There is such a hardcore ADV, many riders want it, but the manufacturer has not been imported to our Country, it is Yamaha's Ténéré 700. The car also has many nicknames, of which two are more well-known, one is the Prince of the Desert and the other is the "real rally car".
Today I will solve these doubts for you, first of all, I will explain to people who do not understand this car, where this car is good, why it is called "real rally car". Secondly, I will explain clearly to those who are looking forward to this car, why this thing will not be imported into China?
If you're a longtime Oye fan, you won't miss what we posted some time ago on the day of the Dakar Rally, where we explained the origins of Dakar and its logo, and in that episode we mentioned yamaha and its Ténéré series.
Simply put, the words Ténéré can be called Yamaha's spiritual totem, which makes Yamaha stand on the throne of Dakar again.
(The picture above is the Yamaha XT500, which was taken around 1980 at the Dakar Rally)
Yamaha Ténéré series of models originated from the Yamaha XT500, XT500 was originally just a off-road model released by Yamaha for the U.S. market, high horsepower, easy to handle, light weight, but even Yamaha himself did not expect that this car would actually be used to run the Dakar Rally.
In the first Dakar Rally, Yamaha XT500 ranked among the best, in the second Dakar Rally, Yamaha XT500 was the top four, this Yamaha XT series models directly in Europe, sales have reached a new high.
However, after 1981, the Dakar series was not only more formal, but also attracted more manufacturers, such as BMW and Ducati. The Yamaha XT series, which was very good at that time, was overwhelmed by BMW's horizontal opposing engine in the Dakar arena, not only losing the championship, but also losing sales and losing market share.
Under such a premise, an arms race for rally motorcycles began, and many of the rally models/hardcore adv models we are familiar with today are from this arms race, such as BMW's GS series, Honda's non-double, and Yamaha's Ténéré, everyone was born because of this, just like BMW's GS dominated the Dakar in the 80s, the Ténéré series helped Yamaha dominate the Dakar race throughout the 90s.
The Yamaha XT series models are only for non-paving, while the Ténéré series models are designed to win the Dakar.
It is this purity of blood that makes many people have a special feeling for the Yamaha Ténéré series models, a feeling that it was born to be the king of rally, and the Ténéré series models have not disappointed, the setting of this car has always been rushing to the pull, even the current Ténéré 700 has not abandoned this thing that is engraved in the blood.
The Japanese Yamaha at the beginning of the design of this car formulated a 1:9 setting, the meaning of this setting is one point reserved for the road, the remaining 9 points reserved for non-paved roads, so the Yamaha Ténéré 700 has the following hard points in the setting:
The first is the vehicle's standard long-stroke shock absorption and standard off-road size wheels.
The Ténéré 700 features KYB43mm inverted front shock absorption with a stroke of 210 mm and adjustable compression and rebound damping. Rear shock absorbers are saxophones with a 200 mm stroke with quick adjustment preload and rebound damping adjustable. Paired with a wire spoke wheelset of front 21 and rear 18, the Ténéré 700 has a minimum ground clearance of 240mm and a sitting height of 875mm, which is set to do some pulling things.
The second is that the car is closer to the rally car in the original setting.
Not only is the classic twin cradle frame used in the frame, the entire front part of the Ténéré 700 is designed with reference to the rally car, and the fuel tank and slender cushions are added to the ergonomic design, so that it can adapt to long standing or sitting riding.
Finally, on electronic assistance.
In addition to the decommissionable ABS, the Ténéré 700 does not employ other electronic auxiliary measures, according to overseas media interviews with Yamaha, Yamaha said that this is due to the FACT that the CP2 engine they gave the Ténéré 700 is powerful enough to provide smooth and predictable horsepower in various situations, and all the additional electronic configurations are redundant and uncontrollable.
Like the Dakar of that year, the equipment of the car except for the throttle is the brake, and everything else is testing the driver's technology, not the intelligence of the vehicle.
In order to promote the extraordinary non-paving ability of the Ténéré 700, Yamaha also specially invited a god-level figure in the off-road industry to drive the Ténéré 700 to shoot many ultra-difficult actions, in order to prove that this car is indeed a pull, really bullish.
After such a publicity, the Ténéré 700 has completely become the holy white lotus in the hearts of many people, Dakar blood, super hardcore setting, this is the rally car in my mind!
But it wasn't just these operations that enshrined the car, but also yamaha's price for the Ténéré 700, which sold for 9,700 euros in Europe, which translates to nearly 70,000 yuan. The price in the United States is $10,299, which translates to only 65,000 yuan.
Get excited! Shiver! This hardcore rally car is cheap!
Compared to the KTM 790 and BMW F750/F850 series, this car is really cheap, and it can be nearly $3,000 cheaper than them.
At this point, Ténéré 700 has become the spiritual totem in the hearts of many domestic car friends, and everyone just needs to wait for the Yamaha thief to officially introduce this car. However, Yamaha does not seem to have introduced this car to The Country, why is this? Why didn't Yamaha introduce such a hardcore, so vocal rally car?
Hey, Yamaha doesn't tell you, I tell you.
There is only one reason why this car does not enter the mainland, that is, no one buys it after it comes in.
Everyone's true fragrance of Yamaha is only based on the overseas price of this car, not on the domestic price.
For example:
Yamaha MT07 is sold for $7,899 overseas, which translates to almost 50,000 yuan, and after arriving in China, the price is 110,000 yuan. Then the Ténéré 700, which sells for $10,299 overseas, is at least at the bottom of the domestic price of 130,000, which is in line with Yamaha's consistent tone.
After that, the question is, how many people in China are willing to pay for such a super premium "hardcore" rally car?
MT07 has someone to buy, Ténéré 700 will no one buy?
No one will really buy it.
MT07 on the basis of ultra-high premium and sales, is based on the largest market in the mainland is the street car, most people buy a car is to experience the driving fun, or feel the spirit of riding, play is the personality, you have no cost performance does not matter. So we can also know that this thing is just selling, and its sales are definitely not good. You can now open the salted fish and take a look, you can see that many stores are breaking the bones to clear the new old MT07.
If you can sell, you can sell, but it is also a fact that you can't sell, and everyone is not stupid.
Street cars are still like this, what about ADVs?
Mainland ADV sells well, this is based on the basis of everyone using a car to go to the motorcycle, what everyone needs is not real men, real pull, but good riding, convenient, stable quality, strong safety, light Ténéré 700 no electronic control this point, you can dissuade a vote ADV enthusiasts, this gang to buy TRACER 900 GT is not fragrant? The price of 140,000 is large and the configuration is strong.
For true non-paver enthusiasts, the 790ADV R version of the CKD is only 120,000 after that, under this premise, how many people will buy Yamaha's Ténéré 700?
Finally, if you are ready to buy a car, do you want the 790ADV R version of 120,000 yuan, or the 130,000 yuan super hardcore rally car Ténéré 700?
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