Charley Boorman review / Yamaha Ténéré 700

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Check out my review of the Yamaha Ténéré 700.

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Cheers,

Charley

[CRFLAus]

Yamaha are onto something. Back to rawness, no bells and whistles. I went from a bike with rider modes, traction control and all that jazz, only to do a full 180 and ride a bike with a carburettor! Motorcycle soul has gotten off track and this bike seems like it's ignoring the trend. Good for Yamaha.

[georgenewman]

I appreciate the review, but I will quibble. The Tenere 700 is great for big distances. I just got back from a 3, 400 mile trip on mine with a couple 600 mile days and the Tenere handled it nicely. It handled all my camping gear for an 11 day trip and was great on road and off.

[bartrabiej]

Bike of my dreams 😍🔥 I can see myself riding it around Scotland ❤️

[elindenstein]

Just hit 10, 000 miles on mine and it's been so awesome. I had a 1200cc ADV bike before and was worried about going down to a 700 because of couple of longer trips I'll do per year.. It's been fantastic with a couple of mods, and it's 150lbs lighter ☝️

[swlvzpo]

This would have been the bike for 'Long Way Round', Charlie. Just needs Bike Seal in the inner tubes. I did southern Europe from England four times on an XT500 in the '80s. Nick J

[johangranstrom]

Did a 3200 km ride to Lofoten in northern parts of Norway this summer and it was surprisingly comfy despite 500-700 km rides a day. On twisty roads it is just awesome. Very low fuel consumption also so 16 litre of fuel is not an issue. My friend had a GS 1250 and we had to refuel at the same time.

[littleDoughie]

Hey Charlie, loving the production quality in your videos! Ever thought about making some adventure, exploring, or moto camping videos? I know they take time, but I bet they'd be awesome. So glad you're on YouTube now. Keep up the great work!

[pinkie]

I have the T7 sind this year and I love it. Was in the woods nearby and the biggest problems were not the bike but the rider itself. I really need some more experience.
I changed the seat and the rear spring and that was a nice improvement. Here and there some little things things changed and I even rode to France this year. I wanted to explore the alps, but because of bad luck I needed to return to home sooner.

[TOMAHAWK]

Charley, you are the best salesman ever. This is by far, the best Tenere review in the world and would encourage would-be buyers straight into the Yamaha showroom. Good on yer mate!

[nemerkha]

I have the World Raid for a year now. Love it to bits and not thinking of changing it. Couple of things: Yamaha Ride App is absolutely useless; yes it'll track your ride but everything else is very buggy. I have been from TET to Autobahn on it and it handles everything you throw at it with no problem, 10-12 hour days are easy. Brilliant bike. Now if Yamaha sticks a ride-by-wire with cruise control, and/or stick the CP3 in the Tenere frame, that'll be awesome.

[tomskalninsh]

I couldn’t make up my mind between tenere and transalp, but after watching this video Charlie convinced me to go with Tenere, very beautiful color scheme also.

[phudoan]

Wow, one of the best visual T7 videos I have ever seen.
I don't know what it is exactly but the color combination, the vibe... It's so mesmerizing to watch!

[brandonbascue]

Hello Charlie, great the video! I found it while watching reviews for the T7 and other bikes. Its funny that I am also working my way through the long way round, down, and up documentaries as well again for probably the 100th time. Love you're content and love the wheelies! Cheers!

[silveriojohan]

Amazing the way you take us with you and make us dream, thanks Charley...

[MON_MOSO_MON]

How could I be so lucky to watch Mr Boorman reviewing Tenere 700 !Youi're my hero and thanks for this informative crip!
From JAPAN.

[kevinwestwood]

I remember when you and Ewan, was riding the tenere, in your first long way show, and chose the BMWs, great video as always.

[diegogarrido]

You have convinced me to go for this one.. My 2016 Africa twin was stolen last month. It was perfect and I never wanted to do any new improvements. Just maintenance.. I'm still grieving but feeling like downsizing is going for this for my next bike... My insurance money just came in so downsizing might be serendipity! Its a used 2023 that I'm going to look at this week.

[craigdixon]

Can't go wrong with a T7 👍 Great platform to setup an amazing ADV bike. It rides like a big dirtbike.

[belanagy]

This is really a brilliant bike - I have test ridden both the 'street' version and the upgraded Rallye one - the latter one was way better, more comfortable seating, they have a special grip with couple of protruding lines on it - so you can handle the throttle much easier than with the standard grip. Nice review Charley, you're such a cool guy - been your fan since your Long Way series...

[allenhuling]

Nice endorsement, Charlie, I know I've loved mine for everything I do here in Alaska for three years now....wouldn't trade it! Ride safe!!