Found this today hadnt seen this b4 but this is what Yamaha should have done it looks like our 660's just a bit beefier

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ05u...=youtube_gdata

if only ....

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That is what is should looked like not what they did (((((((((

That would have beena fantastic bike indeed!.....They missed a chance there for a definate market leader I think.

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Instead of a 990 killer they designed a competitor for the Moto Guzzi Stelvio

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Virtually noone buys 990As anyway... and they are a derivative of a whole range of other bikes KTM already make (and are over �11,000 now anyway)

Yamaha are never going to invest in the development of bike that at best would sell a few hundred units a year...

Perhaps if they had just revamped the TDM they could have done it on a budget - but then it would always be considered 'soft' compared to the KTM...

If you really want a 990, just buy a 990...?!

J xx

ps. I agree that Mr Photoshop in the video link did a nice job... however, If they had built something like that (ie basic and rugged) I feel it wouldn't have compared favorably in the GSA market, and would simply be seen as an expensive version of the 660Z?

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Spot on. It would of been a lot better and a lot cheaper too.

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IMHO I think that it is simply a direct marketing attack on the Bavarian camp of Bee eeM UU. Clearly BMUU have the large capacity adventure bike category (>1000cc) almost to themselves and Yamaha have launched this product to try to gain market share where they were not represented previously. I do wonder what the world wide market is for the over 1000cc adventure bike is?

The question remains: Will the potential large capacity adventure bike customers be wooed by the Super Tenere? We will have to wait and see .....

However, I am still delighted with my TEN, now just over a year old and serving me well in the urban jungle of Paris ..... plus continental trips (two-up + touratech luggage full to the brim) around and about Europe.

:-(( .... all i can say is that i am totally dissapointed in what they created.
www.super-tenere.com was one of those websites that made me affraid of opening it another time...spam, virus alert and violations on my pc predicted.

think a 800 should have done the trick...
GB

Have you ever seen what comes out of 990 engine at each oil change? You could build couple of screws with that metal! I really need a 990 ADV but build by japo! Thats why I didnt buy a 990 adv in the first place. This and the fact that my 09 Ten came new at the same price as a third hand 950 adv....

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