I'
m a long-time Tenere fan. Before the XT600ZE featured on the front of my new Desert Travels ebook (right), I owned the first-generation kickstart model and like everyone else of a certain age, in the 1980s adapted XT500s in the days when there was nothing better.
The British biking press didn't get it with the new Tenere when it came out in 2008 - no surprise there - but owners' impressions were better than expected, so I got one to finish researching Morocco Overland. Sadly now the price has jumped to an astronomical £7000 for a new bike, but it's still in a class of its own.
For my impressions of the bike on the 2008 trip and a few pictures, see the links below.
