Is it simply me or does Yamaha market its Ténéré 700 (T7) higher than another producer with a motorbike in that area of interest? Really, I would go so far as to say the final time a producer showcased the talents of a mannequin in addition to Yamaha is doing with the Ténéré, was when BMW sponsored The Lengthy Method Spherical.
This time, Yamaha paired French freestyle rider, Jérémy Rouanet, with a Ténéré 700 Rally Version, which was ready by the Ténéré Yamaha Rally Group and featured GYTR equipment. In fact, this mannequin additionally options an Akrapovic exhaust, which gives a megaphone to blast its iconic cross-plane bark.
Superman seat grabs and whips are thrown in for good measure but it surely’s the near-effortless-looking, completely executed backflip that steals the present. Simply watch it.
However earlier than Yamaha’s middleweight off-road providing was hitting FMX ramps, it was ripping by the world of arduous enduro with Pol Tarres atop and setting world altitude information. With Tarres behind the bars, we have seen the Ténéré end as excessive as 77th on the Crimson Bull Erzbergrodeo and twenty first at Romaniacs, experience to 21,906 ft, and win its class on the Hixpania Laborious Enduro race—Competing primarily towards 300cc 2-stroke enduro bikes.
Tarres’s feats have undoubtedly impressed movies just like the one under, the place a T7 takes on a race-spec 450cc motocross bike and does unbelievably properly. So what mountains are left for the T7 to climb, I imply, it actually holds the world altitude file for a bike.
Personally, I would like to see somebody take the Ténéré for a rip round a supercross monitor—presumably an Eli Tomac gig earlier than he retires. Or, even higher, present us what a T7 supermoto appears like and what it may do.
What would you prefer to see the T7 deal with subsequent? Tell us within the feedback and do not be afraid to get foolish as a result of Yamaha actually is not.
