Yamaha Worldcrosser a reality
Limited edition Super Tenere will cost £12,999 when it reaches dealers in March
“The Yamaha Worldcrosser is a concept bike displayed at Intermot to inspire adventure world travelers and will not go into production”
THOSE words figured strongly at the release of the Yamaha Super Tenere Worldcrosser concept back in 2010, and indeed still accompany pictures of the bike on the firm's own website. We cast doubt on them last year when the firm trademarked the Worldcrosser name, and now Yamaha has proved them to be baloney by announcing it will release the Worldcrosser onto the UK market in March.
The limited edition machine is basically a Super Tenere fitted with options including carbon side panels, fork protectors and frame guards, plus an alloy skid plate, and comes in white-with-red-speedblocks or a TDR250-alike black-with-yellow-speedblocks.
At £12,999 it's £1000 more than the stock Super Tenere.
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They didn't get the idea for the floor in that picture from minecraft at all did they.
incase you don't know what minecraft is...
http://t0ak.roblox.com/664a71bd6a88c2aee0eb6a06e6c83cfe
Posted: 24/01/2012 at 16:25
How do you base your assessment "unpopular and poorly reviewed bike" comment? Try telling that to the hundreds of owners of this bike who frequent the likes of ADVrider, supertenere1200, yamahasupertenere et al. As far as I can tell many of the reviews and RR from mags have come out with the S10/XT12 as being equal to the task as the perceived competitors. Perhaps better in some areas, and less so in other - but all in all it's a flip of the coin as to which is better for the most part. You might like to tell Nick Sanders that he rode a lemon dressed in drag...
And do tell how exactly this might be good news for the likes of the Trumpy Explorer yet to be released, the Ducati Multi (not a true adventure (large dually) motorbike - IMO), nor the new water cooled 1250GS... As it stands the worldcrosser S10/XT12 is actually the standard bike, fitted with several extra OEM accessories by the dealer...
Posted: 24/01/2012 at 16:31
@thoppa..... I'm passed middle aged, I ride round europe most years, plus scotland and ad hoc trips, for my proper off road kicks I climb rocks on my tyz trials yamaha. I have 5 yamahas in my garage , not one has ever let me down, I'll choose the reliability of a super ten over the fashion factor every time. by the way if you check out the american comparison tests you'll find that the xt1200z exceeds or matches all the competition.
finally if you are a true offroader check out the yamaha tenere off road experience then you'll see what a super ten can do off road - it may suprise you
Posted: 25/01/2012 at 13:20
Scorpa - I'm not brand loyal like you but I agree that Yamaha make some tough bikes - I have an XT660R - smooth for a single, long service intervals, and good key security. Very tough in a crash. I used to have a KTM 640 which was a better bike in every other respect but it got pinched. Anyway, I think putting knobblies on a 1200cc multi won't help you drag it out of the mud/sand/etc so I think they're really a new kind of tourer, and none the worse for that. Yes, you can take them off road, but you need to be damn good to do it, and let's face it, how many road riders are that good off road ? I know I'm not. So, sorry, but I still think they're wannabe bikes.
Posted: 25/01/2012 at 18:03
It's sometimes interesting the perception of reliability or how good a bike is stems from the service rendered by the service centre. Poor service staff and lousy reasons given to cover that usually ends up with disgruntled customers who then blacklist the brand. I woul be too if I were a customer who experienced that.
But the failure rate of the motorcycle does not stem from the service centres typically, it's the design, manufacturing process, quality of parts used and the QC of the product that mostly determines that. Why does antimagneto mentioned BMW, Triumph, Aprilia bikes has some basis that these bikes are known to have suck failures in areas like electronics, mechanical, etc... But depending on the recovery done, a stronger customer loyalty can be built from there or completely lost.
Posted: 05/02/2012 at 01:05
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