Tenere 700 review Is it the best Adventure motorcycle ever?
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- Tenere 700 review Is it the best Adventure motorcycle ever?
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Yamaha Tenere 700:
The Yamaha Ténéré 700 is a midsize adventure/dual-sport motorcycle manufactured by Yamaha since 2019. It features a 689 cc (42.0 cu in) parallel-twin engine which powers the motorcycle through a six-speed gearbox and chain drive. Brakes are equipped with rider-switchable (on-off) ABS. The "baby Ténéré" is the latest in a series of dual-sport Yamaha motorcycles named after the Ténéré desert stage of the Dakar Rally in the Sahara. The successor to Yamaha's XT660Z Ténéré was first announced as the T7 concept at the 2016 EICMA with an anticipated production launch in 2018. A refined concept was publicized a year later.
Yamaha announced that delivery of bikes would begin in Europe in July 2019, and only the following year to the USA due to emissions and other regulatory delays. The liquid-cooled 4-stroke 8-valve DOHC engine with crossplane crankshaft was already in use and well reviewed in Yamaha's MT-07 naked and Tracer 700 sport touring bikes.
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can you link the blinkers?
@@skazma1199 They are on my amazon store page.
@@MotorcyclesOffroad thnx m8t!
It’s such a post apocalypse survival bike vibe. I love them, definitely a bucket list bike for me.
It is an all around good bike in many areas. It will def get you where you need to go.
Apocalypse :D hahhahaa..... Its good to go to downtown.
@@pablobablo2057Maybe for you, seems like a skill issue 🤡🤣
@@OneFreeMan17 everyone go down on tenere. This motorcycle is bad enginered, top heavy with very poor suspension.
@@pablobablo2057 I’ve been on plenty of unpaved roads with it, the bike seems very well planted and stable 🤷🏻♂️
The ones who went down, it’s a rider issue.
really enjoyed the details you went into for this review! Thank you
Thank you for taking the time to comment. I'm glad you liked the video.
Great review. I have been wanting to see one in person but theyre rare around these parts. Stay safe
Oh yeah, they are still rare. It is a really good looking bike, The high fender kit makes it look even better but then of course a little tiny bit worse on road.
I have to agree with you ...the Teneré 700 Rally Edition ....is a very nice bike to ride !!!!!
Love from Munich, Germany !!!!
Waiting for my Tenere 700 World Raid ❤
Nice review man 😊
That’s awesome that you are putting the tenere on rider share 👍🤟
Thanks, I have to find some old gear to go with it. I see a ton of people on there want to ride and havent in years so they do not have a helmet and gloves. I think once I sort that out it will be a more attractive rental.
That vinyl on the headlight is a great idea, will do that on mine since I also don't like the grill as well
I wanna thank you so much for this video. You earned this subscription 👍.
I currently own a 2017 wr250r that I love but its lacking for 2 up and high speed on road.
My wife loves to ride and we were looking at the tenere 700. You've pretty much sold us on it.
It looks like its everything we want in a bike to do enjoyable 2up rides.
Can't you just buy her another wr250 or a crf300l 2 up is kind of annoying really
@@chrishart8548 I wish lol. She loves riding but has no interest in driving.
This bike only looks good, bad enginered. Owner tenere 2022 here.
Thanks for lovely video,
I own t700 for one year now
I am 100% Agree with you
What you said about this bike
Thanks
Thank you for taking the time to comment.
Nice calm review was watching like a movie 🎬 👍
Haha well thank you, I am glad you enjoyed my little documentary.
I’m looking for an Adv/dual sport bike as my second bike. I am between the cfr300 platform and the T7. I would use it mostly for commute, but I am looking for a adv/dualsport motorcycles because I want to start some light off-road such as some gravel and camping roads. Since you own both, would you have any recommendation for me? New to the channel, keep up the great work!!
Great review. I am one of those guys who busted the headlight assembly. :) (looped it into a pine tree during an ADV training class in the Pine Barrens).
I put a cage protector on mine because: A) It's $500 to replace B) Last time I looked there was a 6 month backorder wait on Partzilla for the headlight assembly.
Haha omg that sounds horrible. Well good thing you are ok and you hot it fixed.
I ride an old-school 660 Tenere which I hoped to use for distance with a bit of light off road - green lanes/fire trails etc. It's great fun, but massively top heavy, and the single motor has a fairly narrow band of useable grunt. I test rode the T7 and that engine is (relatively) silky smooth, and the whole thing holds its weight much lower down - making sketchy surfaces much less of a wrestling match. I didn't drop it, but it felt like it would be a bit easier to pick up - the old Ten is such a lardy beast, she has tested my back to the limit!
Tenere 700 is TOP HAVY...
A deer jumped off a ditch when I was passing by at 5mph and broke my front lights glass and led bulbs with its horns… 800 euros! Fortunately the insurance paid for it. Now I use the Yamaha Oem light protector. Great video mate.
Ohh man that is some bad luck. I just use some clear vinyl and honestly I still think something like that can happen but would be supper rare. I guess I have to learn my lesson the hard way lol. Thanks for the comment.
You are spot on about " baby Tenere " I am waiting for...... 400 - 450 cc.
I will.for sure have one, lol I will put myself in debt to get that thing. It should be pretty awesome!
Love my Ténéré 700
Solid bike!
Great review! As a beginner with less than a year with mc-license, I can see your point about it might not be the best for me. Still, after I got my license, I had already zoned in on the T700. It's a bit high and heavy but I feel it's a pleasure to ride in normal conditions. A bit more challenging offroad but I look at it as a challenge learning to handle the bike. I like the fact that I don't get help from the bike, such as different rider modes, anti-this and that. On the other hand, seeing people going offroad with smaller DS-bikes looks very fun as well.
Nah, I'll stick to my T7 for now. As long as I enjoy riding it... 😁
Hey man, I dont know what it was but your comment never posted it was in the held for review section. It is nice to see a fellow T7 rider, I am glad you enjoying it!
nice jump,salute
You mention that you ride 2 up. Was just wondering how the comfort is for the passenger. Want this bike but need good for 2 up.
Thanks great video.
I LOVE the way the ergos felt, minus the stock seat when I sat on T7… but my DR650 is better economically right now. However, if I win the lottery, the T7 might be one of the hints.
Thanks!
No problem
What were the always on turn signal lights you purchased? I didn’t see them on your amazon store. Are they plug n play? Great review!
They are just a generic set. Plug and play, idk I attach the wires and re shrink wrap them. This way it cost 20$ not a crazy 100$ for the same thing that someone markets to the bike.
How did adding a Gell Pad in to your Seat work for you ? Having a comfortable seat is a must along with reaching the ground hahahaha... I put a low seat on my KLR and expect I'll do the same with the T7... Any Vibration in the Bars or Crash bars ??? Had Crash bar vibration issues on the KLR......
How do you change the fuse to charge your phone? Do you have a video on that?
If I ever sell my 2016 FZ-09 which won't be any time soon cause I love that bike to much .... This would hands down be THE bike to replace it with
IMO The T7 is the klr upgrade. 👌
Its everything the klr is, but more refined and exciting.
The chain angle is to pull the rear wheel downwards instead of the back of bike sitting down under exceleration ye
Hell yeah with the ridershare!!
Haha yeah, but if you want to test it out let me know.
Where is the link to windshield?
What tire pressures do you run on your 300l? The stock IRC rear tire on my Rally seemed to me to be wearing a little bit prematurely... Just the knobby down the center is noticeably worn. Honda sold the bike to me with 29lbs in it and I lowered it to 26lb when I noticed it wearing. The tire is rated for 33lbs max. What pressures do you run on your 300l both on road and off?
Off road I run 14 in the front and 10 psi in the back which did great at highway speeds/twistys and offroad.
Dealership started them at 20 psi to start which did good in everything but was horrible in sand. I'll probably go with the NUETECH NITROMOUSSE PLATINUM in my Parker DT tires next to get around that 10 psi feel front and back.
I have a 2016 Africa Twin and use it the same way, it has similar issues. If yamaha does a T3 Id get it, put YZ tripple tree, forks, wheels and a suitable rear shock. Lite Adv
Yeah hopefully they do, I will have that bike.
We need a Tenere 400
That would be awesome!
Yes
T7 launched for $15,500AUD in Australia, now it's $19,500AUD.. I was going to buy one but that's a pretty large price hike for the same bike.
Also the crf300 rally is $8800AUD.. for comparison.
So now looking at a new crf300l + secondhand tiger 800 for the same price as the t7 🤔
interesting how markets differ - In EU 10 year old 800 tiger/gs is around 6~7k, new crf300l abs is 6k, new t700 is 10k EUR with 3 month wait, considering more work needed for older bikes choice was quite clear
@@burkaanc yeah that makes it an easy choice for you. Here T7 is 19500. 300L is 8000. 2014 tiger is 10000. As long as you buy a clean well looked after bike then it's fine. I've bought a 2009 and a 2010 street triple R and both were in excellent condition and gave me no problems. I also bought a 94 rvf400 and again no major problems with that bike. But yeah second hand is a gamble sometimes, I bought a drz400 that gave me heaps of issues, had to rebuild the top end and replace a lot of parts (bearings/chain/countershaft seal/sprockets/petcock/sparkplugs/etc).
Have a ride on one I doubt you’d buy a 300l
@@danstevens2204 I can't get a ride on one, or buy one at the moment. I've bought a fully setup Dr650 instead for now and will check our the 300 Rally when they are more readily available
If they do a mini Tenere I'll be first in line to purchase it. Maybe a lightweight 390? Oh buds, I'm dreaming.
Haha I will have it too.
Can't you just buy a kawasaki 300x and modify it a little
It’s def the best ADV on the market imo. Until the next best thing, but this thing is pretty damn good. Hoping Yamaha modifies or splits the CP2 engine in half for a lighter weight (345cc?) dual sport!
Well they do already have a single 250 and a twin 300/350. They could do it now if they wanted.
@@MotorcyclesOffroad
Tw250? Nah.
I've given up trying to find a new one of these
More will come in time. Supply chain issues are getting better.
Double the price here in Aus. Picked up a 2020 model with 1000km on it. Fixed the throttle as soon as I got it home with a cable adjustment. Akro muffler on them sounds incredible
I have a few questions about the yoshimura rs 4 exhaust system. When I go to order it, they ask me to fill out a form stating that I will never use it on road and that it's for off road use only. Secondly, I haven't been able to find the decibal level for this exhaust, do you happen to know what it is?
For the Tenere? I dont have a Yoshimura on the T7.
@@MotorcyclesOffroad no for the 300L. Sorry I should have specified that
@@TheEc1ypse I have the RS-4 on my 300L with the 550 performance stage 1 ECU flash. It's a really nice setup and gave the bike more power but it is still quieter than all of my friends bikes. It's no where near as loud as what I thought It would be. I'm also still slower than all of my friends older dual sports lol. but i love the setup and would do it again honestly. There's a couple 2009 Kawasaki 250's and a 2021 Kawasaki 300 supermoto and they all beat my 300L top speed
why oh why, are there double no passing lines on straight roads with hundreds of yards of vision ahead , surely people just pass slower traffic anyway ?
Hi !
What year was the ktm690 ?
It was the predecessor, LC4 640.
@@MotorcyclesOffroad TY.
Damn! Why aren’t you closer to Canberra 🇦🇺. Love to take your T7 for a long test ride…
Who is this bike for???? ME!!!
Haha yeah sorry, I don't mind letting people take my bikes. Usually when I meet people I'm always asking them If they want to ride it.
@@MotorcyclesOffroad Your a good man Charlie Brown👍 So got me a dilemma. A canceled MY20 T7 order just came into one of my dealers. Only issue they want $17790 ride away for it. 🤫🫣
@@888jimmy wow they want 17K for it.. I would say no way. If someone came to me with anything close to that like 14 I would sell mine. With all the gear.
@@MotorcyclesOffroad Done! When can you ship to 🇦🇺 ? 😉 They are selling new ones for $20k + on road costs.
Put nobblies on a mt 03 mate
Hmm everybody say “no engine vibration”. Do you literally mean you feel nothing in the pegs, or just a lot less than off-road motorcycles? I definitely feel vibrations in mine that can be annoying, although they’re nothing crazy
IF you feel it annoying! It cant be right!!! Try another T7 and compare. I have Touratech Footpegs No rubber and no vibrations. Only Good vibrations 😉
well see, it is my first "real" bike after 10k road km on 125 cc 😁
I've gone full circle, a 250cc is all you need and want offroad and will sit at 70mph pretty happily while still being light enough to be fun. If you want balls to the wall get a 2 stroke if you want more cruisy get a 4 stroke.
For me I just like to have one bike for each purpose.
Power to weight ratio is all that matters the little road legal 125s with 14hp will still do 70mph, how fast do you need a dual sport to go?
@@ancientrenegade9243 I agree, and 70hp offroad is not needed at all lmao. The majority of all dual sports and dirtbikes do not make that kinda of power.
@@MotorcyclesOffroad I think the cr500 makes around 50hp and those things are quite literally absolute monsters.
I just want a T350!!!😭😭😭
Haha yeah me too, that would be a cool bike.
I would rather see a 3-400cc dual sport to compete with the 300l and the klx300 from yamaha not a mini tenere
Well yeah, I just said that to because that would capture marketing. We are in agreement that they have a void in that space with their lineup, the xt250 just doesnt cut it.
@@MotorcyclesOffroad yea yamaha should have discontinued the xt250 and kept the wr250r. I have a 2020 wr250r and I love it!
@@gabrielkopp2036 well I have to disagree I feel the xt250 has a place, especially with an older or.brand new rider. I believe they pulled the xt250 to redesign and make it a much better bike, it took years of R&D to make the Tenere 700.
@@MotorcyclesOffroad that's OK if you disagree.. the xt 600 became the tenere in the 80s the tenere has been in Europe since 2018.. also the klx230 is a better beginning bike..but this just my opinion
Comfort wise not the best The sloping seats hurt the spines after a while for both rider and pillion. Should have been flat. And there's no tubeless spoke wheels which even Suzuki v storm 650 has it. No cruise control at this price is also a miss. There is nothing wrong in engine and mechanical components otherwise. Triumph tiger is still better.
The tiger is only a little more and you get more of everything. Some markets in base form the 900 is less than the T7
Much worse as an offroad bike, though. The t7 has the ergos of a proper dirtbike as well as the centre of gravity
Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro is better. The same weight, with more power, better suspension and with the plus to have all electronics that are easily disconnected. Try the both bikes and you will check it.
So I guess you rode both back to back? And it's not the same weight is is 50lbs heavier and costs nearly double. 🙃
It's not a parallell twin, it's a 270 degree inline twin!
Smh... the yamaha CP2 is a cross plane 689cc 4 valve parallel twin with a 270-degree crankshaft.
@@MotorcyclesOffroad it's not a parallell twin. In a parallell twin, both pistons move up and down simultaniously, like in a -60:s triumph or BSA. Look it up.
@@MotorcyclesOffroad By the way, no manufacturers makes parallel twins anymore, all modern Inline twins have 270 degree cranks and Yamaha call their 270 inlaine engine Crossplane.
Yes the wind is awful
?? I need more context, is this addressing something I said in the video?
Disregard, that was meant for someone else. Great review, I think the T7 is amazing. Thanks for the video!!
@@luckycharms8383 well thank you, glad you enjoyed the video.
Im 173cm, is it too tall for me?
It really all depends on riding experience. It is heavy and wide offroad. I'm 178cm and it feels a little tall for me sometimes offroad.
And by offroad I mean like climbs, deep sand, rocks, stuff like that. Gravel and farm field roads feel fine.
@@MotorcyclesOffroad my personal ride is a cbr600f4 my teacher, on the job i ride BMW 1200 RT and FJR, they are not tall like the tenere, but has wide seat that feels like a tall bike, but im very used to it, but i never ride offroad, i want to buy a mid adventure bike for life and im considering tenere or transalp
like
Thank you.
more about the bike attributes; less about your channel and product opinions.
No, it is not, you should try KTM 950 Superenduro R and get a feel for real offroad capability :)
Ahh no thank you, that bike cost a whole 1/3 of the price more.
really silly statement, T7 is far from the best adventure bike ever made and I own one. LOL Even my old xt660z tenere is better overall bike.
What is a silly statement?
The worst, its my opinion, owner of tenere 700 2022
Nah
What do you mean "nah"
Things a turd.... 890 or nothing.
Spoken like a true fanboy.