There have been rumours of a 900cc XT not sure whether a Tenere or a Supermoto XTX style, and these rumours always tend to materialize in the end. After all 4 years ago the XT1200Z Super Tenere also started as a rumour and next thing you know in 2011 they've released the very thing.

Yamaha has a lot of competition from KTM in the 900 range, so I reckon that is where we might be heading rather than a Tenere 900 when we already have a 1200 Super Tenere, I see little point in designing a midrange Tenere more power and weight can cause havoc off road, that's why the 660Z Tenere has been such a success.