What happened when we tried the new Yamaha Tenere 700? HD

Yamaha Tenere 700 Review I got the privilege of getting my hands on the Yamaha Tenere 700, but the question wasn’t whether it’s a good bike or not. The question was, how would it perform off road against a true dual sport such as the Yamaha WR250R on an off road adventure? We decided to go on a 400KM adventure in the not so snowy, Australian “Snowy Mountains.” The journey would take us from highways, gravel roads, dirt tracks and places where tracks don’t even exist. In a full day of riding we had to make it 400kms and ride up to the summit of Mount Colossus. I’d normally feel comfortable doing a ride like this on the lightweight WR but the Tenere is a much heavier bike. Now for the adventure lets have a look at the line-up. In one corner we’ve got a stock standard Yamaha Tenere 700 with its powerful 689cc twin cylinder engine that produces 72hp. And in the other corner we’ve got the indestructible, stock standard Yamaha WR250R with its 249cc single cylinder which produces 30hp. Although the WR feels like a toy compared to the Tenere, it is an absolute weapon when it comes to riding off road. **Filmed on the Insta 360 X2** Insert 360 degree video On day one we set out nice and early riding across Bunningos paddock – I immediately noticed that even though the Tenere 700 was much heavier than the WR, at an additional 70kgs, it was fairly nimble and stable riding through the farm. The suspension on the Tenere would just easily absorb any unexpected ruts and the bike was a pleasure to ride as we headed out to the gravel roads. Once we hit the gravel roads we would be riding on them for the next two hours at speeds of up to 100km/h and this is where the WR began struggling and the Tenere really shined. Normally on the WR I’d feel rocks unsettling the bike temporarily and affecting the bike whilst cornering, but on the Tenere it felt much more stable and had the power to just keep gliding over the rocky gravel track. We rode the bikes well into the evening, crossing over gravel tracks and even some more intense off road tracks. Seeing kangaroos and just having a good time on these two epic bikes. Later that evening we reached one of the most epic places I’ve ever camped. And shortly after we got into some shenanigans before setting up camp. After sleeping the entire night on what seemed to be a hard rock underneath our tents, we both felt cooked. But we headed straight back out and continued riding towards mount Colossus, this would be the last leg of the journey and we’d be covering some much harder trails for the day. This would be the day that I truly got to test out the off road capabilities of the Tenere 700. As we got closer to Mount Colossus, the trails began disappearing and the bushland became more dense. We had to slow down due to there being hidden hazards among the grass like logs and rocks. But it didn’t matter how hard the track became, the Tenere 700 kept powering through, it seemed like the added horsepower and Dakar inspired design