Yamaha lifted the covers off its new Tenere 700 overnight, with the popular off-road-focussed adventure bike gaining a number of key upgrades including new suspension and significant tech upgrades, among an array of changes.
Distinguishing the 2025 Tenere 700 is a refreshed design with a large one-piece windscreen and minimalistic mid-to-rear section. The tank has been moved forward, while the 16-litre fuel tank has been moved lower in an effort to improve weight distribution.
The updated bike continues with the ‘rally tower’ front end, with a revised LED headlight unit alongside new colour-matched handguards.
Rounding out the visual changes is new colour schemes, Frozen Titanium and Icon Blue, with the former now offered with a lower seat height option which Yamaha says has been included to make the rather tall motorcycle more accessible to a range of riders.
On the performance front, the 2025 Yamaha Tenere 700 gains new fully adjustable inverted forks which can now be adjusted for preload up to 15mm. This front suspension setup also sees new yokes, with a forged aluminium lower clamp and cast aluminium crown.
At the rear, a completely new rear linkage design and revised rear shock absorber ups the ante, while maintaining the 200mm wheel travel as seen on the outgoing model. Notably, the lower seat height option drops wheel travel to 180mm.
Technology upgrades see a new 6.3-inch TFT dashboard in portrait configuration, complete with smartphone connectivity and new features added to the left-side switchgear.
The bike now offers switchable traction control and ABS, as well as two selectable engine maps, Sport and Explorer.
The 689cc parallel-twin engine carries over, however, the clutch and gearbox have been revised as the motorcycle moves over to Euro5+ homologation status, and ECU upgrades have said to result in improved low-end torque delivery.
Other changes include a new one-piece rally-style seat, new clutch cover to reduce leg interference, larger footpegs and an updated side-stand switch.
At time of writing there has been no official confirmation from Yamaha’s local wing of the updated bike’s launch, however, there is no reason to suggest the highly popular model will not be made available in Australia in due course.
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