2023 Yamaha Tenere 700 Malaysia market preview, priced at RM69,988, year-end launch and delivery

2023 Yamaha Tenere 700 Malaysia market preview, priced at RM69,988, year-end launch and delivery

From left to right: HLYM General Manager of 3S and Marketing Hoo Wan Tim, HLYM Managing Director Taketoshi Takabayashi, Yamaha stunt rider Wan Wan, Hong Leong Industries Group Managing Director Professor Datuk Dr Jim Khor, HLYM General Manager of
YGP Spare Parts Goh Wei Ping

A special preview of the 2023 Yamaha Tenere 700 for the Malaysia market, priced at RM69,988 excluding road tax, insurance and registration. The preview took place at the Yamaha GEN BLU Carnival at Stadium Likas, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Bookings for the Tenere 700 – in Malaysia as a CKD unit – are are being taken now at all authorised Hong Leong Yamaha Motor (HLYM) Big Bike dealers. Delivery of the Tenere 700 for Malaysian buyers is slated for year’s end.

The Malaysian price for the Tenere 700 compares against Malaysia’s ASEAN neighbours Thailand and the Philippines with pricing set at RM58,394 and RM51,912 in 2021, respectively. The Tenere 700 was initially slated for introduction to Malaysia in 2022.

2023 Yamaha Tenere 700 Malaysia market preview, priced at RM69,988, year-end launch and delivery

Carrying Yamaha’s Crossplane 2 liquid-cooled parallel-twin displacing 689 cc, the Tenere 700 produces 72.4 hp at 9,000 rpm and 68 Nm of torque at 6,500 rpm. Fed by EFI, the Tenere 700 gets power to the ground via a six-speed gearbox and chain final drive.

The 2023 version of the Tenere 700 gets a TFT-LCD screen along with a full suite of riding aids oriented towards off-road use, including switchable ABS. Wheel sizing is also biased to dirt riding with a 21-inch wheel wearing 90/90 rubber and a 150/70 tyre on an 18-inch wheel at the rear.

Further pushing the Tenere 700 towards the dual-purpose market is the long travel suspension,43 mm diameter upside-down front forks with 210 mm of travel and 200 mm travel adjustable monoshock at the back. For those riders wanting a more touring oriented off-road rig, Yamaha has the Tracer 9 GT in Malaysia, identically priced to the Tenere 700 at RM69,988.

The Tenere 700 weighs in at 205 kg and fuel is carried in a 16-litre tank which gives a claimed 350 km range. A double-cradle tubular steel frame ties everything together and seat height places the rider 880 mm off the ground.

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Comments

  • Japan The US Dog on Sep 17, 2023 at 3:09 pm

    Japan inflation is crazy. All their prices has shot up while quality is down. No one will buy loa ini punya harga. YAMAHAL

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  • Bryant on Sep 17, 2023 at 5:58 pm

    Rofl! T7 same price as Tracer 9 GT. looks like they aren’t too serious about selling it locally.

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  • A rider on Sep 17, 2023 at 9:06 pm

    The price doesn’t justify to buy this over the v strom de

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  • I’m not sure how they can justify such a markup even with it being a CKD. MT09 being 20k cheaper (such a bargain), and it being priced almost 20k over the price in the US for the same spec Tenere 700. Guess R7 when it gets here is going to cost 90k. Lol

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  • svherman on Sep 18, 2023 at 10:00 am

    Be it baby steps by HLYM or otherwise, am still waiting for the MT-10.

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  • Noisy bike

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  • ahbeng on Sep 18, 2023 at 11:27 am

    Mat rempit wet dream machine…..with such stunt, am not surprised there will be more “Anak saya baik orang”

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    • RM70k ma, what mat rempit have that kind of money. Told to renew roadtax rm50 also cannot afford, you think they have money to dream about expensive ADV bike?

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    • ediallr on Sep 18, 2023 at 4:14 pm

      bro mat rempit wont be able to afford this bike hahha. also they’re most prolly not into these adventure-tourer types

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    • sub_zero on Sep 18, 2023 at 10:42 pm

      this motor not even mat rempit taste. mat rempit prefer 2 stroke if still available but the closest they get is y16zr. you must be recently coming out of cave to make such statement

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  • What we save on subsidised fuel price (ron95) is having to pay higher taxes for imported cars and bikes. The difference is pricing for Indonesia Thailand & Philippines tells it all. So there’s no valid reason to restrict Ron 95 fuel only to the B40. The M40 and T20 who make up the bulk of tax payers must be entitled to Ron95 as well.

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  • sub_zero on Sep 18, 2023 at 10:45 pm

    what a load of bull. previous MT-07 was around 38k-40k. and that was CKD too. this tenere cost 20k more with just off road setup and to boot it also CKD. HLYM must be drinking ketum daily. pretty much Dead On Arrival

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  • seihta on Sep 19, 2023 at 10:40 am

    The Malaysian price for the Tenere 700 compares against Malaysia’s ASEAN neighbours Thailand and the Philippines with pricing set at RM58,394 and RM51,912 in 2021, respectively.
    Thailand=58k
    Philippines=51k
    Malaysia=69k(if rounded up =70k)
    can the author of this article, please explain what he means by saying “compares”????

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  • Fake pandemy - real swindlers on Sep 20, 2023 at 11:46 am

    70k??? For a Totally Knock Down bike THAT built is success on a reliable and affordable adventure/dual/sport model marketing?

    Big joke… And f$&k Hong Leong to make us wait so long to finally get THAT kind of $urprise!

    No tubeless wheels and after adding accessories, it will be 80-90k.

    Nope. I rather spend extra on a new BMW GS900.

    We got some bast$&rd between Yamaha and Malaysia to dare announcing such a price. Big joke!

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  • We f$&k them? Let's blame Covid lol on Sep 20, 2023 at 12:15 pm

    MT-07 – same motor RM38000 (?)
    MT-09 – RM55000

    T7 RM70000 (???) for poor suspension and no tubeless wheels?

    Oh, I guess the technology used to resolve rusting part justify that little extra AH AH AH

    Yamaha&Hongleong ->>> circus family show

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