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YAMAHA TENERE 700 TO TOUR NZ
amaha Motor NZ has announced that the
highly-anticipated Tenere 700 will tour key
New Zealand locations ahead of the model’s
official launch later this year.
The bike will be touring the country in mid-
August, starting in Auckland with an event at
Blush Studios in Freemans Bay on the 16th before
heading to Wellington’s QT Museum Hotel on
the 18th. The tour concludes in Christchurch on
Wednesday August 21 at Passengers & Co.
While it is free to attend these events, numbers
for each are strictly limited and Yamaha
encourages those keen to be one of the first
riders in the country to check out the Tenere 700
in person to register at the yamaha-motor.co.nz
website to ensure they aren’t turned away.
The Tenere 700 is based around the CP2 parallel
twin engine which debuted with the MT-07. With
a bespoke chassis and tuned specifically for
adventure riding, the Tenere 700 is priced in New
Zealand at a sharp $16,999 plus on roads with
the bikes expected to arrive in dealers before
Christmas.
GIXXER CUP CHAMP EYES ASBK POINTS
F
ormer Gixxer Cup Champion, Tom Newton, is
making the jump to the Australian Superbike
Paddock for the final four rounds of the ASBK
season in the Supersport 300 class.
Backed by Kiwi team Bike Sport Promotions
(Team BSP), Newton is looking forward to pitching
his skills against the Australian competition.
“Competing in the 300 class is going to be a new
challenge for me but with Team BSP behind me
I’m confident that we can put together a good
package for the remainder of the 2019 season,”
he said.
Newton will be joining up with Kawasaki
BCperformance with a race-prepped Ninja 400 at
his disposal.
“We are looking forward to having Tom on
a BCperformance prepared Kawasaki Ninja
400, says team principal Kelvin Reilly. It will be
interesting to see how he goes and what he can
achieve.”
Team BSP General Manager Robbert Adriaansen,
who’s focus is moving talented and skilled riders
into competitions around the APAC region is
pleased with Newton’s progress into the Aussie
championship.
“I’m very happy to see Tom taking on the
remaining rounds of the Australian Superbike
Championship, he said. “All of us at BSP are
looking forward to seeing Tom perform in those
rounds. I would especially like to thank Kelvin
Reilly from BCperformance for making the bike
available.”
Newton’s first race in the Australian Superbike
Championship will take place at Queensland’s
Morgan Park Raceway, which is the first meeting
back following the winter break and tests.
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