I did 300 miles on my Tenere around Wales yesterday, this involves about 120 miles of dull A roads to get to the decent stuff.
The other 180 odd was an even mix of tight twisty roads, fast twisty roads and narrow / single track lanes.
I have done this route many times over the last 17 years, on every type of bike (GPZ900 / ZZR1100 / FZR400RR / TL1000S / Laverda 750SS / ZX9R / Thundercat / ZZR1400 / GS and now the Tenere)
On every other bike some of the journey was very crap, no bikes are great on dull roads, but thrumming along on the Tenere always has me smiling, where on some of the other bikes I "could" go much faster but the ST will cruise at a ton, and at an indicated 80 feels good where the ZZR1400 would feel boring and frustrating.
On the twisties every one of these bikes have been fun, and probably equally so overall with some being more suited to fast stuff and others better at slow stuff - the problem is the fast stuff can get you banged up these days!
The single track section is quite good fun on any bike, but not so comfy with a bum-up / head down bike, and sportsbike suspension limits progress / enjoyment, the Adventure Bikes obviously are best with a good riding position and a much better feel over the bumps and on poor surfaces.
Probably the biggest difference with the Tenere is I could have easily turned around and done it all again, the sportsbikes all had me desperately needing a hot bath and early night.
This trait was common to the GS, you just do not want to stop riding, any road in any condition will do, you just want to keep going.
Still looking forward to the next dozen or so weekends, where with the sportsbikes I would be about to mothball them, or certainly ride a lot less, only pouring rain and freezing temperatures keep me on the sofa these days.
