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Yamaha XT550 Ténéré Prototype
A strange idea?
Of course Yamaha's European product planning picked up on this new market
trend. They caused a surprise in the Yamaha Japan headquarters in 1981, when
they suggested to produce a replica of the Rally machines with a 30 litres
fuel tank and a big single, or even a twin, engine. This was a concept hard to
understand in Japan, where the adventure dream had not picked up yet, and
nobody could imagine normal motorcyclists wanting to ride around with these
big fuel tanks.
But the engineers finally took up the challenge and created the first Ténéré
for the model year 1983!Source
yamaha-motor.de
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