What does Tenere mean?
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Tenere is a sandy region in the Sahara desert. The logo on the front of the bike is of sand dunes, representing this. The Dakar rallye has been held through this region where Yamaha has done well in the past decades with other XT's.
Jeff, you are a veritable walking book of knowledge. See I had no idea. I'll give you a call to find out how your WaBCDR trip went. I'm sure there is still snow up there. Barry
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'Tenere', literally translated as ' where there is nothing'
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A dune sea (Erg) between Fachi and Bilma.
The Ténéré (Berber: Tiniri, literally: desert, wilderness) is a desert region in the south central Sahara. It comprises a vast plain of sand stretching from northeastern Niger into western Chad, occupying an area of over 154,440 square miles (400,000 km2). Its boundaries are said to be the Aïr Mountains in the west, the Hoggar Mountains in the north, the Djado Plateau in the northeast, the Tibesti Mountains in the east, and the basin of Lake Chad in the south. The central part of the desert, the Erg du Bilma, is centered at approximately 17°35′N 10°55′E.[1]
The name Ténéré comes from the Tuareg language, meaning "desert", in much the same way that the Arabic word for "desert", Sahara, came to be applied to the region as a whole
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For other uses of "Ténéré", see List of Yamaha motorcycles.
A dune sea (Erg) between Fachi and Bilma.
The Ténéré (Berber: Tiniri, literally: desert, wilderness) is a desert region in the south central Sahara. It comprises a vast plain of sand stretching from northeastern Niger into western Chad, occupying an area of over 154,440 square miles (400,000 km2). Its boundaries are said to be the Aïr Mountains in the west, the Hoggar Mountains in the north, the Djado Plateau in the northeast, the Tibesti Mountains in the east, and the basin of Lake Chad in the south. The central part of the desert, the Erg du Bilma, is centered at approximately 17°35′N 10°55′E.[1]
The name Ténéré comes from the Tuareg language, meaning "desert", in much the same way that the Arabic word for "desert", Sahara, came to be applied to the region as a whole
There's even a song about it!
http://supertenere1200.com/2011/10/22/super-tenere-and-the-music-of-the-desert/
http://supertenere1200.com/2011/10/22/super-tenere-and-the-music-of-the-desert/
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Isn't it a bush or something daft?