DCSTROM- you bet post it wherever. a bit more for ya, as mentioned picked up the bike Wednesday and took her out on the maiden voyage. I just walked in thouse from some more mazing riding. Woke up Thursday morning with our plan to go to our friends cabin/lodge on Quiet Lake- South Canol road, just as I am about to depart with my daughter on board, my wife says aren't you like one of the first guys to get this type of bike in N America? I say yes, she then looks to my 9 year old daughter and says you are the first passenger on a Tenere in the Yukon!! She was pumped.
This then lead me to being a bit selfsih and decided to touch as many highways as I could. First night out I hit the Alaska Highway, South Klondike Highway and the Carcross Tagish road. Thursday before heading to Q Lake went to the North Klondike/Mayo road to a friends. We then headed south down the Alaska highway to the South Canol. Spent the night at friends cabin, in the morning scooted up to Ross River, crossed on the ferry and hit the North Canol Road for a 40km trip. A few firsts???
Any way back to the steed. My rides blessed me with every condition imaginable and the bike performed in all. As stated before by myslef and others, this is a great bike and very comfortable. To add to my previous review I now have my large Micatech panniers on. I know I will enjoy them for their space, however they do hang out there like sails and at higher speeds 140 plus you can feel the wind bufet over them. Further note to the difference between sport and touring mode is significant and makes up a bit for the Micsails.So next road was dry, rocky and soft sand. the bike handled it like a trooper, no problems, light and easy to throw around, feels much lighter than 570 wet. The way home today I was met by a downpore of rain on the S Canol rd, again hanlded this very well. The odd bit of front end diving in corners, nothing better tires would not fix if this is going to be your terrain. Once on the ak hwy i SAW SUN, BRUTAL HAIL, RAIN AND THEN SUN AGAIN. S10 handled it all very well. The rear brakes that felt a bit soft to me on my first ride, seem to be settign in very nicely. They now feel to be grabbing and more responsive. Climbing steeps on washboards/rough road in TCS 1 resulted in the TCS engaging and significant speed loss. TCS 2 seemd to fix this. I will be looking to set up a toggle to switch TCS and ABS off/on.
The next best thing was the amount of bikes I met or passed and the double take from them ALL. I stopped at a few fuel stations and was met by several other brands who had nothing but questions!! We are ridin a gamechanger.
That is all for now, flying off to Vancouver in the a.m., so I am off to go make some more miles while my family is still at the cabin.
LOVE THE BIKE!!!