Ténéré 700 vs 890 Adventure R for green laning

Which suits you

• There is little in the weight: 208kg against 215kg wet.
• The 890 Adventure R has 23mm more ground clearance (263mm against 240mm), useful over deep ruts and rocky steps.
• Both take a 90/90-21 front tyre, so the same front tyre options fit either bike.
• The 890 Adventure R goes further on a tank, roughly 260 miles against 225, which helps on lanes where fuel stops are far apart.
• The 890 Adventure R makes more power (105hp against 73.4hp), better for road miles between lanes, though power is rarely what you need on a lane itself.
• The Ténéré 700 costs £2,302 less new.

Holloway ratings side by side

Yamaha Ténéré 700   KTM 890 Adventure R

Ténéré 700 vs 890 Adventure R 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

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.

KTM 890 Adventure R: A genuinely capable, low-centred off-road middleweight built for pace, though the firm seat and locked-behind-a-paywall extras are common owner gripes.