Has anyone on here come from a 1200/1250gs to a 700 tenere?
Most has been said already. One thing to consider is reliability and the Tenere due to its simplicity and the fabulous CP2 motor, wins hands down. You just don’t worry about it! You are comparing fun with function. I like both of them but somehow that ‘lesser’ bike makes me smile far more.
Light, nimble but a bit tall (no probs if you are 1.80 and over) and it goes far faster than you would think looking at the numbers. Hard seat means pain starts creeping in after a couple of hours but if you spend time standing I would say it’s better and certainly easier than the GS. No TC so care is required for fast, on road driving. Also if you are over 90 kg the rear spring suffers and needs upgrading. For long on road travel look elsewhere, the GS is king, when it works.
For ATC I suspect the Tenere will shine, well above the GS but then again all this is just my opinion which could be different than yours.
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Interesting that I'm around 105 kgs with my gear on and have no issue with the rear spring, also, TC.....how did we ever manage to ride before TC....I don't think I have ever required it, may be I'm just shite or may be I'm a riding god but again it's another thing that has been added to bikes relatively recently at great expense yet when I had Gixxer thous and R1's doing track days long before they came with TC I seemed to manage and was about to be sub a minute round Knockhill so wasn't that slow.
Apologies for the rant, wasn't directed at you more manufacturers for the price of bikes nowadays.
All new large capacity bikes now have ABS as standard, all except very low volume like my CCM which only needs SVA , so traction control shouldn’t add any real extra complexity or cost. Im surprised the T7 hasn’t got it . I’m with you all the way smaller bike being more fun
If you don’t mind me asking, what do you have your preload set to get the 60mm sag?