TransAlp/Tenere test in TBM mag this month

[MCsanandreas]

not had a chance to read it yet but the two bikes are ridden off road in the Pyrenees(HUMM i think) good pics and TBM always do "proper" tests on traillies.

[ladder106]

Would you expand "TBM" for us illiterate Yanks.

I'd like to see if I can find it on this side of the Atlantic.

Thanks

[Treadtrader]

Try this www.trailbikemag.com

[MCsanandreas]

Try this www.trailbikemag.com

^^^beat me to it! i am not sure if the mag sells in newsagents in the U.S.A. but you should be able to get copies thru the web site.

[ladder106]

[MandoBear]

It's actually a pretty good review - gives a good sense of the strengths and weaknesses of both bikes, concludes that in an ideal world you'd have the Alp's engine in the Tenere's frame, but the writer (Barni) finally comes to the conclusion that the Transalp excites him more than the Tenere - which is a fair enough opinion!

[SILVALP]

It's actually a pretty good review - gives a good sense of the strengths and weaknesses of both bikes, concludes that in an ideal world you'd have the Alp's engine in the Tenere's frame, but the writer (Barni) finally comes to the conclusion that the Transalp excites him more than the Tenere - which is a fair enough opinion!

Are you Listening Honda ?

Hope So

[iainnic]

Probably one of the best reviews of the bikes I've seen side by side. At least they're not comparing the Tenere or Alp with a 1200GS Panzer costing twice the cash as some have recently !

TBM's an excellent mag but it looks like its struggling through the recession as they've dropped some regular feature writers - worth the subscrition if you can afford it to keep them going.
Iain

[MCsanandreas]

Probably one of the best reviews of the bikes I've seen side by side. At least they're not comparing the Tenere or Alp with a 1200GS Panzer costing twice the cash as some have recently !

TBM's an excellent mag but it looks like its struggling through the recession as they've dropped some regular feature writers - worth the subscrition if you can afford it to keep them going.
Iain

i agree! i have been buying from issue no1 and still think it is about the best bike mag out there. one of only two mags i always buy now.

[Farky]

Decent review with writing as much about the ride experience as the bikes review which is refreshingly different.

Might subscribe to this, never noticed the mag before, like the compact size too.

Would be good to have the Panzer F800 included or compared too, maybe the F650 but i dont rate it at all for road use.