I tried your steed today.
The Mrs is on about doing her test and I was thinking of going halves on a smaller bike for her that I can commute on.
I quite liked the little thing, did find it vibey, small, cramped and slow, not that any of it was too bad. For what we may want I thought it was great, it does pull from low down, and when revved has some zap, handling was tidy enough, suspension a bit budget feeling, back on to the Tenere the differences are large.
The Tenere Motor revs 3k lower, and by comparison you will think the low down grunt of the Tenere will spin the world back in time, no comparison, and for two up it will completely monster the little Kwak. at a guess I would say shifting at 5-6k on the Yamaha will have you redlining to keep up - no contest. I had forgotten how awesome the Yamaha motor was after being so used to it.
The Yamaha is far bigger - or at least for the rider, more leg room, more arm room, more room to shuffle back and forth.
The Yamaha is far smoother, the vibes was the first thing I noticed (after lack of stomp) when hopping on the little Kwak, I would say the Tenere feels more relaxed at 80 than the Versys does at 60 - so watch for points on your licence as it is deceptively fast.
The Yamaha suspension although far from perfect, is still much better out of the crate - then again the list price of the Tenere is almost double that of the little Kwak so it really ought to be.
The Yams brakes also feel stronger and with more feel, the Kwaks were a bit wooden and needed a good squeeze - but for a 1st big bike would be fine, preferable even. But for a big boys two-up bike the Yams brakes are a lot better.
The handling is not much different, once moving the Yamaha feels almost as light, at standstill the Versys feel smaller and lighter, once moving it just seems a lot smaller and a bit lighter.
The Yamaha has a lot more "road presence" and will defintately eat up miles with far less effort, especially two-up.
Let me know if you come to flog your Versys privately ::008::