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I agree with Dazzer, I found the Africa Twin was a little better for cruising onroad and had better corner stability. But that being said, overall the tenere is a much better bike, better weight, fuel consumption, brakes and easy to work on. The tenere surely is an upgrade.

I have a 3600 word report on my ownership in the process. Should be on line in the coming week.

I can only say that this bike takes me where I want to go and I sit on it for 10 hours on a Sunday. It's the biz.

The Tenere rocks and does just about everything..

You need to get the air in and out better than the standard bike to help it pull, so an uprated air filter / Kev's fuel mod or PC and exhaust are crucial..

As above. Sort the fueling, air filter and exhaust and you'll increase the useable rev range by 1000-1500rpm. Makes a huge difference to tractability.

I just fitted a 14 tooth front sprocket. Jobs a good un. lol

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Originally Posted by jimmysimpson (Post 159255)

I just fitted a 14 tooth front sprocket. Jobs a good un. lol

You're just toothless!:toothy11:

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Originally Posted by dazzerrtw (Post 159229)

I did this last year Sold a Africa Twin and bought a Tenere.

If this helps in my experience.....

I'm the same hight as you and find that on the Tenere your legs are in a better postion than on the Africa Twin on very long runs, but that does put more weight on to your back side.

If your doing more road miles then the Africa Twin is by far the better bike
If however you intend to take your bike off road quite a bit then the Tenere is the better bike.

The Tenere motor does gets better after 10,000 miles , but you will still need to work the gear box more than you would on the Africa Twin
There is also more room on the Tenere for a pillion.

I have been thinking of going back to a V twin because I miss the feel of the Africa Twins motor as it suits my riding style better, but that said I know that whats on the market wont be as good off road as the Tenere is..

Dazzer

Cheers Dazzer thought i remembered name from xrv forum picking up ten next week , twin is for sale :family:What are mods i need to do got a mate trying to put me off reckons there are loads of things to do that Yamaha shoud have done ???

Yer mate's just jealous min.

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Originally Posted by will27 (Post 159447)

The stock Tenere is already a good bike.

If your getting a second hand one I would strip the head stock and clean and repack the bearings with a good grease..

If you intend to take it off road , then fit a good alloy sump guard { although some have left the standered plastic one on and it's been fine } the GIT from Adv spec seems the strongest out there at the moment.

And thats about it .

ps your will save on fuel as the Tenere does about 25 miles to the gallon more than the Africa twin :toothy10: