No one said the 690 was a dirt bike. The Tenere 700 is not a dirt bike either. But the 690 has a much wider range of use than a T700, because of its lower weight. Your claim on the turning circle of the 690 is true for older models but the 2019+ 690 has addressed that problem nicely and the turning circle is much tighter.
The KTM 790 Adventure R and Yamaha Tenere 700 arrived within a year of each other but are very different motorcycles. YAMAHA TENERE 700 A mid-sized adventure bike from Yamaha was long overdue. If you check back, Yamaha was in this game back in the late ’80s, long before most other manufacturers.
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