Just rode my new Tenere for the first time today...fab!! It was a tentative start, we had just had a mighty downpour of sleet rain and the Tourance tyres were brand new. I had based buying the bike on the reviews on this site, talking to owners etc. I have had big sports bikes, then a Honda XR650R which I love. I have travelled all over Ireland on the XR, but just yearned for a big single, of the Adventure travel type but one that had a few more luxuries, ie electric start, a battery, a key even. It still needed to be a simple roughly tufty kind of bike and the Tenere seemed just the job. With just 20 miles done I'm already thinking I made a good choice!! Great forum , thanks