best suited to adventure travel.
The wheels on the Ténéré 700 are also made for the
rough stuff; 18-inch rear and 21-inch up front, fully
spoked, light weight and yet tough. There should be little
or no problems with taking the ténéré 700 wherever you
like.
Stopping power is provided by a pair of 282mm wave
front discs and a 245mm wave rear disc. The abs has the
ability to be fully switched off providing even more capa-
bilities on the dirt for the competent rider.
Yamaha say that the ténéré 700 has a ‘long range tank’,
coming in at 16 litres and a range of around 350 kilometres
it would be hard to agree that this is a long-range tank
however it does make the Ténéré comparable with any
similar base models from the big manufacturers in the
adventure market.
The ténéré’s rally style cockpit has been specifically de-
signed to be kept simple allowing for additional devices to
be fit. Compared to many other new models these seems
to be well thought through, many manufacturers are re-
leasing more and more complex cockpits, some akin to an
ipad or similar. What happens when the inevitable drop
occurs?
Yamaha provide a full range of add ons for the Ténéré
700 and early indications are it is a very good bike prob-
ably a little more suited to enduro than adventure trav-
el, we can’t wait to get our hands on one ... although that
means a wait of almost two years.
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