After a year of absence, we only had the lowered Tenere with ABS for 2011, for 2012 we also will have the standard higher suspension&seatheight Tenere again(without ABS, the original). So, there's a choice; good decision, YamahaNL!! Colour of the standard Tenere: Matt Grey.
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Now that,,,, is a good colour.

Personally, I thin the Tenere suits more 'earthy' colours, sort of understated, no need for flashy bling bits, just good honest hard working bike of the people.

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Sorry GULG, can't agree. Bad, gloomy colour. No rear chain guide. Probably the same regulator. Non-adjustable suspension?

Come on Yamaha! Fix it. It's excusable for the first few years; after that the troops have a right to feel that value for money is slipping away imo.

I quite like the grey. Much better than hearing-aid beige.

Needs more yellow though

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Ah. So. But it doesn't matter, it seems stoic bloke. I have been badly outnumbered so far re colour anyway .

But essentially the colour doesn't matter imo. Yamaha does not appear to have upgraded the weak/missing bits, which is now an issue, I think.

Much as I love my Tenere, if you look at it objectively a DR650 is <60% of the new price. The DR has proven, good reliability, a rear chain guide and an oil cooler without the hassles of water cooling, and any other stuff you need like a 30L tank will still see you come out about $4kAUD ahead. Easily. Good colour or not, I believe the Tenere is now showing poor value, as it's barely as competent (stock) as the aforementioned DR, with potential reliabilty issues thrown in. I would be more than happy to be proved wrong about that right now.

Not to mention that the DR is lower, lighter and about the same performance level. With completely standard engines and exhausts, and modified standard suspension, two DR650s hold the record for the east-west crossing of Australia (about 5000km of sealed roads, desert tracks and dirt roads, including the 1100 sandhills of the Simpson Desert). That record is 92 hours. Look it up on the interweb; the route goes from Byron Bay in New South Wales to Steep Point in Western Oz.

Yamaha need to lift the Tenere's game, again imo.