VOL. 51 ISSUE 15 APRIL 15, 2014 P71
BY PAUL CARRUTHERS
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRIAN J. NELSON
AND STEVE COX
I
n 2010 I came back from riding the
Yamaha Super Tenere for three days
and some 600 miles in Tuscany and
couldn't stop raving about how great of
a motorcycle it was. Four years later,
with the allure of riding motorcycles in
the wine country of central Italy now a
distant hangover, I was reunited with Ya-
maha's adventure bike in the mountains
of Southern California. Turns out it wasn't
the vineyards clouding my judgment. The
raving has started all over again.
On-road, off-road with the pavement and on the dirt
with Yamaha's adventure bike supremo
Super Duper
10-ere
And, unlike in Italy, this ride even in-
cluded some off-roading. And the Yama-
ha showed just fine there as well, thank
you very much.
The Super Tenere has gone through a
few changes since it first made its way to
American shores in 2011 and a few more
changes were made for the 2014 model
or, more aptly, models as there are two:
the Super Tenere and the Super Tenere
ES. The differences between the two are
heated grips and electronically controlled
suspension. Oh, and the piece of paper
that hangs from the handlebars: $15,090
for the standard model and $16,190 for
the ES.
