The tenere does well off road for a bike it’s size, but when riding down hills, and tackling bigger holes, a 21″ hoop would be beneficial After some vigorous hammering, cursing, and straightening, the plate was good as new…MOAR clearance!!
It bent it up with enough force to just touch/loosen the rear drain plug, but luckily no more. I landed and bottomed the skid plate on a sharp rock, which cut the plate open like a tin can. This summer while riding briskly on a quad trail on my ST, I got a bit airborne…3 feet if that, it almost ended in disaster. And this leads me to believe that I can stay up for more than 30 seconds without falling over on a gravel road. I’ve been having a blast off road the last 3 yrs on various actual dirt bikes. The ST tipped in at about 580 plus all the bits and bobs (crash bars, skid plate, rigid light, 2kg worth of wiring etc.)
The bike served me very well, but I was ready for a new bike, and looking for a few improvements: Why the AT? Well, my well serving and well used Super Tenere (ST) was getting on to six years of age, and 90K km. Been a while since I blogged, I do have a good reason to getting around to a post.
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