markjenn said:
Saves like this have a lot to do with rider skill and luck than the bike. To attribute this to the bike shows puppy love for the bike, but not much else.
I've been riding Offroad since before i got my license more than 30 years ago, i've ridden almost every conceivable offroad, buit my own SM in 1982 (an XT with the front of an XS650D) and you call my observation puppy love?
have you even ridden the Super Tenere?
I've took years to Switch from my long loved Beemer to something else, because we got fed up *twice* with the pisspoor quality management of their great *riding* bikes (if they are not in the shop for an 3th gearbox or umpteenth software update.
I did not know yet this kind of riding would rip out the rear support of the frame out of the gearbox
I've ridden my R3B like that and made well quite a few scratches in the poor bikes dress.
Sorry, I'm just not buying that the S10 is some kind of major leap forward in chassis design. The tests where the bikes are ridden back to back with a GS say that is is about the same, with a little better rear shock and a front end that feels like a fork rather than a telelever (which is both good and bad). Not much more (or less).
Tests by *road* riders (with well be kind, basic riding skillz) you mean?
Ive tried many a bike, to give that old beemer its well deserved relaxed old day, but all bikes (even the F800GS) could not stand in the shadow of my prupose built GS...
Until the XT1200Z, it's Leaps ahead of the competition, its so F***ing brilliant it *feels* slow in every respect, until you look in your mirror where your mates are...
Any tester not stating the same hasn't tested the tenere's capacaties, we also have an XT660Z, 21" 215 kilos instead of 267 of the GTXT, and way more goodlooking, ihave the luxury to chose whatever i like to ride, but you know what, the lardy Fugly Rhinoceros of a bike is *easier* to handle in really awkward bumpy off road, it doesn't bottomout, and doesn't kick its behind uncontrolable offside.
And boy have i been doing botanic research a lot with my beemer, because the rear wanted to overtake the back.
wait until you ride it, and be amazed, really, its leapsand bounds ahead of the competition, especcially Offroad.
Seen the new Advert yet?
Yamaha Super Ténéré XT 1200 Z schittert in commercial
And for me the last sentence was actually the most compelling reason, to let my girl buy me en new bike for my birthday