado. I've only added weight to mine so far. Crash bars, skid plate, and luggage. Ride the bike. Once you get it rolling it does not feel heavy. At slow speeds, be very careful.

Jeff

 

[HoebSTer]

I'm currently on the FJR wagon. Looking to fall off and get onto the S10 wagon.

Seems like the perfect bike for Colorado. Test rode all the competition and it seems like the right mix for the riding I want to do.

All the magazines talk about it needing to be put on a diet. Has anyone done it? How much weight were you able to drop? What mods were required?

Feel free to send me to the correct thread.
Thanks.

Well, I suppose when riding the bike, I could shed some weight here and there. First I would stop eating ice-cream. Second, comes the red meat issue, more chicken needs to be eaten as well as some Salmon to shed the weight logically. I could stop by a vegatable garden and steal some greens, that helps too!!!
As for the bike and me, well the bike has to have the mass, to hold up this Ass!!!! It drives everything I have thrown at it really well, so to me it feels like a large dirtbike made for big kids. I had a KLR for a month, and it felt like a motorcycle was stuffed in between the cheeks!!!

Go ride and enjoy the damn thing, it is alot of fun!!!

;D ::26:: ::26:: ::26:: ::001:: ::021:: ::022::

 

[rowdy]

Welcome! I've had my Tenere since June - added a new saddle, new windshield and absolutely love this motorcycle!

FYI - I just got back from riding out of Loveland CO through the canyons, up the Poudre to the Routt Forest and north into Wyoming then spent the night in Walden CO. Headed back out the next day and ended up going south to Grand Lake, back up into Rocky Mountain National Park, down to Lyons via the St. Vrain then back to Loveland before heading home to Kansas. I rode with full panniers plus a tank bag and extra tail bag and the 3rd bag wearing the helmet in the attached pic ::025::

We did gravel and forest service roads for about 80 miles on Saturday afternoon and the bike handled great. It was fantastic on the surfaced roads too ..... don't know if you are looking for more off road than that but we absolutely love this bike ::015::

No matter where I take this bike someone wants to stop, look it over and hear about it!

p.s. hope the pic attached !?!?

 

[coastie]

I'm currently on the FJR wagon. Looking to fall off and get onto the S10 wagon.

Seems like the perfect bike for Colorado. Test rode all the competition and it seems like the right mix for the riding I want to do.

All the magazines talk about it needing to be put on a diet. Has anyone done it? How much weight were you able to drop? What mods were required?

Feel free to send me to the correct thread.

Thanks.

I'm only 5'7" 185 and have ridden it fully loaded with camping gear on rough dirt roads and had no trouble with the weight. Although its a bit heavier than the GS it feels much lighter than GS to me. It carries it's weight nicely. Not sure besides the exhaust what you can shed to loose weight. Not going to make much difference after you farkle it out and load it down with gear.

 

[MurphCO]

I'm a decent rider, not claiming to be super talented by any means.....and I can ride it fully fueled at about 5mph without swerving or over-correcting as long as I want



Fast speeds it's super nimble, to me it's the slow speed that really sets the balance apart from another bike, and the Tenere doesn't feel like a giant

 

[barkingllizard]

liking it the way it is, with a simple hello, highside338.....

 

[jimmy z]

The bike feels lighter than it really is.After getting blown around for 33,000 miles on a KLR 650. A ittle more weight and a lot more high speed stability on my S10 is a welcome trade off.