Tenere 700 Suspension, Shock, Fork Spring and Grease Install with Touratech

Yamaha's Tenere 700 is a smash hit but heavier and more aggressive riders feel it's necessary is to improve the suspension which was originally designed for 150lb jockeys. If you're well over that target rider weight, you may find the following suspension upgrades will make your Tenere 700 not only more comfortable, but fun as well. We cover both the rear shock removal and install with a Touratech Explore HP upgrade shock and also the Touratech Progressive Fork Spring Kit with 10w fork oil in the front.

We strongly recommend doing both of these at the same time to balance out your ride. At the same time, we tackle the well known "Greasegate" where many owners found some of the rear suspension linkage to be under lubricated. We take care of this showing the process involved using the OEM center-stand. This article and video are not meant to be a "bolt by bolt" removal guide for the Tenere 700's front and rear suspension. It assumes you know how to remove basic components like plastic panels, wheels and work with basic nuts and bolts.

After having completed the install, we can say the Tenere 700 is much easier to work on than the average bike this size. Whether doing a shock upgrade or pulling the stock shock to DIY change the spring, we hope you find the video useful as a general guide. The top and bottom rear shock bolts are easy to access as are the lower suspension relay (the L-shaped linkage piece) bolts which need to be pulled and packed with grease since not much came from the factory.

Primary torque specifications for all related major components to this job are listed below. If there are any errors or info you'd like to add, please let us know in the comments!

• Parts/Tools in this Video:

• Touratech Explore HP Shock w/ PDS --

• Touratech Progressive Fork Spring Kit --

• Motion Pro Fork Oil Level Tool --

• Install article with more torque values and riding impression
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Chapters:
00:00 - Start
00:26 - Shock Removal
07:20 - Shock Comparison (OEM vs Touratech Explore HP)
11:45 - Shock Install
14:48 - Fork Spring and Oil Upgrade
24:35 - Summary
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• Yamaha Tenere 700 Suspension Fork and Shock Torque Specifications:

• Rear Shock:

• Front Fork:

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[MrBCRC]

I know there is a lot of criticism in other comments but I didn't see anyone mentioning cleaning the existing bearings and more importantly "around the existing bearings" before adding new grease. I shuddered while watching the dirt and grit being pushed into those bearings with the new grease

[SomeTechGuy]

The bolt you show us at @2:30 isn't supposed to be greased. It is a stationary part that holds the lower shock bushing in the dog bones. It is supposed to be dry. The lower bearing and bushing need to be greased and they are.

[RedEmpire]

Thanks so much for this. Shock was easy enough to figure out (plus I greased that day one), but was helpful for the front as that is different than other bikes I’ve ran.

[abyields]

That shop looks like my Boss's (Lee) shop, great vid Carl.

[davidrsmith]

Dampening is wetting something. Damping is the desired action of a shock absorber. It damps oscillation.

[jameshind]

Just to update this. It's a 17mm spanner to hold the nut and you can fit the Progressive part of the spring the correct way up without a spring compressor.

[LookattheBiggerPic]

Oh my, hopefully you know that this is likely a Gas-Emulsion shock means it Not going to be as good in the rough as nearly any shock with a bladder or floating piston rez. I have a T7 and bought the Tractive ADV shock custom valved to Rally Raid's specs with 30mm extra travel (small loss in precision handling) - there is just no fade in this shock even throughout a day of hard off-road - sure it is built with superior materials, is heavy duty and well designed but Gas-Emulsion is what it is - simply Not the best way to go if you plan to do even reasonably demanding off-road - just fine as a road and very light off-road use... That is one expensive, limited used shock! And Tourtech is perhaps the most expensive ADV retailer in the world and I'm not sure that high price is always well worth it... Still, it is good to see the process, good to see these forks worked on and why - helps everyone who has a T7 - Much thanks for all you do!

[comfortablyunknown]

Very cool.
I have a new spring for the rear shock. Tackling that task soon. Nice to see Touratech has a suspension kit for the T7 now. I might be going to them for the front end.
Thank you for the video.

[Corné-oh]

Done both of these on classic bikes, so this won't be a problem. Thanks for sharing anyway, always good to have a walk-through before going in yourself. Can we expect a video with some result/ experience with this new setting?

[sushix]

The PDS Feature you describe is not part of this touring shock. For this you must have taken the Extreme Version

[justsomedude]

i just ordered the Tractive extreme rear shock and matching front fork drop in units from Konflict for my Husky Norden 901, hope hope hope its worth the $$ 🤞🤞😁

[FlyingMonkeyAdventureRiders]

I look forward to hearing about its performance.

[donalfredisaac]

Great and unhurried video, good images as well. I understand the original suspension on the T7 is kind of short wheel travel, will the Touratech suspension will allow more travel ?

[tahirsharif]

Thanks - what’s the new spring NM on the back - 90/95? Any impact on the height of the bike with the new spring? Thanks - nice, clear video.

[Tarkanbh]

Good one guys just greesed mine bearings - top end bolt was showing some rust other were fine. A question though - on the top bolt clossest to the swing arm the inner casing (staniless) for the bolt is loneger the bearing housing - correct? Making the link on top bolt always a bit offset to one side or anorher? Thx

[madmotoadv]

Why did you not remove and grease the lower link to frame bolt? Does it not require grease as well?

[mototechsam]

Nice job and informative. As I wait for my 2022 T700 to arrive from Yamaha . how much is the suspension setup?

[FlyingMonkeyAdventureRiders]

I am interested in seeing the Red Wrap

[jayhopkins]

I recently pulled shock dogbone to grease and 2 of the 3 bearings were dry!! Did Japan run out of grease! Yamaha is getting to cheap. So i put knobbies on T7 the scorpions it came with almost worthless off road. And discovered the wheel axles dry witch can be a problem if you have thousands of miles on it. They can seize in side, next thing is i better pull swingarm pivot. Probly dry as well

[chriskhan]

hey bros, did you guys have to reset the clickers to full out or in before the spring swap? I ordered some springs for both ends and wanted to know if that's a important aspect of the install. thanks in advance!