Not sure if I will cast my vote or not yet? At this point I am in the 'not quite what I thought it would be' camp, however I only have just under 1000km on it so feel that is not enough time to truly judge it.
The negatives...the seat! Man that thing is awful, I did the flat seat mod but that just put me higher into the blast zone from the windscreen and have a lot of pain in my hips after riding.
No self cancelling turn signals, not a big deal, just a bit annoying.
The jerkiness of the throttle, again, not a big deal but combine that with the seat and it gets old real quick.
Stock wind deflectors for the hands, kind of small and in the cold they seem a bit useless.
The windscreen is horrible, I feel like a bobble head no matter if I adjust it up or down.
The grips are way too small for me, feels like I am wrapping my hand all the way around which causes me to tighten my grip instead of having a more relaxed grip.
Getting the side stand down, I keep hitting my foot on the pegs and then the stand goes back into the up position.
Would be nice to just turn off the ABS instead of having to do the centerstand thing where you start it in 2nd gear.
The positives...The mileage has been great so far, very impressed with that and once it breaks in I would think it would even improve more.
The controls, they seem to fit me very well, love the layout and feel of the switches, very simple to use and seem like they are logically placed.
The ride, good on twisties and seems like a good strong engine even though it is not fully broken in yet.
Dash layout is really nice, can't wait to rev it a little harder to see that tac go up more.
I do kind of like those hard bags, I know they will not help if she goes over but I like them as is.
Suspension, seem pretty good, I have not had a lot of time to test all of the different settings but I am pretty happy with it right out of the box.
Price, hard to beat the price for what you get.
Accessories, this is where I think that most of my beefs above will be solved. I am dropping my seat off tomorrow to get it reworked or if that does not work I will go to get a Terry's seat, Madstad should be arriving soon and I just got the BarkBusters. I put the factory wind deflectors on it too. Grip puppies will be ordered shortly and just got the T-Rex bars and skid plate. With the exception of the turn signals everything should be solved and for the price I paid for the bike I am still ahead then if I had gone with the Triumph. The 1200 Tiger was about $7,000 more and I figure I have spent about $2,000 to get the Tenere the way I want it so I am still $5,000 ahead and that is a lot of gas money.
I think I will do a follow up at the end of the year to give a real impression as my major issues should all be solved by then.