The Yamaha Tenere 700 Extreme is here for big-hitting o…

The Yamaha Tenere 700 Extreme is Yamaha’s newest iteration of its flagship journey bike, and the Japanese marque’s newest try to maintain the Tenere on the forefront of the middleweight journey class.

Initially launched in 2019, the 690cc CP2-powered Yamaha Tenere 700 has been developed into extra off-road centered variants thrice already, with the Yamaha Tenere 700 World Raid, Rally Edition, and World Rally. The Extreme may not have such a competition-inspired identify, however its off-road credentials have nonetheless been the main focus of the engineers in Iwata, and its goal market is “riders with motocross or enduro experience who want added performance for the most challenging off-road terrain,” Yamaha says.

The seat height, for instance, is raised to a colossal 910mm, which is 20mm greater than the World Raid that we rode again in 2021. 

That World Raid Edition noticed the wheel journey elevated from 220mm on the entrance and 230mm on the rear, and that is still the case on the Extreme, whose absolutely adjustable suspension comes from KYB at each ends: a 43mm Kashima coated fork, and a piggyback rear monoshock.

Of course, the bike rolls on a 21-inch entrance wheel and 18-inch rear wheel, however the floor clearance has been elevated over earlier editions of the Tenere 700 to now 260mm.

Previous editions of the Tenere 700 – particularly the World Raid and World Rally editions – have made use of an elevated tank dimension, in comparison with the usual bike and Rally Edition, of 23 litres. The new Extreme variant, nonetheless, reverts to the smaller 16-litre tank. That does assist to maintain its moist weight down somewhat, although, at 203kg in comparison with the 220kg of the World Raid and World Rally.

Many of the opposite options on the Tenere 700 Extreme have regarded ergonomics and visuals. For instance, the footrests have a 35 per cent bigger floor space than the usual Tenere 700, whereas the entrance mudguard is raised and colour-matched to the bike’s ‘Icon Blue’ paint scheme, and the spoked wheels have been gold-anodised.