so was part of the attraction 'being different'

[Big Blu]

I have a disability from a childhood accident and need a really tall bike. The Super Tenere is the only street bike I found that I can operate without having to custom fabricate. Originally I wanted a V-Strom, but that didn't work. One day I threw my leg over a Super Tenere and found a perfect fit, and have been a happy rider ever since!

That's nice, good to here you found the perfect solution for your needs. ::008::

Paul

 

[bigboy61]

Just came off owning an FJR1300 ES and traded up for the 2016 Super Tenere ES.

I did test ride both the BMW GS and GSA bikes. Both nice rides and great bikes........but......there were so many other attributes that the Yamaha has over BMW.

Yamaha reliability
Yamaha dealer network
Total cost of ownership

Never had any issues with my FJR in two years of riding and over 18k in miles.

I knew I wanted an ADV bike and I wanted a top tier bike that would take me to new adventures. BMW set the standard for ADV bikes and it has been up to the other dealers to play catch up. Good for us, because that brings competition and lower costs. As long as us owners are treated to reliability and quality of the product, we make out.

If I were living in Europe maybe I would be into a BMW. They are ubiquitous. Here in the USA, they are not.

I can ride into any state here in the USA and there will be a Yamaha dealer present.

I have had more people comment on my Super Tenere than any bike I have had so far.

 

[rider33]

I guess I would state it a little differently. I generally prefer vehicles that don't telegraph the size of my bank account or what type of whiskey I drink. Lifestyle marketing is so pervasive now that you don't so much buy a machine but join a club, each with well-defined norms an expectations. For instance, at one point I had a Road King, a fine steamship of a bike. One day I rounded a corner where two very adorable 5 year old girls had a lemonade stand- they both covered their ears. Now I wear ATGATT and my mufflers were stock but they didn't know that, they just knew that Harley's are loud. People don't respond so much to you, they respond to the stereotype. I would not buy a bike for that reason alone but all things being equal, I prefer a bike that paints a more neutral picture. Less common bikes tend to do that.

 

[GrahamD]

No.

I had a bunch of things that over the years started to annoy me about different bikes. Rode a few, picked the one that solved most of the annoyances.

 

[Ramseybella]

I guess I would state it a little differently. I generally prefer vehicles that don't telegraph the size of my bank account or what type of whiskey I drink. Lifestyle marketing is so pervasive now that you don't so much buy a machine but join a club, each with well-defined norms an expectations. For instance, at one point I had a Road King, a fine steamship of a bike. One day I rounded a corner where two very adorable 5 year old girls had a lemonade stand- they both covered their ears. Now I wear ATGATT and my mufflers were stock but they didn't know that, they just knew that Harley's are loud. People don't respond so much to you, they respond to the stereotype. I would not buy a bike for that reason alone but all things being equal, I prefer a bike that paints a more neutral picture. Less common bikes tend to do that.

::026::

The status of Coolness and look at me and the dollar status of an over farkled ADV Garage Queen has never been me.
I am not a rich person I needed some peace of mind that I am not going to feed a pig or the mechanic on a quarterly basis..
To be fair I did little research before I bought my Tenere I just wanted one when it first came out but couldn't afford one.
After my Poor Tiger was T boned with me on it my Tenere search began and ended on Craigslist.
A good bike not super fast I care not, but damn dependable is what I like and the first bike I ever owned that I didn't have to mod the shocks right out of the box.