Tenere 700

big dirty fun: touratech rally west

The Touratech Rally began in 2012 as a small customer-appreciation weekend that involved riding, camping and sharing good times around the campfire. With this simple formula, and a whole lot of fun, it’s grown into the largest gathering of Adventure Motorcycle enthusiasts in the country. It happens the last full weekend in June every year. [...]

Yamaha Tenere 700 Suspension Installation Overview

In this video, rider and BDR team member Michael Bielecki gives a great overview of installing the Touratech Suspension Extreme Shock for the Yamaha Tenere 700 from Colorado Moto Service. It's a great video to watch just to see the overall process involved in installing your shocks. Our friends at ADV Moto magazine channel has [...]

7 Sportbike Riding Techniques for Dual Sports; Ride Safer & Faster

By Ron Lieback Want to ride safer and faster during those street portions of your adventure rides? Check out these seven sportbike riding tips adapted for bigger ADV bikes.   Adventure bikes didn’t interest me until 2010. Until then, I spent most of my moto life riding sportbikes and training/testing on road-racing circuits. Due to [...]

new product alert: DISCOVERY WATERPROOF SOFT LUGGAGE SYSTEM

The Touratech Discovery Soft Luggage System is completely waterproof and the perfect alternative to Zega panniers. The Discovery Luggage System is lightweight and easy to install on just about any dual-sport or adventure motorcycle. The magic of this system is its simplicity. Featuring four compartments, two 25 liter roll-top packsacks and two 7.5 liter external roll-top [...]

Touratech Locking GPS Mount: Garmin Zumo XT

The Touratech locking GPS mount for the Garmin Zumo XT navigators provides the ultimate in security and vibration protection for your GPS while on any motorcycle adventure. Enjoy peace of mind walking away from your motorcycle knowing that the Touratech locking mount secures your expensive GPS unit to the bike when you run into a [...]

Touratech Essential Accessories: Yamaha Tenere 700

As the CEO of Touratech USA and a founder of Backcountry Discovery Routes, Paul Guillien has ridden just about every adventure motorcycle out there. He's put a lot of miles on a lot of trails and roads so we sent him out to test the Tenere 700 on the WABDR and talk about some of [...]

Testing the Tenere 700 on the Washington Backcountry Discovery Route

Touratech-USA’s CEO, Paul Guillien, shares his thoughts about the Yamaha Tenere 700 after living off of the bike for a week riding the Washington BDR. As a co-founder of the BDR organization, he thinks the best way to test out a new model of adventure motorcycle is to spend a week riding it out in [...]

POV INSTALLATION – Quick-Release Headlight Guard FOR YAMAHA TENERE 700

Get that new Headlight Guard on your T7! The large, rally styled headlight on the Yamaha Tenere 700 is impressively bright, but easily picks up dings and damage from thrown rocks while riding off-road. Protect the expensive and vulnerable headlight lens on your Yamaha 700 with this quick-release headlight guard from Touratech. The headlight guard [...]

POV INSTALLATION – Expedition Skid Plate for YAMAHA TENERE 700

Protect your Tenere 700 engine with Touratech's Expedition Skid Plate. With a 21” front wheel and good ground clearance, the Yamaha Tenere 700 likes to wander off the beaten path. You are likely to find something on the ground that will make dangerous contact with the underside of your Tenere. You best protect it with [...]

POV Installation – Pannier Racks for Yamaha Tenere 700

Tubular stainless-steel pannier racks for the Yamaha Tenere 700. This pannier rack attaches at existing frame points on the bike and does not require any drilling or cutting to install. Touratech's tough, cross-braced rack system acts like an additional subframe, strengthening the rear of the bike, and in some cases acts like a rear crash [...]