Yamaha realizes that the Tenere will see lots more road duty than off-road. The tires are only sligh

As Yamaha U.S.A. has yet to announce a 2014 model Super Ténéré, Yamaha Canada has revealed that the 2014 Super Ténéré has received a number of improvements, both in standard form and in the form of a new model, single adventure travel the Super Ténéré ES. We had a positive impression of the 2012 Super Ténéré when we tested it , but the heavyweight Adventure Tourer market includes several new competitive models single adventure travel introduced in the last two years.
Yamaha has made engine single adventure travel changes, including reduced friction, revised piston and rings, and intake and exhaust refinements. The result is an unspecified increase in both horsepower and torque for 2014. Additionally, a new KYB electronic suspension system is available (standard on the ES model) which allows push button selection of preload and damping settings by the rider.
Other 2014 changes single adventure travel include a new cruise control system, a new instrument panel, a new four-position adjustable windshield (no tools required), new aluminum tapered handle bar (revising the riding position), as well as new LED signals, revised handlebar switches and muffler cover.
In addition to the standard electronic suspension system, single adventure travel the ES model (pictured at the top of this article) will come standard with heated grips. It seems almost certain that all of these changes will appear in the 2014 Super Ténéré U.S. models when they are announced. We don t have specifics regarding pricing for 2014 in the United States at this time. Stay tuned.
Yamaha realizes that the Tenere will see lots more road duty than off-road. The tires are only slightly oriented single adventure travel towards fire-trials single adventure travel and farm-to-market roads. The lack of a beak on the front end help a lot, though the styling still could use some love, just not DNA from the GS or V-Strom strains. The blue and dark gray livery look pretty good, not so sure regarding the gauge cluster .
This hog is way too heavy, has nothing innovative single adventure travel and it looks like a Daffy Duck cartoon with it s beak slapped off. The new light weight 850cc triple in Adventure form with fully sorted fueling and decent suspension would be worth waiting for.
Skybullet said there is nothing innovative (and in this segment, it doesn t), is too heavy (subjective, I suppose, single adventure travel but is there a heavier adv bike?), and that he doesn t care for the design. He hasn t said anything that many others here haven t stated. Enlighten us as to why these are ignorant, cheap shots.
single adventure travel All 1200cc adv bikes are heavy. Yam s 850cc triple would be a poor choice for an adv bike as it s too wide to place as low in the chassis as the twin and its fueling is no better sorted than the ST. The suspension on the Tenere is already better than decent and the beak comment single adventure travel is nothing more than saying it doesn t look like a BMW. I don t know if having hugely useful staged traction control single adventure travel and ABS that actually works off road is innovative enough for sky, but it all sure works well. So, sky has made a couple of subjective comments about styling (cheap shots) and his other comments were apparently made without knowledge of the bike (ignorant). I ve had my Tenere all over the place from twisty asphalt to mountain passes loaded with bags and camping gear and the bike takes all of it in stride. It s also as reliable single adventure travel as an anvil, holds a lot of gas and is a great package.
single adventure travel I won t argue that this bike isn t overweight, but there s a lot of innovative stuff going on here. The S10 boasts one of the only ABS options capable of dealing with dirt and included wide-by-wire TC earlier single adventure travel than most. More importantly, it s one of the only big ADV bikes that is (over)built enough to handle proper dirt abuse, with protection built-in for critical systems, intakes built very high to prevent water ingestion, and service access better than most any other machine.
Way too heavy for what, Skybullet? It s an adventure touring bike, not a single track dirt bike, and works brilliantly in that role. I ve owned one for more than a year, bet you ve never even ridden one given your comment
I am a geezer rider (mid-60 s) with +45 years of riding. The S-10 is a geezer bike. Motorcycling is a big world and there is room in it for all kinds of bikes. The only thing that a S-10 does not do well is demo ride. I have about 30K miles on my S-10 and like it better all the time. It is super comfortable and stone reliable gas, oil, tires. Period. OK, the stock windshield sucks, but a Parabellum completely solves the problem. 40lbs added to a 250lb dirt bike is a big deal. 40lbs added to a 540lb adventure bike is not such a big deal. Do not think that any of the adventure bikes are off road bikes. They are not. They are bad road bikes; they are for roads that have no paint. If you a hard charger, get a KTM and ride it on the pegs. If you have to have a BMW, live with the expense, single adventure travel maintenance, and reliability uncertainty. If you plan a real adventure single adventure travel south of the border or into Asia, get a KLR or DR650. You will never be going faster than 65 anyway. Would it really be a better world if we all agreed on the right bike and all rode the same right bike?
A plug for Parabellum: I can t say anything about the Tenere but I ve owned Charlie Perethian designed windshields and fairing since he was part of Rifle in the early eighties. Every one has worked very well, quiet smooth air flow and increased single adventure travel milage and performance. I have a Rifle Sport on my Sportster, I had the same fairing on my 82 BMW and it works as well on the Harley as it did on the Beemer.
I am also a Geezer Rider (62) with 45+ years of riding single adventure travel and agree with Bill M. I have put 20,000 plus miles on mine of which approximately 15,000 were paved and 5,000 a mixture of gravel, hard packed dirt and some pretty rocky trails as well. I have had zero problems with it. The right tires for off road riding make a BIG difference. This is a touring bike that can do gravel roads and forest access trails as well. I have seen people in sand and silt with it as well(not me). It is big and heavy but the beauty of today s motorcycle market is we have the best choices ever. So if you can figure out what are the most important traits for the type of riding you want to do, there is a bike out there for it. And yes, I know, we all want lighter, more powerful, more features and cheaper.
By the way I got a Wunderlich Tobinator Windcreen Adjuster with the taller Yamaha shield and it works great, very little buffeting. I raise it to the top on the highways and drop it down in the dirt. I believe Touratech makes a similar accessory.
I guess I must be a geezer too! My S-10 has about 22K miles now about 12K from my 22 day journey up and around Alaska last June. I love the bike. The changes on the new model intrigue me. Also, this bike makes a great stable-mate for my FJR; it s nice having the choice every morning.
hey..good to see the adventure market growing..the Yamaha..its more a street bike with some off road points..the thing is that these manufacters are building motorcycles with comfort and style,,if you can ride it on backroads that s good,,for sure change single adventure travel out the tires,,I heard Honda put in the US patent rights for 2014 the badge {Africa twin} so we might see it,,back in 1989 and 1990 the transalp was entered here,,a bike ahead of its time and the America market didn,t and still to some degree not understand the concept of these types of bikes,,they are the HUMMERS of bikes,,go anywhere,,seek places no one travels to,, so praise the manufacturers for building these bikes,,their is a bike for everyone..some bike,,some small..we all enjoy the passion of riding,,lets not put it down..now get out there and do a ride,,a safe and enjoyable one as well..
If I was truly buying an adventure bike first on my list would be how much does it weigh? then we could go to power and amenities. Clearly this one is not in the hunt but I do commend them for being beak-less.
Ten years ago I would have never thought single adventure travel that the future would offer this many choices in Adventuring bikes. The new Yammy is a great bike. And there are a lot of other great bikes. And the really good news is that all of this competition single adventure travel is forcing manufactures to make their already great bikes even better.
I owned a 2012 for one year. The worst buffeting you can ever imagine with this bike. Tried a madstad and different windshields and it was always annoying. He stock windshield was just terrible. I would not own one of these until they make huge changes to the wind management. The engine has plenty of power and it is comfortable to sit on. After 6000 miles of head pounding I got rid of it. They just did not design the bike for someone 6 feet tall. Take a very thorough test ride if you are thinking about one of these. The buffeting can be awful depending on your height.
BTW, the Yamaha also get poor milage (average 37.9 MPG) Vs. the GS (44.0 MPG). The Yammie needs the extra .72 gallons to have similar range. it also makes less power, peak HP/ torque Tenere 91.3/72.3 Vs. BMW 94.99/ 71.83. Same dyno/ same operator.
So these Adventure bikes weigh more than a 1200cc Sportster that is not intended for off-road use. Hmm .I see now why someone would convert a Sportster into an adventure bike to end up with a bike that weighs less than a BMW or Yamaha purpose-built adventure machine! Ain t progress great!
I m not a weight weenie but I d be a lot more impressed if they dropped 50 pounds off the bike. The Tenere is the heaviest bike in the class by a bunch. Not a great thing on the pavement and a clearly bad thing off the pavement.
Since Yamaha now has mid-sized parallel twins with the same sort of crank and that use counterbalancing single adventure travel similar to the Honda 700cc parallel twins, an obvious question is whether they have added the same sort of counterbalancing single adventure travel to this engine. I would be surprised, because it would be too big of a change. I think I probably would prefer the 900cc triple over this.
I m afraid I m not sure what you are trying to say the Tenere has had counterbalances from day one. A 1200CC 270 degree paralel twin has hug