Everybody, thanks for your advice, this is the stuff Im after. Real owner insights.

Petenz, I could go for the R anytime too. I take it you go off-road quite a bit? Good point about the weight, especially on dirt, gravel roads and rocky hills.

ChrisHx, "much less vibration than Tenere". That's what I was afraid of. My xt600e could vibrate a bit at high speeds and I didnt like it, hence. Isnt it better to just remove the windscreen off the Tenere to eliminate the turbulence?? Better exhaust or front suspension though?

Captmoto and Pleiades, THANKS I feel welcome and home already! Great site!

Pepsi, nice bike! Are the KTM parts affordable? I imagine they are much more expensive than the Tenere and Im always on a budget.

Hi and welcome to the forum

after owning both r and z I'd go for the z again, it's better for the adventure riding but if you where just doing smaller runs with more off roads I'd say r with a high raised can. Each have there strengths and weaknesses but it depends what you get use to, can live with/tolerant

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Didn't find turbulence/wind buffeting bad at all on the Tenere, no worse than on the other bikes but there's a bit of vibration through the bars that's all, although not too bad at speed.