Phew.....thought you had chopped in your Tenere when I saw the photo Desert Racer. ...! You have echoed my thoughts as I recently had an hour on a friends new Triumph Tiger and came to the same conclusion. Brilliant bike, but a 'road' bike. Not the go anywhere /high up/ grunty / roughty-tufty individual bike my Tenere is! . If I were rich I'd have a garage full of bikes, although actually the thing I find myself shortest of is 'time'....Riding time. So I'm sticking with my brilliant Tenere and am going to spend as much time as possible riding it and enjoying it! Steve