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We just had the best time at Tough Mudder Sydney over the weekend! It's exciting to see the event return after a 4 year hiatus!! We're off to the Sunny Coast for Noosa Triathlon next week.

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We recently headed out on the GS Tour to Birdsville with BMW Safari and had the best time capturing some unforgettable memories in the QLD Outback.

We went out to shoot the action at the AJS MotoTrials Winter Series 2 / Pathfinders Prestige 2 yesterday. It was a wet, wild and cold day but the riders, observers and spectators still had a great time!

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YAMAHA TENERE 700 REVIEW.

In late 2018 Yamaha announced the highly anticipated Tenere 700, T7 in short. The move from the single cylinder XT660Z to a 689cc parallel twin power plant makes the 205kg machine feel smaller and more agile than the specs may suggest, even though the engine's roar certainly gives you the big bike perspective.

Yes, there may be numerous reviews on this bike, but here’s my take on it.

After a quick discussion with Aurelio at Five Star Yamaha, I collected a demo T7 on Friday afternoon. With the key handed over I took off, ran some errands and attended a meeting in the city, making my way through traffic, where the T7 already proved to be a comfortable and fun commuter.

On Saturday morning a group of us set out on a scouting trip for an upcoming event, the ride took us through Mundaring State forest and we managed to find just about everything from sand, mud, ruts and rocky outcrops, to fast, flowy farm roads.

Power delivery is ample and smooth, and the bike handles exceptionally well for its weight. The suspension soaks up any bumps and holes and the 21” front wheel, combined with a slightly larger rake angle, allows the bike to move through deep sand with minimal effort, even when moving relatively slow.

Wider twisty gravel roads turn into big playgrounds on this bike, right through the gears this bike will allow you to break traction relatively easy, and slides are easy to hold through corners whilst the engine purrs along. The smooth power delivery is confidence inspiring and even with a little too much throttle during a power slide things don’t get out of shape in a hurry, as long as you know how to manage that right hand and the weight distribution on the pegs.

Sunday was spent doing a range of slow speed riding as well as slides and turns, to see how this bike would perform in the tighter stuff. The T7 has a good amount of low end drive, and the engine runs pretty smooth at idle when you’re on and off the clutch. Slower speed and technical riding is quite manageable on this bike, but tighter tracks may be a little more demanding, as the T7’s turning circle is quite wide compared to some of its adventure competitors.

The Pirelli Scorpion Rally STR, fitted as standard on the T7, seems like a good entry level tyre, however, at around 60 to 70km/h it seems like the block pattern causes the bike to hop up and down, for a lack of better terminology, and having put just under 500km on the bike over 2.5 days, it seems like the Scorpion Rally STR wears pretty quick. I would be very keen to feel what this bike handles like with a set of Bridgestone Battlax AX41'S.

Something I found interesting on this bike is the fuel indicator, it will run from full to half over the course of the day, and drop down towards empty pretty quick. By the time we had traveled about 200km on our scouting trip, the fuel gauge had 4 of its 6 bars remaining, and we had about 150km left to complete our mission. Being unfamiliar with the bike but blindly trusting the modern marvels of technology we set off from our lunch stop without much consideration to fuel… It took a total of 95km to wipe 3 bars off the fuel gauge and the flashing empty bar to make it known that we are now approaching the moment where I’ll somewhere have to rely on my good riding buddies to get me to the nearest servo, a mere 16km away, with all sorts of doubt setting in given the rapid drop on the fuel gauge. Luckily, with a bit of smooth talking, I felt some relief when we made it to the fuel stop without having to find a fuel container or a tow rope, but I was surprised when the fuel bowser stopped at only 11.5L! This means there would have been about 4.5L of fuel still in the tank by the time we arrived at the servo, something to be aware of when you purchase this bike.

The T7 doesn’t have any fancy features or riding modes to confuse its pilot. The only electronic adjustment available to the rider is the ability to switch ABS off, which Yamaha calls off-road mode. The downside to this ‘feature’ on the T7 is the fact that you either have ABS on to both wheels, or off to both wheels. I’m used to having the option of the front ABS turned on, and rear ABS turned off, allowing me to utilize the front brake without the risk of it locking up, but still having the option of locking up the rear brake for brake slides. One thing to keep in mind is that ABS function cannot be switched on the go, the bike needs to be stationary to do this.

The rally style seat is quite narrow for an adventure bike, after a 365km mixed on/off road ride on Saturday I was quite pleased to arrive home.

One little pet peeve I had with the T7 is that the hook on the side stand, which allows you to put the stand down, kept catching the back of my boot, restricting my movement on the pegs. (See photo) One can argue that the rider should adjust his position on the bike or use different boots, but I found myself with my boot being caught numerous times over that weekend. If an after market side stand with a different design is available, I would most likely give that a go.

At $17299 ride away, it’s a great price point for anyone looking to enter the adventure market. It’s a very capable bike, with lots of great features and a couple of drawbacks. A good all-rounder which, in the right hands, will go just about anywhere an enduro bike goes.

The addition of a set of crash bars like Outback Motortek and a pair of Barkbuster handguards will give the bike its final touches, but as with any adventure bike, this is never where it stops – as the adventure takes us further, there’s always the luggage, spotlights, GPS and other extras to consider.

I always tell people test ride as many bikes as they can, not only the one or two bikes they are really interested in buying. Work out what the main purpose is, look at different options and don’t limit yourself with physical dimensions, put some time into improving your skills and build confidence on the bike you choose to buy. Add this one to your test ride list.

Keep an eye on this page for a series of video's we created on the T7.

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