XT1200Z? XTZ12EE? A concise way to refer to this model?

[Vanderwho]

Is there an accurate and concise way to refer to my U.S.-model 2014 Super Ténéré ES without using its full name (and without using "S-10," "ST," "Super Ten," etc.)? It looks as though maybe XT1200Z is used (only?) for the European model. My owner's manual has XTZ12EE(C) on the front ...is that what I want?

X is to 2014 (U.S.) Super Ténéré ES as "DL1000" is to 2012 Suzuki V-Strom 1000. Solve for X.

Thanks!

 

[Shovelhead]

X is to 2014 (U.S.) Super Ténéré ES as "DL1000" is to 2012 Suzuki V-Strom 1000. Solve for X.

Thanks!

good question, I don't know, I sucked at Algebra.

 

[Chuck B]

When talking with my wife all I have to say is "white yamaha" and she knows what I'm referring to...

 

[barkingllizard]

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[tomatocity]

There are many different model numbers. Do a search. Refer to USA, Canada, Europe, Japan. USA has 49 States and California. 2014 and 2015 had the Standard and ES models. so to answer your question... there are more than one model number.

2012 California: XTZ12B(C)

 

[AVGeek]

Considering GM used S10 for many years for their compact trucks, I tend to avoid that one. You could always just refer to it as TBDBITW (The Biggest Dirt Bike In The World).

 

[tomatocity]

Considering GM used S10 for many years for their compact trucks, I tend to avoid that one. You could always just refer to it as TBDBITW (The Biggest Dirt Bike In The World).

I have a 1993 S10 that I bought in 1993

 

[Chuck B]

I have a 1993 S10 that I bought in 1993

I'm sorry and feel your pain.

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[pqsqac]

How about just call it your all around fun bike. Why get wrapped up in titles. It does so many things well!

 

[EricV]

Is there an accurate and concise way to refer to my U.S.-model 2014 Super Ténéré ES without using its full name (and without using "S-10," "ST," "Super Ten," etc.)? It looks as though maybe XT1200Z is used (only?) for the European model. My owner's manual has XTZ12EE(C) on the front ...is that what I want?

X is to 2014 (U.S.) Super Ténéré ES as "DL1000" is to 2012 Suzuki V-Strom 1000. Solve for X.

To whom are you speaking to? If you're talking to another Super Tenere owner, simply an "ES" will do. If you're talking to a non-rider, "Yamaha" will usually do the trick. If you're talking to a bike knowledgeable person, "'14 Super Tenere ES model is probably as short as you're going to get. If you're ordering parts, specific to your ES model, or California ES model, you probably need to pay attention to the XTZ1200EE(C) designation. 99% of the parts are common to all Super Tens, so just picking one of the 2014 Super Tenere options will likely allow you to find the correct part.

Many US riders simply say "Tenere" as we never got any of the other Tenere or Super Tenere offerings here.

Don't over think it. You should be wearing ear plugs and riding away before the second quesiton at a gas stop.

 

[rotortech71]

I agree, it depends on who you're speaking to. I will change what I call mine, depending on who's asking. If it's a non rider, I say "Yamaha XT twelve hundred". If I use the word "Tenere", I usually get the confused look and they say, "Teennnnerrrr-WHAT?"

The last guy who asked what this bike was, I was at a rest stop on the way to see my dad in southern Oregon. When I said, "Yamaha XT 1200", he said "twelve hundred CCs!!??" I said "yep", and he replied, "c'mon man, are you sure? I'm sorry, but there is no way that's a twelve hundred cc engine".

 

[Vanderwho]

To whom are you speaking to? If you're talking to another Super Tenere owner, simply an "ES" will do. If you're talking to a non-rider, "Yamaha" will usually do the trick. If you're talking to a bike knowledgeable person, "'14 Super Tenere ES model is probably as short as you're going to get. If you're ordering parts, specific to your ES model, or California ES model, you probably need to pay attention to the XTZ1200EE(C) designation. 99% of the parts are common to all Super Tens, so just picking one of the 2014 Super Tenere options will likely allow you to find the correct part.

Many US riders simply say "Tenere" as we never got any of the other Tenere or Super Tenere offerings here.

Don't over think it. You should be wearing ear plugs and riding away before the second quesiton at a gas stop.

IBA witness form has a field for make -- that's easy enough -- and another for model. It's a small field; Super Ténéré ES isn't going to fit. Guess I'll have to print really, really small...

 

[Abercrombie tenere]

I guess when I hear S10 I think of Chevy compact pickup. The ST name is taken by the Honda ST1300 in my book. I usually just refer to it as the Tenere since my sons bust my balls about owning a Ducati Superbike and Yamaha Super Tenre.

 

[creggur]

I just call it a Tenere, and then go though the Q&A to explain it to non-riders. I've found that, "it's a 1200cc Dual Sport" usually gives them what they're after, even if they don't understand why someone would want such a thing...

If I were filling out an official form I guess I'd use the XT1200 but that caused confusion with State Farm when I first got the bike as I wrongly assumed that's how it would be listed for them...turned out it was simply Super Tenere in their system.

 

[EricV]

IBA witness form has a field for make -- that's easy enough -- and another for model. It's a small field; Super Ténéré ES isn't going to fit. Guess I'll have to print really, really small...

On the IBA form, it for what you want it called on the Certificate. They have these things called "pens" too, new fangled technology that allows you to write any place on a piece of paper. If the field is too small or does not allow the length you want to write in, simply write in between the lines over that area.

I typically print out the pdf version and the last 2=3 of pages of the regular one to submit for a cert ride. And for those, I usually just use 'Super Tenere' as I've not owned more than one, so ES wouldn't mean anything different to me or anyone reading the cert, (if I ever got around to hanging them up in the garage). Put what you want to see on the cert.

 

[Checkswrecks]

I also call it different things for different audiences and gotta stop making Tenere rhyme with canary. I'm starting to like the Super Tennis Shoe.



Seriously, for forms I've been using XTZ1200 if Super Tenere doesn't fit.

 

[Vanderwho]

Seriously, for forms I've been using XTZ1200 if Super Tenere doesn't fit.

Thanks. It just seems kinda bizarre that I cannot definitively ascertain the correct model number for this bike.

 

[Andylaser]

I just use XT12, dont worry about the ZE bit.

 

[Will Rotten]

I didn't know how to pronounce Tenere at first. My wife, who is sophisticated, taught me to say it this way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hRbXCxJVuU

Last summer I was working in Alaska and a guy I worked with had an older one. He pronounced it like this "tin air ah." So I said it that way while talking to him, so I didn't seem uppity. When I got home my wife wasn't impressed with my improper pronunciation and quickly corrected me.

 

[Checkswrecks]

I didn't know how to pronounce Tenere at first. My wife, who is sophisticated, taught me to say it this way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hRbXCxJVuU

Last summer I was working in Alaska and a guy I worked with had an older one. He pronounced it like this "tin air ah." So I said it that way while talking to him, so I didn't seem uppity. When I got home my wife wasn't impressed with my improper pronunciation and quickly corrected me.

It's always a comical thing to ask people in different areas not so much to pronounce things, but about the dialects of how others do it. Nord-Deutsch versus Bavarian, London versus Belfast, you name it.


For example, having just spent the weekend with Canoodians, Georgians, and Texicans proved to me that none of them can speak right.


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