Is the S10 the best value ADV bike out there?

[Rushy]

Glad to hear you’ve hung onto the CT Rushy, remember it well from the Oswestry Crosstourer meet and still looks a peach.
Must be honest I do miss mine somewhat, the long distance comfort, build quality and that peach of an engine, the only bike I’ve ever had to sell because I had to not because I wanted to.

Cheers Dave , that was a good day out . Unfortunately I can’t really justify hanging on to her any longer she needs to go. I’m kind of holding on to it for a bloke at work who’s semi interested but I think I’ll have to put her up for sale on here soon, the Insurance is up on 1/9 and don’t think I’ll renew.

Apologies for semi thread hijack Chris

 

[Littledumptruck]

So how’s everyone doing, still got your S10s?
Mines up to 37k. It did kind of let me down last summer, not the bikes fault really though. I was away in the highlands with a group of guys I meet up with most summers. We’d ridden to Braemar for lunch and as we left the rain turned biblical. I’d got myself ready but the others were hidding under a canopy, so I just set off and rode through it. Next morning she coughed and spluttered, water had got in somewhere. The wife was pitched with our moho near Edinburgh and when I got back to her we bought some wd and sprayed it where we could, it improved things a bit. A few days later we were up in Kinlochewe and had a ride to Ullapool where we noticed the final drive was leaking over the tyre. So on the trailer it went and we moved to a site on the edge of Forfar for the last days of the trip, so we could walk into town when needed. Once home I pulled the plugs, fitted new ones and tried to dry things out but still she coughed and spluttered and now the eml lit up. Work and time etc got in the way and I pulled my Pan out and used that till a week or so back. A couple of weeks back I planned a day to strip the bike more, but tried starting her first. She fired into life spot on, whatever was causing it had obviously dried out. New mot with a bit of tape hiding the eml and I’ve bought a compatible reader so o hopefully remocpve it. Bit worried for future wet rides now though. Coil packs are all greased up, so I’m wondering where else I need to protect??
Anyway….. the wife had said she’d like us to try a ZE version, so in the new year I spotted a dealer in Grimsby had one, another late 2020 reg. Before I went to look at it I decided it wasn’t a good time to be buying another bike and I had no room for another so left it. It’s still for sale now. Jump forward to a week or so back and a random search found a 2024ZE advertised in a dealer in Dundee. Only 2k on it and in the newer Granite Grey the rest of the world still got till last year when I believe Yamaha have now dropped it completely from the range. This ones an NZ import, and has been registered on a Jan 24 73 plate. Well WE couldn’t resist. I showed the wife and dropped a hint that maybe while I was out on a Saturday club ride she could ring and maybe stick a deposit on it.
When I got home that’s exactly what she did, she even sourced a bank loan to pay for it. So last Wednesday I had a very early start and borrowed my sisters big camp trailer to collect it. 5am start had me there for 1.30, but roadworks and closures meant I didn’t get home till 1.30 am. A very long tiring day. The Pan and my Bandit will be up for sale once we’re home from our Easter trip. And I need to fit all the usual extras this coming weekend so we will take the new one with us and have our first rides on her.
Oh and I’ve kind of nicknamed her ‘The Unicorn’ cos I doubt there’s any others in the UK.

 

[younger06]

I regret never trying one.....came close a few times.

The big tall adv bikes are in my past now.

I'm too short, getting too old and not as strong as I used to be.....manoeuvring the big buses around is something I'm not willing to do anymore.

Fantastic lookin bike though a

 

[glenn2926]

Traded mine in against a Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro back in 2022. Traded the Triumph against a 2022 BMW R1250GSA last August. The S10 was a great bike and never let me down in the 8 years I owned it. Mine was a first edition with the luggage as standard. I toured two up, solo, days out, long 500 mile plus days, motorways, back roads, gravel tracks etc.
I just fancied a change. I can certainly recommend the S10 to anyone, a very good all round bike.

 

[FatAl]

I had a new one registered in January 2015. I owned it for a couple of years, it was a good bike but it was getting a bit too heavy for me so I traded it in for a new T120 Bonneville.
I did a DVLA check, the S10 last MOT expired 30th April 2025 with a recorded 44,000 miles on it.

 

[wessie]

I had a new one registered in January 2015. I owned it for a couple of years, it was a good bike but it was getting a bit too heavy for me so I traded it in for a new T120 Bonneville.
I did a DVLA check, the S10 last MOT expired 30th April 2025 with a recorded 44,000 miles on it.

my 60 reg bike last passed an MOT in May 2018 with 33841 miles. No serious advisories in the history, just a sticky rear brake lamp switch and tyre near wear limit.

I wonder what took it off the road by 2019? Maybe it will be a barn find when some old duffer snuffs it!

 

[Oldrat]

Excellent news Hugh, I love a new bike day.

Here’s to many miles together

 

[PembsGSA]

Dug out this old YouTube video (I recall watching it many years ago when I was considering buying one).

Nick Saunders Super Tenere Teardown At Alf England Motorcycles... no wear or faults could be found after 50k Miles!... Engine internals look like new... Great advert for Yamaha build quality...

 

[longdog]

Traded mine in against a Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro back in 2022. Traded the Triumph against a 2022 BMW R1250GSA last August. The S10 was a great bike and never let me down in the 8 years I owned it. Mine was a first edition with the luggage as standard. I toured two up, solo, days out, long 500 mile plus days, motorways, back roads, gravel tracks etc.
I just fancied a change. I can certainly recommend the S10 to anyone, a very good all round bike.

I loved my Super Tenere, did a lot of UK and European rides on it and parted with it when a Tracer9 GT+ caught my eye almost 3 years ago. The Super 10 is reliable, comfortable and pretty much unbreakable, like a much better version of a GS. Now I love my Tracer but I hanker after another Super 10, who knows, if I find a nice one, I might just part ex the Tracer!

 

[MartinK]

Just had a look on Autotrader! These are pricey now! I guess word has got out and nice examples are holding their value well

 

[Sgt Bilco]

Still loving my S10 and it's been trouble free for the 3 1/2 years I've had it.

Not done the mileage I'd hoped due to various reasons but I've done a few trips to Germany and France with zero issues.

It feels utterly bombproof and now I've sorted so seat it's super comfy to the point where I've been talked into doing an Iron Butt ride in May!!

One thing I've noticed is wherever you go, people talk to you about it and it certainly stands out in a crowd.

 

[Tobers]

I had an S10. It was a very nice and extremely reliable bike. I did have the ECU remapped which removed the artificial restrictions in gears 1, 2 and 3, and transformed the bike. I think it was OffTheRoad.de that did the remap.

 

[placebo]

I traded in my last 21 reg ST in October 24 for a Tracer 9 and it's still for sale at Wigan Motorcycles. They're excellent bikes and I'm tempted to buy mine back, but they are heavy lumps. The Tracer is so much easier to manhandle and very quick, but not the same build quality as the ST.

 

[jetjock]

Did 10k on mine including taking it to the Nordkapp . Great bike

 

[longdog]

I traded in my last 21 reg ST in October 24 for a Tracer 9 and it's still for sale at Wigan Motorcycles. They're excellent bikes and I'm tempted to buy mine back, but they are heavy lumps. The Tracer is so much easier to manhandle and very quick, but not the same build quality as the ST.

I did the same thing, after 5 years and thousands of miles on my SuperTen, my head was turned by a Tracer9 GT+. A great bike with a stunning motor and the same observations as placebo above and I am quietly considering looking for a nice late model SuperTen…….!

 

[longdog]

I had an S10. It was a very nice and extremely reliable bike. I did have the ECU remapped which removed the artificial restrictions in gears 1, 2 and 3, and transformed the bike. I think it was OffTheRoad.de that did the remap.

IIRC, the first 3 gears had restrictions were only evident in pre 2014 bikes. Happy to be corrected on this.

 

[glenn2926]

IIRC, the first 3 gears had restrictions were only evident in pre 2014 bikes. Happy to be corrected on this.

Not sure, my First Edition was a 2012 and didn’t have any restrictions in the lower gears. Maybe the first owner had this mapped out it had full rev range when I had it.

 

[Rasher]

I had one from 2012 - 2016, had forks reworked, Wilburs shock, decat headers & CJS racing remap (Gained about 10BHP - and lost the restrictions in 1st - 3rd)

Clocked up 24,000 trouble free miles, many tours and was hard to say goodbye to when an 1190 adventure seduced me with a £3k discount (and generous PX)

They handle well, have enough power, are well built, all the bike I could ever need, although I decided I wanted more, now have a 1290 Adventure and love it, but if it got run over I would seriously look at a late model S10 if the price was right.

 

[Blacknbluex2]

Seeing all the praise above for the Super Tenere ........is now a good time to say i have a mint 71 plate 8k miler ZE which will be up for sale shortly..... it was the very last of the ZE models in Black available before they ceased importing them (still available in normal Countries). 1 owner from new.....no finance on it.... so it will be an easy transaction, i need to reduce the number of bikes i have by at least 4. So up for sale soon will be the Yamaha mentioned above, Bmw 650 Dakar (Rotax engine 2007, probably the best you will find ) Kwacka Z650 1981 B2 and finally but by no means least my immaculate BMW R1150 GSA SE 2005, yes its the LTD edition model with BMW invoice to prove its authenticity.
The GSA SE is immaculate and you would be hard pressed to find a better one ....its looking likely we will be downsizing soon so needs must...

 

[Sgt Bilco]

I had one from 2012 - 2016, had forks reworked, Wilburs shock, decat headers & CJS racing remap (Gained about 10BHP - and lost the restrictions in 1st - 3rd)

I'm considering the CJS remap. What are the real world benefits?