Adventure Bike Rider Forum

minkyhead wrote:6995

Sounds like a bargain to me if it turns out to be anything like the concept bike.

Mike54 wrote:
There is simply not the market to "sell millions"

I was exaggerating the point to emphasise my point that they will sell buckets loads.....and no they won't sell them in buckets either :dry:


As for the £6995 I guess we could all pluck a price out the sky like that :whistle:

basing it on the currant mt series 7 grand will be at the very top of the mt07 powered bikes ..let hope im right

I just can't see a properly suspended bike being priced at 7k and it needs to be properly suspended not the shit they throw on the MT's

P.S. Note to Yamaha...plz keep the name, "T7" is a refreshingly simple break from all that WRXFZR700R-1 malarky..

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No further comment required :laugh:

If you compare the T7 to the spy shots of the XT700 you will see that the XT is very far down the road in terms of development and even has the Yamaha plastic pannier rails fitted.

As to which one will hit the street, that is anyones guess.

That second pic is probably closer to what will be sold...more's the pity, but a twin disc, faux off road, tourer, just slightly lighter than an Africa Tank is not what I am after, I wont be laying out dosh for that.

Well....spoke to my Yamaha dealer today (here in Belgium). He says the T7 will be there even this year after the summer. And it seems...seems...it will not be a soft allroader but more an extreme sort of rallye raid bike. Let's hope he is right, and I must say I trust what he is saying because he is also an offroad rider and the biggest Yam dealer here in B. Fingers crossed...

IMO extremely unlikely using the MT07 motor, it has a very deep wet sump hidden behind the odd black lower fairing thingy. if you look at side on pics you'd destroy the motor on the first rock step you tried to go over. If however they just had a massive engine guard then the ground clearance will be very compromised.

Hope they do bring a bike out based on the concept bike as a general direction, but with a proper motor designed for the job.

Again the KTM790 has to be in pole position atm for a proper lighter adv bike.