That's good to know Pleiades,the ktm stuff was pretty reasonable as well but to be honest if you had it crashbarred up like mine was it was very well protected.The downside was tho it just added to the amount of kit you had to take off to service it so 3hrs for an oil change was not unknown. The yam looks so much easier.

It is, provided you've nailed a system for not covering your front wheel in used oil when you undo the drain plug! ;)

20 mins for oil change, 30 tops with a filter swap, and a good portion of that is the faffing about adjusting/checking the level afterwards.

For Tenere:
Guranteed to never let you down.
Will go through and over anything in its way.
Full tank will take you to the moon.
Brakes good even without ABS.
Easy to move around in car parks etc.
Easy home servicing and cleaning.
Cheap parts readily available on ebay and the like.
No expensive throttle bodies to balance or shims to replace when doing tappets that main dealers bankrupt you for.
Happy going to local shops as it is going to Morroco.
Cruise at 75 to 80 mph easily all day which is more than sufficient for most.
Cheap insurance.
Gets under your skin and becomes part of you.

Against Tenere:
Very high to mount and disembark.
Not so smooth as most twins/4cylinders.
Seat can be hard on long trips.
Obviously not same power output but 80mph cruising is more than sufficient for most.
Typical big single thumper vibes and heavy engine breaking on chain/rear wheel.

A lot of these things are improvable though with a few mods.