Alan Duffus Motorcycles - News Item

Adventure travelling takes skill, courage and endurance – as well as faith in your machine. Faith that it’ll love rocky river crossings and dirt roads as much as you do. Faith that it’s going to be comfortable on a long freeway haul. Faith that it’s got what it takes to carve up twisty mountain roads.

The all-new Yamaha Super Ténéré is built from the ground up to be the most exciting next-generation adventure tourer, combining Yamaha’s Dakar-bred toughness and reliability with light, easy handling and advanced rider assist technology.

For 2010 the Super Ténéré is only available as a special ‘first edition’ version, including a thrilling adventure pack. This is only available through online reservation starting at the beginning of March.

FEATURES

* Shaft drive inline 2-cyl engine - 270-degree crank

* Mass kept low and central for agile handling

* Intelligent Unified Brake System and ABS

* YCC-T with 3-stage traction control plus Yamaha D-mode

* First edition adventure pack

* Tough spoked, tubeless aluminium rims

* Adjustable front and rear suspension

* Adjustable seat height

ENGINE

Engine type: liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, DOHC, Forward-inclined parallel 2-cylinder, 4-valve, fuel injected, twin spark engine

Displacement: 1199 cc

Bore x stroke: 98 x 79.5 mm

Compression ratio: 11.0 : 1

Maximum power: 80.9kW (110PS) @7,250rpm

Maximum torque: 114.1 Nm(11.6kgf+m) @6,000 rpm

Lubrication system: Dry sump, oil tank in crankcase

Carburettor: Fuel injection

Clutch type: Wet, multiple-disc coil spring

Ignition system: Twin spark

Starter system: Electric

Transmission system: Constant mesh, 6-speed

Final transmission: Shaft

Fuel tank capacity: 23 L

Oil tank capacity: 4.2 L

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