Yamaha Super Ténéré XT1200Z to cost £13,500

Yamaha confirm heady price for new GS rival

Posted: 26 February 2010
by Visordown News

YAMAHA'S XT1200Z Super Tenere with ABS will cost £13,500 when it goes on sale in dealers in June, Visordown can reveal.

The cost of the all-new Yamaha may raise an eyebrow or two, compared to the £9,925 OTR retail price of BMW's iconic R1200GS, however, the asking price for the flat-twin GS doesn't include ABS (£945 extra) which is fitted as standard on the new Yamaha.

But the new Super Tenere isn't the most expensive adventure sports machine on the market right now: Ducati's 2010 Multistrada S, complete with ABS, traction control and electronic active suspension, retails at £14,295 OTR.

Wise pricing by Yamaha? Too expensive? Would you?

Yamaha XT1200Z rivals:

BMW F800GS £7,350 (ABS £620 extra)
BMW R1200GS £9,925 (ABS £945 extra)
BMW R1200GS Adventure £10,745 (ABS £945 extra)
Ducati Multistrada £10,995
Ducati Multistrada S £14,295 (ABS, t/control, active suspension)



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TheColonel
Ouch, too expensive. To buy Japanese over European it needs to be 10% cheaper as an absolute minimum

Posted: 26/02/2010 at 11:02


tytek
Way too much - I'd wait for a decent secondhand one in a years time.

Posted: 26/02/2010 at 15:41


4ndover
tytek wrote (see)
Way too much - I'd wait for a decent secondhand one in a years time.

I reckon that a good, used example will up for grabs at about £6000 in 12 months time......

You wanna lose some money? Buy a Super Tenere.


Posted: 27/02/2010 at 01:09


antimagneto

Quality is remembered long after price is forgotten....

From what I have seen of competitors machinery I'd choose the Yam.

 'If you want to go in the outback - choose a Landrover'.

 'If you want to go in the outback, and return choose a Toyota'

 Let's see the tests first eh? Unless, of course, you want a lookalike.... 


Posted: 27/02/2010 at 21:13


100Watty
It'll no doubt be a good bike, but three and a half grand more than a GS? almost as much as a Multistrada? Even it comes with the panniers and ABS as standard, its too much dosh. No wonder Yamaha are struggling financially. Anyone thinking of buying one, remember what happened with the original Fazer Thou. Way overpriced at launch, price dropped a year later to reasonable levels, sales took off, those few who bought at full price lost a fortune in depreciation.

Posted: 04/03/2010 at 21:09

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