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YAMAHA TENERE 700 WORLD RAID
RIPS THROUGH AUSTRALIA
T
he bike everyone has been screaming at
the Tuning Fork brand to make—the Ya-
maha Tenere 700 World Raid—is doing the
international PR rounds with some star riders
on board.
Yamaha has undertaken a four-stage tour:
first Australia with official Yamaha Dakar racer,
Rodney Faggotter; Morocco with Mr. Dakar
himself, Stephane Peterhansel; South America
with Adrien van Beveren, and finally, a large
chunk of Europe with riders Nick Sanders,
Alessandro Botturi, David Fretigne, Herbert
Schwartz, Cristòbal Guerrero.
Based off the Yamaha MT-07 street bike that
has become an instant classic for Yamaha in the
five years it's been available, we'd put money on
the Yamaha Tenere 700 World Raid coming next
year as a production bike as the international
response has been nothing short of staggering.
Today we have the first video for you, courtesy
of Yamaha Australia. Rider Rodney Faggotter is
something of a local legend Down Under, having
won everything there is to win off-road and mak-
ing his official debut as a Dakar Yamaha factory
racer during the 2018 event.
The bike in the video is still a prototype, and
there is still no word on if this will be a 2019 or
even a 2020 model.
And sadly, no, the U.S. will not be part of the
Yamaha Tenere 700 World Raid PR event. CN
LEWIS HAMILTON
GETS ANOTHER MV
T
he Lewis Hamilton/MV Agusta collaboration has
borne its third machine with the release of the
MV Agusta Brutale 800RR LH44.
There will be just 144 of these bikes built—mean-
ing 143 will be available to the public after Lewis
gets his complementary machine—and comes with
a few goodies not found on your typical 800RR.
The LH44 gets a black, red and white paint job
designed by Hamilton himself, as well as fancy fork
tubes, brake and clutch levers, CNC-machined oil
and gas caps, and a different alternator guard.
The LH44's specs are otherwise identical to a
base model Brutale 800RR. CN
Fancy, huh? The new Brutale 800RR LH44 will make
a pretty loud statement anywhere it goes.
