Hello from colorado Dmadden

[Dmadden]

Hello all, just bought my gt tiger 1200 today I have been riding a super tenere and it has been a good bike I just need to get some excitement into my life again and I fell in love with the explorer the minute I rode it.
So hello from Colorado in the usa
Dmadden

[NorthumBryan]

  to the forum from the UK 

[KenW]

Welcome to the forum from Oz.
After I'd made the mistake of test riding a Tiger in 2015, I tried to get a ride on a Super Tenere to compare, without success.  So Tiger it was.  Now on my second one.
I'd be interested in hearing about the differences you notice.

(I also tried a BMW GS1200, didn't like it from the start.  Guess they've improved since then.)

[Jon]

  to the family, D. Congrats on the new ride. Have fun & ride safe in one of the most beautiful areas of our country!

[Dmadden]

Originally Posted by KenW

Welcome to the forum from Oz.
After I'd made the mistake of test riding a Tiger in 2015, I tried to get a ride on a Super Tenere to compare, without success.  So Tiger it was.  Now on my second one.
I'd be interested in hearing about the differences you notice.

(I also tried a BMW GS1200, didn't like it from the start.  Guess they've improved since then.)
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I rode the tenere for a year I actually bought it from another state they are really hard to find here, so I had never even rode one before but I liked it so I bought it. I kept seeing youtube videos saying how boring they are which made no sense to me because it did everthing I asked from it....Ten I test rode a tiger yesterday and soon realized how damn boring my tenere was.   Now I have a bright and shiny tiger and a pissed off wife because I bought a new motorcycle. I have owned a GS before and I wasn't to impressed, but I was actually thinking about going back to a GS .....up to and until I test rode the tiger and I new in the 1st 5 miles I was buying it

[KenW]

Originally Posted by Dmadden

I rode the tenere for a year ... I kept seeing youtube videos saying how boring they are

Funny you should say that.  Before my first Tiger, I had a Yamaha XJ900S Diversion (two of them, S/H).  I read an article in an Australian bike magazine about how boring they were.  I was offended, but guess it must have been right.   

[Dmadden]

The Tenere is a really comfortable bike and very smooth it just doesn't have any thrills with it....it's just a bike. It feels like you are riding a slow semi heavy bike...at 600lbs the word semi sounds funny but Yamaha did a good job at making it feel like it isn't so heavy but the tiger and the Tenere are definitely 2 different bikes that look very similar. My wife isn't really thrilled with me spending that much cash because she thinks I just bought the same bike again. Try telling someone that knows nothing about motorcycles that they are very different....It is just easier to deal with her anger.

[Fuze]

Hello and welcome!  The 1200 just hits the mark. 

[NiK]

Hi and welcome from France!

Colorado is easy to find good music! Here is the obvious (a bit dance-ish for my taste but still good musci ;-)