r/Tenere700

How does it come that the T7 is „the bulletproof machine that brings you to every place you want to go“ but in the last couple of days i was reading a lot of issues with the clutch here.

Bought my T7 recently and previous owner was changing oil every 2k km, and it appears to have not even been used much offroad. This seems outright overkill to me when the manual says every 10k km. I seen the guys in Oz with the T7 that just passed 100k km were doing oil changes every 5k km as part of their standard fleet maintenance and while my bike will mainly be used on road, the roads here have a very fine dust on them so many people halve the manual stated oil change intervals.

I was doing oil change roughly every 6k km on my cb500x which is half of the stated interval so was thinking 5-6k km on the T7 keeping in mind the fine dust and excessively hot climate of Vietnam.

Keen to hear what others think

back from my first off road trip to the balkans and everything is setup to perfection. only issue was that after 5 minutes of riding, my lower back would start hurting due to the fact that when i grab my stock handlebars and im stood up, my body is always bent in order to reach the bars. i know what many of you are going to say, and it's that i don't need to adjust the handelbars, i need better positioning. but i genuinely have never been able to have a straight back when riding upright due to the low height of the bars.

i have three options, and i'll rank them in order of how much i like the idea:

1. keep everything, but turn stock handlebars slightly forward so that they come up higher
2. get bar risers (i hear it fucks with handling though?)
3. get a new higher bar (least favorite cause i really don't want to dismount and remount everything again..)

what do you guys see as the best option from experience?

i know that if that bar were roughly 2-3 cms higher, i could drive much more comfortably offroad..

Hello everyone! I’m new here obviously. I totaled my first bike. (2022 mt07) Friday (2 days ago). Someone ran a red light and I hit their hood. Thankfully I am ok, just a little road rash but gear did its job.

Regardless, I’m looking at a T7 to replace my mt07. I really loved the 07, but being 6’2” I found it a little bit cramped. I also didn’t really enjoy the hooligan nature of the MT07 very much, it felt like it always wanted to wheelie…

So my question is basically, for anyone that has rode both, does the power delivery on the T7 feel noticeably more tame than the MT07?

Also, will I find the ergonomics a little more comfortable?

Aside from that, I’d also like to just hear general considerations, like what aftermarket accessories are needed, quirks, etc.

I hope to be back on two wheels soon. Thanks for any advice, sorry if these questions are asked frequently.

So I decided on aftermarket grips. Just bought some aftermarket generic protapers. Well fast forward, they are too short, and the ends needed to be cut to fit my bark busters so that makes them even shorter. I cannot for the life of me find grips that are long enough for the Tenere that have an open end for the bark busters and I’m going insane. Any recommendations before I just order the oem ones again (already cut mine) thanks!

So just got the call from the dealer that my clutch plates are sticking again. I was noticing the creeping clutch again at 11,000 km. This will be the 4th clutch going in. I am beyond pissed off with Yamaha over this issue. 2 dealerships now have done work on this bike regarding this clutch. Just wanted to vent