Adventure Spec Yamaha Tenere 700 World Raid Bashplate
Our Yamaha T700 WR bash / skid plate is designed to protect your engine sump, exhausts and frame rails from impact and slides. Made from 5000 series aluminium with PEHD skid rails. Use with Adventure Spec T700 WR crash bars for complete protection. Available in color options. Weight = 5.85 lb / 2.6kg. Fits Yamaha Tenere / T7 / T700 World Raid 2022 model.
YAMAHA TENERE T700 WORLD RAID
ADVENTURE SPEC SKID/BASH PLATE
Balance of strength and weight
Made from 5000 series aluminium and weighs 2kg/4.85lbs
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Drastically increases protection from OEM bash/skid plate
"The Bashplate is built solid but is surprisingly light for its strength/size. I am sure it will take a beating and protects the engine well!"
Go skid
Includes plastic skid rails to help slide over trail debris
Integrated protection
Designed to work seamlessly with our T700 WR crash bars
Frame mount
Mounts from the frame for strength, not the engine block
Cut to fit
Prevents impact damage to engine and exhaust downpipes
"I went on the recent RallyMoto event out of Baskerville Hall. I can remember the rock that did the damage. I must have been doing about 25 to 30 mph on a rough forest track and the rock got dislodged by the bike in front before I hit it with the 200 kilos of bike and 100 kilos of middle-aged-man-with-kit. So, as you can appreciate, the bash plate took some hit and bent a bit. It did a good job of reducing the damage to the bike. Without the bashplate I think that would have been the end of my days riding."
Good looker
Follows the lines of the bike for great OEM style looks
Easy fit
Installs in minutes
The full package
Designed to work with our Tenere T700 Hard Parts
See all our T700 Hard Parts here
The crashbars
Pair it with the T700 WR Crashbars for full protection
Buy Crashbars here
Made in Europe
Manufactured to high standards in our EU factory
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From pictures of the legendary adventure-mad Chris Scott in the Tenere desert to images of the Dakar rally back in the mid-1980’s (when it was at it’s crazy best) the names Yamaha and Tenere come with some serious expectations loaded onto them.
In this case it seems that whilst the latest incarnation is no race bike in its standard trim it’s absolutely perfect for adventure riding… so, it wasn’t long after the final specs of the T700 were announced that we placed our order and as soon as the bike arrived Dave announced it was a big improvement on his original 1986 Tenere which first carried him across the Sahara ‘way-back-when’.
However, like all adventure bikes, whilst the manufacturers are getting better at most things there are the usual missing parts that quickly become necessary if you want to use the bike for its intended purpose…
Simplicity is the key to the design success of the new Yamaha T700 WR and the steel twin beam frame is one part of that story, as is the cast aluminium engine sump that nestles between them.
The underside/sump area of any bike has always been a weak point when adventure riding as the prospect of dropping 270kg+ (bike including rider) onto a pointed rock is sadly all to real.
Whilst in engineering terms there is no way to make the force of such a drop magically disappear we can try to spread the load over as wide an area as possible in a bid to dissipate the impact.
All this said we also realise that part of the joy of riding a bike in tricky situations is keeping it light. No one ever said ‘I wish my bike was heavier’ at any point of a technical ride. So, the question is…how do we protect the T700 WR from the bangs and scrapes it will inevitably experience without adding too much weight?
Using a lightweight high quality grade of 4mm 5000 series aluminium coupled with 6mm PEHD skid rails we have created a stiff and light section of bash plate that will protect your engine sump, frame rails and exhaust from impact and slide damage whilst weighing in at only 2.2kg.
Of course, to make sure the plate looks the part as well as remaining as strong as possible we only weld using TiG systems, we use stainless steel fittings and we powder coat the plate to a choice of coloured finishes.