Both Bolts have tubeless Bridgestone Exedra tires, This week’s first segment is brought to you by Editor Don Williams who recently rode the new 2024 Yamaha Tenere 700. Although the TenereThe Yamaha Ténéré 700. At the heart of the Ténéré 700 is Yamaha’s loveable 692 cc cross-plane parallel-twin engine that first showed up in the FZ-07 (later to be redubbed the MT-07 to match with the worldwide naming conventions). I first experienced this engine at the XSR700 press launch and was immediately smitten. A tubeless tire gets rid of the tube. Wheels for tubeless tires are specially designed to have tighter tolerances. This provides an airtight seal between the rims and the tire beads. Tubeless tires were created to provide certain advantages. However, there are also some disadvantages that come with this design. Image YAMAHA. But the new Tenere has no such issues. Yamaha have fitted the 700 with a set of 43mm Kayaba USD forks, complete with compression and rebound damping, 210mm and even an air bleeder for those obsessed with gassy forks. It’s a great set up that delivers faultless performance both on and off -road.
The 2024 Tenere 700 introduces pre-wiring for a Quickshifter, offering riders the option to enhance their shifting experience. But surprisingly, Yamaha just offers an “upshift-only” Quickshifter ($199.99 upgrade) and no downshift option. Test bikes were outfitted with this feature during our ride, which proved valuable for clutchless shifts
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