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PRODUCT REVIEW I
W
hat if you love your new Yamaha
Ténéré 700 but it's just too tall for
you? Yamaha offers some relief in
the form of optional rear links and a lower
seat. Total reduction is said to be 38mm but
having less padding might not be the way to
go for some riders.
Touratech offers a lowering kit for the Té-
néré 700 that does not involve the seat. This
kit strives for a more balanced approach
with changes to the front as well as the rear
suspension. Touratech's method for lower-
ing the rear of the bike is a pair of link rods
and an external shim for the shock bump
stop. To get the forks to match the new ride
height of the rear end, the kit includes a pair
of progressive rate springs that are very soft
in the first 35mm of fork travel.
The Touratech Suspension Lowering
kit includes the aforementioned link rods,
bump stop shim, a pair of the progressive
fork springs and two bottles of 10-weight
fork oil. The instructions are not specific to
the Yamaha Ténéré 700.
TOURATECH'S YAMAHA TENERE
700 SUSPENSION LOWERING
Touratech's Yamaha Tenere 700
Suspension Lowering Kit comes
with everything you need to lower
seat height 1.25 inches.
