xtz 750 super tenere

[kennymact]

Looking at a 1990 tenere and how does it compare to the africa twin,any comments ,experience,tips welcome...

[StumpyFingers]

from what I have seen of them they are an imitation, they do not have the Honda ruggedness.
Other than that they seem well capable.

[Larry Biskit]

A mate has one, having ridden it and with him for many miles, can say I like it, just faster than my @, (up to 100kph). With the smooth parallel twin, it felt slim and nimble, but many things similar to the @. Maybe didnt handle as well in turns, couldve been his old tyre though. Mate says its great offroad, good bike all round, be nice to own one.

[Gaz]

Hi Kennymact, I've had both. Had the Super Tenere about 10 years ago and have the AT now. If I had a choice of either now, I'd go for the Africa Twin. Better handling, better looking, easier to get spares for, spares are generally cheaper too. I think the Africa Twin seems to be held in higher regard by other bikers too (apart from Tenere owners of course). Having said that, the Tenere was extremely reliable (just like the AT), and could pretty much go anywhere (just like the AT). I think the AT is a bit heavier, so if you dropped the Tenere (like I did), it wouldn't be too much hassle lifting it by yourself, whereas I struggled when I dropped the AT.

As balanced a persepctive as possible, hope it helps.

Gaz

[Zenarchy]

I've got an old copy of a motorbike magazine from 1990 where they review the tenere, africa twin, and cagiva elephant side by side.

The cagiva comes out tops, followed closely by the africa twin, then the tenere (which didn't seem to fair so well - though this may have been due to comparisons with a previous model if my memory is correct - been a good while since I read it).

You won't be able to PM me because you haven't subscribed to the forum yet, but if you can post your email address here (obfuscate it by putting spaces in and replace the @ sign with another symbol so the spam bots can't pick it up), and I'll see if I can scan it and email over the article for you.

Or I could post it here if that's OK with the admins (not sure if I'll get wrong for that it being from a magazine - but it is an old one so may be OK).

[chronyx]

Would be cool to see it...

[Underground]

Are you looking at that one on TM ? Looks real tidy. I know of a couple of guys down your way with S 10's and will be riding with them in the DB1K09 so it will be interesting to see if they can cut the mustard against the mighty RD03 .If you are a member of the Kiwi Biker forum check out the adventure dual purpose threads and you will find them there.
Mostly the difference seems to be rivalry between the owners of both models , but if anyone knows I would be interested to know how much each cost new back in the day ?? The most expensive one could then be considered the best (or mabe not ?)

[Lumiya]

S10's are faster and tend to be cheaper, also a lot of people swap out the 750 motor for a TDM850 (the later ones have a 270 degree crank that gives them a lot more torque) and there are even a few mods currently on the go with different people putting in the tdm 900cc internals/barrels complete with the EFI. If you go for one then look out for cracks in the rear engine mounts, corrosion on the rear sub-frame and front sprockets welded into place...

[Zenarchy]

but if anyone knows I would be interested to know how much each cost new back in the day ?? The most expensive one could then be considered the best (or mabe not ?)

I've just found the magazine article I mentioned (Superbike October 1990) shows the prices of the three bikes as:

Cagiva Elefant : £7750
Africa Twin: £5350
Yamaha SuperTenere : £4259

They came out in the same order in the review too, with the Elefant top and Tenere being least favourite (so you may be right about the more expensive being best - though it was up against some tough competition and this is only the reviewers opinion ofcourse - I know some people have been around the world on them so they can't be that bad - they look great to my eyes - particularly the older ones - though I have a soft spot for 80/90s trail bikes).

I'll try to get it scanned in a bit later (don't have a lot of time right now as I'm waiting for a phone call and can't leave the phone).