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2021 YAMAHA TENERE 700 R I D E R E V I E W P74 an accessible adventure steed that will inspire you to go places. And that's the point. It is not full of fancy electronics or systems, but it's more of a classic dual-purpose machine that wants you to explore with it. It comes with tubes in the tires, which should tell you some- thing about where you should ride it and how sophisticated you should act while riding it there. Its engine performance steals the show with a loving growl and gobs of traction that makes riding the bike easy. It's narrow all the way down the lower lines of the bike making obstacle squeezes a breeze. And the bike seems to have real world-travel chops with straight-line sitting comfort being pretty great. The Yamaha Tenere 700 is not intimidating. It is capable. And we can't wait to see where $10K can take us this year as we put it head- to-head against the best adventure bikes in the class. As far as availability, Yamaha says the first batch of Tenere's are touching down now but there is a good chance that most of them are already spoken for. Yamaha is ex- pecting the next batch to arrive by late August or early September. CN S P E C I F I C A T I O N S The Tenere is also a capable road bike. S P E C I F I C A T I O N S 2021 YAMAHA TENERE 700 ENGINE: . Liquid-cooled, DOHC, parallel twin, 4 valves per cylinder BORE X STROKE: ............. 80 x 68.6mm DISPLACEMENT: ........................... 689cc COMPRESSION RATIO: ................... 11.5:1 TRANSMISSION: ................6-speed, wet multi-plate clutch FINAL DRIVE: .................................. Chain FRONT SUSPENSION: .......... KYB 43mm inverted fork, fully adjustable REAR SUSPENSION: .............KYB Single shock, adjustable preload (w/remote adjuster) and rebound damping FRONT-WHEEL TRAVEL: ................ 8.3 in. REAR-WHEEL TRAVEL: ...................7.9 in. FRONT BRAKE: ... Brembo, dual 282mm hydraulic disc; selectable ABS (on/off) REAR BRAKE: .............. Brembo, 245mm hydraulic disc; selectable ABS (on/off) FRONT TIRE: ................90/90R21 Pirelli Scorpion Rally ST R REAR TIRE: ..................150/70R18 Pirelli Scorpion Rally ST R RAKE/TRAIL: ..................... 27.0°/4.13 in. WHEELBASE: ...............................62.8 in. SEAT HEIGHT: .............................34.6 in. CURB WEIGHT (CLAIMED): .... 449.7 lbs. FUEL CAPACITY: ......................... 4.2 gal. COLORS: ............. Ceramic Ice, Intensity White, Matte Black WARRANTY:...Warranty 1 Year (Limited Factory Warranty)