Thought I'd tell you my little story of problems with the Tenere over the last 6 weeks.

It was due it's 6000mile service on 7th September, bang on 12 months old.
Having pre paid for a service schedule at the local dealer I obviously took it back there to have it done.

For a few months prior to the service, the rear suspension started squeaking badly. So I asked them to look at it for me, they found the bearings and swingarm spindle badly corroded and arranged to have them sorted under warranty, no problems.

I took it back a week later to have the work done, no squeaking now.

However, when I got it back it started handling very strangely. Didnt want to turn into low speed corners, bike felt very stiff steering wise while riding. Didn't seem too bad stationary, and the original Metzeler Tourances were very worn in the centre, so thought it might be the tyres.
I then fitted a brand new set of TKC80's on it, hoping it would be fine, but it was the same, and getting worse. So I asked the local dealer if they had touched the steering on the service or during the warranty work, they said no.
So dropped it into them to look at, and lo and behold the steering bearings have also corroded.
But this time they seemed less interested in doing under warranty, as they said it could be wear and tear.
I havent had a final answer off them yet about the warranty, but surely its not wear and tear.
Oh and my cush drive rubbers are falling apart again, had them replaced under warranty 2500 miles ago.

Shame really, I have loved riding this bike for the last year, but why didnt they build them better.
Rugged adventure bike my butt.

Hopefully they will agree to do them under warranty and I can enjoy for another year.
Phil