Very nice report, real summer of love ;)

I'm interested to buy the metal mule frame and panniers. They seem to be the strongest on the market.
But the 31 liter you mension which is certainly bigger then the yam ones, makes only 1 litre diffirence, since the yam panniers are 30 litre.

If i buy the metal mule panniers tot replace my yam panniers, i would take the 38 litre version.

Here some pics of my 1 week old tenere:
http://picasaweb.google.com/bonimacx/BoniSYamahaTenere#

Woo-hoo! Picked up my new tenere yesterday. Done about 60 miles so far and I'm really impressed with everything - it's so smooth, the suspension is superb, the engine is really punchy low-mid, and the screen keeps the wind away. Can't wait to take it out again.

http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/o...1/IMG_0307.jpg
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/o...1/IMG_0308.jpg
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/o...1/IMG_0309.jpg

she is gorgeous, proper colour too!

Well done.

Cheers! Yeah, I'm loving the way she looks too. For the first time in a while I'm looking forward to the Monday morning commute!
Next step, ask family members for accessories for xmas...

Nice bike mate :ytiller:, hahaha xmas, you'll not be able to wait till then!!!!!:toothy9:

Congrats, Andy! Hold on to it, the khaki and the white Tenere's are only made this year(gonna be collector's items?), next year blue, red and black. I know what ya mean, I got mine in june and covered 8000km 'till today and I always want to go for another ride(even when I just came back from a ride!)! It's an awesome piece of machinerie! Look on this here site for all kinds of parts&accessories, reviews and such. ENJOY!! Greetz, Hans.

@Andy: I see you got the Michelin Sirac as first original tires, do you like them? Most new Tenere's are delivered with Metzeler Tourance tires, it's the first one I see with Sirac's. I'm happy with my Tourance's, I also had them on my former bike, a XT600E, and got high mileage with them and good grip wet&dry. Greetz, Hans.

Welcome Andyroo! You know, there are American Thanksgiving (and possibly Canadian Thanksgiving too) and Halloween before X'mas.

@Dallas: Cheers mate! My last bike (03 Transalp) had tourances fitted to them, which were really good in all conditions. Compared to each other I haven't seen a major difference tbh, but I would say they performed really well in the wet, so yeah, happy with the siracs.

@josephau: not forgetting bonfire night, eid ul adha and hanukkah, that covers me for bash plate, panniers and heated grips...

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!