Yamaha Super Tenere Concept wrapped up like a Jawa

The wraps just came off the YamahaSuper Tenere Concept at the Tokyo Motor Show, or rather they stayed on– the concept is made from cloth and skeletal mechanical components. Evoking a blinged out Bedouin or Touareg desert nomads, but closely resembling the flashlight-eyed Jawa scavengers from Star Wars, the concept is intended to be evocative of exotic adventure in remote destinations. However it looks like it was designed for beach-hooning in Dubai, with all that chrome. We also think it possibly skews a bit heavy on the orientalism while borrowing heavily from the BMW Gina concept car, just here with less metaphorical lady bits.>

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