CFMOTO 800MT-X vs Ténéré 700 for green laning

Which suits you

• Choose the Ténéré 700 if low-speed control and picking it up after a drop matter most: it is 12kg lighter wet.
• Both take a 90/90-21 front tyre, so the same front tyre options fit either bike.
• The CFMOTO 800MT-X goes further on a tank, roughly 275 miles against 225, which helps on lanes where fuel stops are far apart.
• The CFMOTO 800MT-X makes more power (95hp against 73.4hp), better for road miles between lanes, though power is rarely what you need on a lane itself.
• The CFMOTO 800MT-X costs £2,998 less new.

Holloway ratings side by side

CFMOTO 800MT-X   Yamaha Ténéré 700

CFMOTO 800MT-X vs Ténéré 700 specs

A tick marks the better figure for green laning. Manufacturer figures; weights are wet unless marked as estimates.

Where they sit against every other bike

Wet weight against ground clearance across the whole Bike Finder. Light and tall, top left, is where the easiest green lane bikes sit.

Our take on each

CFMOTO 800MT-X: A genuinely well-balanced middleweight twin with low-slung fuel tanks that hide its weight well, until you're buried in boggy peat.

Yamaha Ténéré 700: The benchmark adventure green-laner: tractable and well-equipped off-road, only really let down by its height and weight if you drop it in the mud.