Scott Verrall’s TDM 850-powered Sonauta Super Ténéré… Introduced in 1989, the Yamaha XTZ750 Super Ténéré sported a new DOHC 5-valve parallel-twin with a 360-degree crankshaft and output of 69 bhp. The styling came from Yamaha’s […]
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Dakar Legends: Yamaha YZE750T Super Ténéré
The Bike That Built a Dakar Dynasty… The Yamaha YZE750T Super Ténéré is one of the most important motorcycles in rally-raid history. Purpose-built from the ground up for the Paris-Dakar Rally, it was the machine […]
Desert Freight Train: Yamaha XTZ850R Paris-Dakar Rally Bike
The big twin that ruled the desert at the height of the Paris-Dakar era… In the early and mid-1990s, Yamaha dominated the Paris-Dakar Rally, the toughest off-road endurance race on the planet. At the heart […]
Ténéré Runner: Yamaha XTZ750 Super Ténere
’89 Yamaha XTZ750 “Ténéré Runner” from BCK Motorcycles… In 1989, Yamaha released their latest desert racer clone, the Yamaha XTZ750 Super Ténere. Styled after the company’s Paris Dakar race bikes, the Super Ten boasted […]
Desert Storm: Yamaha Super Ténéré 750
BIKE Factory resurrects a wrecked Super Ten… Back in 1989, Yamaha introduced a Paris Dakar-inspired adventure bike, the XTZ750 Super Ténéré. The Super Ten’s engine was a 749cc liquid-cooled parallel-twin with five valves per cylinder […]
Sonauto Edition: Yamaha XTZ750 Super Ténéré
Dakar-inspired Super Ténéré 750 from BIKE Factory… In 1947, famed French racing driver Toto Veuillet founded Saône-Auto (Sonauto), which would become France’s first importer of Porsche cars and Yamaha motorcycles. Sonauto was involved in many […]
