It was not a tough decision really. Having arranged to drop the T7 back to Uncle Yamaha for its 6000-mile service – signalling the end of the loan period – and asked as to whether I wanted to ride back out on another Ténéré? Thus the opportunity to see how the minor foibles that I had had with the T7, which were few and far between, had been addressed in progressing the Ténéré 700 World Raid.
I have had some experience of the World Raid as detailed in Chris Moss’ ‘Tale of two Ténérés’ feature in MSL (No.753). Here he bought along a World Raid, I had my T7 and spent the