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Yamaha Tenere 700 Touring test

2025 Yamaha Tenere 700 - getting acquainted:

Because of the heat over the weekend, I worked through the days and postponed the test trip to Sunday/Monday solstice. The Hortobágy we headed towards.
On my travels I usually stay in hidden places, in secluded places for the night.
So I had a long-standing desire to do something like that in the middle of the wilderness. It's easier to find places like this if you head east, but now I thought somewhere closer than Mongolia would do. 😁
After a careful study of the map, I managed to find a part that is no longer a nature reserve, but the landscape is still very similar.
No urbanisation in sight. There was only one farm building in that direction. In the morning the cattle appeared on the horizon, but still a fair distance away.
No other vehicles or people were seen. I will definitely come back here. The landscape is so peaceful and serene. ❤️

Kanyon a Baetov regióban
Kanyon a Baetov regióban
Kanyon a Baetov regióban

The Tracer 9 test taught me not to give a definitive opinion on a new bike after 2 days on it.

But first of all, in the case of Tenere, I really got what I expected

It was not a big surprise.
He brings a strong average in everything. It's a little heavy, a little vibey, a little weak, but all in all it's very easy to ride. You can still get the motoring experience here that many people miss from today's modern over-electronicised, over-powered bikes.
Here you're still getting ready to overtake, here you're still using the clutch to refine the engine, here you're still closing the plexiglass outside the city because you can feel the wind flowing through you.

The chassis is an interesting question

I have heard feedback that many people are short. Well for rallying and teasing it certainly is. But I wouldn't buy a 208-pound mule for that. 🙂 Of course there is a Rally version.
As I've used it so far in touring mode, loaded up, even with two people, it's held up in all situations.
I was particularly surprised by how stable it is even on the motorway at higher cruising speeds. The same was true on the back-and-forth back roads of Eastern Hungary. It doesn't shake, it doesn't bump, it dampens the constant road roughness very well, which for me adds to the safe motorcycling experience.

Oh, and the whole engine is vibrating at a very strange frequency. It calms me rather than revs me up. But it does have its advantages, if you look at it that way.

A very good all-round engine

As it is not yet full of complicated technology and we are talking about a device that has been refined and refined over many years, there shouldn't be many surprises and it can be a very good compromise for anyone who wants an economical and easy to ride motorcycle. All this without sacrificing any of the off-road adventures of touring.

No problem with torque either, after the auto-matic engines I sometimes forget to downshift when slowing down, but that was no problem either, because it pulled out of low speed in 4th without a grunt.
Sure, it's not going to rip your arm off when accelerating, but that's not what this bike is designed for.

And what's 73 horsepower in a 208-horsepower, but well-coordinated, well-engineered touring enduro?

Much more than you think! Much more than I thought! 💙

Yamaha Tenere 700 technical specifications

Power: 54 kW (73.4 hp)
Torque: 68 Nm
Cylinder capacity: 690 cc
Maximum speed: 180-200 km/h
Consumption 4.30 l
Test consumption: 4.60 l
Tank: 16 l
Weight: 208 kg
Acceleration 0-100 km/h: 4.5 s

 

Written by: Vasas Gergő - Geri on Tour (Adventure Rider, blogger)

For the test engine, many thanks to Yamaha engine Europe. Or, for the asisting, the Motor Center Gyulai-for.

Photos by Eszter Tokár, Gergő Vasas

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