50,000 Mile Review of My 2016 Yamaha Super Tenere.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- Bitter Sweet 50,000 mi honest review of my 2016 60th anniversary Yamaha Super T. I bought this bike a little over 3 years ago from a much older gentleman and was the typical garage Queen with low miles. I'm sure it had never seen anything but pavement before I decided to do several thousand mile trip on mostly gravel... this bike has performed flawlessly and as you will hear I only had three small gripes about the bike all no big deal other than the elephant in the room, that it is top heavy and note the word h e a v y. Now, understand when I say off-road I am speaking of fire service roads, gravel, hard packed cow trails, but staying away from anything soft because this bike is over 600 lb, add gear, and my 240 lb self puts this bike at 900 lb so don't kid yourself and think that it's a dirt bike. Plus I'm not Charlie borman...
The first thing I like the best about the bike is the looks and the fact it does not have a beak and does not look like everything else on the road. Second favorite thing is the shaft drive, extremely low maintenance but my past few bikes all were chain so that's not that big of a deal for me.
Reliability. This is my number one concern of the bike that I chose and will be taking delivery of next week... praying it is just as reliable as this bike has been for a little over 3 years. Maintenance on this bike is very easy except for the air cleaner... takes me about 3 hours to do an oil change and air cleaner maintenance so not too bad.
All service that I've had done by the dealer was nothing over the top expensive and parts for the bike are readily available. All day comfort riding, more power than all of my cruiser friends, much faster than all of my cruiser friends, can lug up twisties without downshifting but yet when you want to throttle up and take it to the rev limiter this bike is capable but please understand to me it's a little sluggish but I've had other friends ride this bike that said it scared them to death but again their cruiser guys. I pray my new bike will be reliable and put that big giant smile on my face every time I get on it like this bike does. The only reason I did not go back to a super T was there has been no major update on this bike since 2014 other than electronic suspension and heated grips. I have really been waiting to see what Indian was going to come up with since they've got three four years with the 1200 motor on the FTR and expected the motor group to build a fantastic ADV as an answer to the Pan America but unfortunately looks like we're waiting at least one more year. So like I've said a couple of times this is bittersweet because of the fact I love this bike And it has performed every task of asked of it. As for me & the majority of riders it could really be what we call a "unicorn" bike... And please exclude hardcore off-road riding as 90% of people that do ADV do not fit that category either... but this bike does twisties very well, gravel, back roads, and also has all-day cruising comfort, but when you want to take a different route it's capable or you want to follow along or sporty or riders it's got that capability too. Shaft drive will be the number one thing I will miss...... so for now thank you for 40,000 miles, 3 years of fun & never left me stranded anywhere. I Hope the next owner has as much fun on this bike as I have, it deserves a great home. There are plenty of great used Super T's on line with super low miles.
these bikes sell between 8 and 10,000 all day long and will be a good choice for anyone wanting to get off of a big cruiser and dabble with gravel roads back roads with a super reliable machine.
Hope you enjoyed my video.
May God Bless you and always remember to Give thanks before you KSU and ask God for protection to and fro... Stay tuned for my NEW bike. After watching this video I realized right off the bat I called myself VP and realized oops nope I'm the President of my chapter here in TXK so wanted to clarify that.
It's great to someone in a MC/MM that's not neck deep in the Harley cruiser koolaid. I ride in a MM on the opposite side of Arkansas, and I'm always the odd man out on my ST. Maybe someday I can join you on a ride.
As far as the ST goes, i think if you'd flashed the ECU instead of just running the tuner, you might still be on it. It makes touring feel like sport and sport feel like a mid-size sport bike, and it gets rid of that snatchy throttle response. You may have been running rich, given what the exhaust did to your platics.
I've looked at the PA a few times and always come down to, with the mods I've done to my ST, that the PA doesn't offer anything want.
I'll look and see if I can find your PA review. Like you, I've heard the horror stories, and reviews from bagger riders, so I'd like to hear from ADV rider.
I just recently got a 2014 super tenere and just like you, I came from a vstrom 650. I just happened to stumble across mine at one of my local dealers with a stock photo on the listing. Went to go see it and do a test drive, found out when I got there it was tricked out with a full cage, skid plate, full box set, full akrapovic exhaust, and ECU tuned from a local to me dyno tuner. The only things I am looking at changing is the Seat and putting some slightly more aggressive tires on it when the existing are done. Other than that I love it so far.
@@krdunn001 they are great bikes no doubt.
Almost ready to give my 6,000 mi review on my new Pan America
Update for you it is absolutely a beast of a motorcycle and can say it's the most fun motorcycle I think I have ever owned.
Good luck on your Super T.
I have a 2020 Super Tenere. The Super Tenere is a road bike, any kind of road, but a road bike. It is a fantastic bike in the mountains, and the winding roads, it will handle the gravel and dirt roads easily. If you are not happy with Touring mode or Sport mode flash the ECU it will smooth out the throttle and unleash the power. Yamaha screwed up the throttle response in sport mode to meet EPA specifications. It is easily fixed by flashing the ECU.
Superb colour and very hard to find. Keep it mate it’s a tool that will last.
I Love my 2020 Super Tenere. I use for long distance travel and my other bikes for local travel. The S T. is comfortable and reliable for touring. I get at least 200 miles on a Full Tank before the fuel light comes on
Sorry I didn't edit out some of the wind noise or me stepping on my helmet basically did the video came in downloaded stuck it on the internet.
Read my comment breaks down a few other things but bottom line is I would highly recommend a super tea because of reliability and price.
My 2018 xt12ze raid edition has 150.000kms and still looks brand new, also mechanicaly...Its an awesome machines..that colour scheme Its awesome bro...
I have a ST, love it! Harley pan America isn’t without its problems, the Yamaha will probably be more reliable. But you stated you’ve done your research, I hope you have no problems. Son Chaser, CMA in southern Oregon.
Very clean after 50,000 miles
I love the looks of the bike, it reminds me a lot of my 2011 XT1200Z!
Sweet video. Ready to get my hands on a super tenere
What clamp are you using on your engine guards for your lights? Is the engine guard a 1' tubing?
I have a 2019 Tenere ES that I bought in 2020 and I just passed 80,000km with no issues.
People in the USA have videos where they have ridden 300,000 miles (500,000km) on their teneres with no issues. It is the most dependable ADV bike out there.
Just got back from a trip down the PCH where to keep up with traffic we were riding at 180kph (111MPH) all day long and the Tenere did it no problems.
Cheap to buy, cheap to maintain and bullet proof reliability...what's not to like.
Good luck with your Pan America. A friend of mine has a 2023 Pan America and has had nothing but computer problem after computer problem. First the new bike wouldn't start, then it needed constant firmware updates to keep it running. It's always in the shop being fixed. Heat from the motor has melted thru his coolant hose causing the motor to overheat. He has almost no km's on the bike cause it's always in the shop. Parts availability for the Pan America is also an issue. Every time he needs some computer piece it takes months to get.
The Pan America is beautiful and sparkly...but if you want an ADV bike to be able to ride and not spend all your time in the shop, I'd stick with the Tenere.
Ride safe.
This bike is long gone.
Traded it.
I do not remember what size the crash bars were but they were made by Givy.
Had my Pan American now for 4 months, already put 7200 miles on it and amazing machine.
Stage 2 kit, 0 to 60 less than 3 seconds, top speed 162, extremely agile, and makes jumps like a dirt bike.
Been through two sets of rear tires already.
Not one issue, not one problem.
Bought it in 2 days later was back in for the 1,000 mile service.
@@VictoryRidersTXKUSA
Great to hear, have fun
I seen your bike at walker first turn It’s a nice bike
Blah blah, blah blah 😂😜👍 . That was pretty good 👍
I had a vstrom 650 and looking for something different you mentioned top heavy , in your opinion is the tenere not as top heavy thanks Steve
Had a 2012 VStrom 650.. put 65k on it and sold it to my nephew in Tennessee.
There was no comparison between the Super T and the V-Strom.
To be strong is light and nimble and when I first went to the super T I felt like I was on top of a Sherman tank.
That super tea had every tuner you could put on it and rode very fast but brother it is a heavy or scared I say top heavy machine and if you notice you sit on top of it and not down inside of it.
Now after 2000 miles on my Pan America it feels 200 or 300 lb lighter than my super T..
Of course it's not that much lighter but it feels like it.
So go test ride a Super T because if anyone tries to tell you it does not feel top heavy their lying or drunk...
Haha.
You saw the video and know that I absolutely love that super tea but I'm going to say this new PA puts a smile on my face every single time so big that it reminds me of the v65 Magda I had many many years ago.
Except faster.
I had a klr for years and hated it. I bought a 23 tenere a week ago and fn love it
Mine has a button to turn off ABS, is a 2012.
My button only turns off traction control...
To get abs OFF, you have to put it on center stand and run 2 gear till light goes off .
@@VictoryRidersTXKUSA No, I made a custom switch that turns ABS off instantly. Highly recommend the mod. 😎