Hi folks,
Anyone heard if there ia a new Super Tenere in the pipe line?

I've asked the question elsewhere and had little return.
I had heard that a bike was sighted in the Italian Alps of adventure styling but it had a three cylinder engine fitted.....
I doubt this will end up being the configuration, rather a parallel twin of 1000cc capacity, but saying that, funnier things have developed in the past.

Timpo.

Thought it was to be fitted with a new twin 1200cc lump. If that is to be the case it just shows Yamaha haven't learned anything from putting a big cruiser motor into a sports bike chassis and creating the poor selling MT01.

If the Super Tenere was due out soon with a twin of about 1000cc I might have held back on my purchase of the 660Z. Now with the Africa Twin out of the equation and the rather prissy Transalp aiming squarely at road-riders I reckon a harder edged Super Tenere would take a healthy market share.

Just my tuppence worth

givit

Sounds more like a Triumph Tiger to me

Or at least a more adventure based verison of one having made the Tiger more road biased.

If they're gonna do it I predict Yamaha will stick the TDM engine in and be done with it. Oh and I would quite like an MT-01 if anyone is giving one away...

...I gave mine away for the new Tenere.


Nevertheless nothing heard about a new Super Tenere, except the common drawings or photoshops, you can find in the moto magazins.

Gruss
hombacher

I agree (with both sentiments - MT01 is a great looking bike x)...

Personally I can't see Yamaha developing a whole new engine (or even a frame), for such a limited market machine... sure the Adventure segment is growing, but it is still tiny compared to supersports and cruisers in a worldwide market...

Therefore, it makes perfect sense to revamp the 900TDM (perhaps with a slight capacity increase to around a litre if the cylinders will allow), fit a 19 or 21 inch front wheel, raise the suspenson a little and fit some 660Z inspired bodywork. I'd also hope they would develop a slightly more robust factory luggage system too.

This way, the bike would be significantly different to the uber trailies (1200cc+) as to not to illicit direct comparision, and at the same time be both cheaper and more appropriate for true RTW travel.

That said, a litre/twin cylinder bike is still going to be inherently heavier, more complex, and while you might like the ability to cruise at 100mph on the highway, two up, with luggage - as others have said, the compromise will be less 'serious' off-road ability...

Personally I question the need for any more than one cylinder and any more weight/performance than the current 660Z offers on a true travel bike?

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That is what I suspected.......
I will certainly be very interested in the new S10.
Oh and as for the Africa Twin, did you not hear about Honda's leaked plan?
With the 'adventure' bike market set to bursting with interest, how come it's only the Euros (KTM, BMW and Yam Italy) that are acting on it? I wonder if it is anything to do with the EuroIV regs and brand new model introduction.

It's fun listening to the rumors though.....

Timpo.

We don't even have the "new" Tenere out in South Africa, but even down here, which is pretty much nowhere, i've heard rumours of a Yamaha "adventure bike" with a 1000cc twin motor......

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This is a "mockup" i found somewhere.....

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