Jeffthechef
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Six weeks ago I brought my S10 over from Australia and started my two up adventure around North America. My wife and I started our trip in Portland with our fully loaded Tenere and over the last 5 weeks we have put on over 10,000 miles. From Portland we traveled north to Hyder Alaska and then onto Haines before heading north to Fairbanks. The highlights of the area had to be the Dalton highway, Telegraph Creek, Nabesna Road, Denali Highway and the Top of World Highway. We were planning to travel the Campbell Highway and the South Canol road but the forecast of some extreme weather kept us off of these roads. After Alaska we headed east across north central Canada and down into North Dakota and across to Wisconsin. We are now taking some time off in Sheboygan visiting family before heading south to Arkansas and then across Texas and New Mexico before heading north through Utah,Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and finally back to Portland to send the bike back home to Australia.
The S10 has handled everything that we had come across with the exception of a rather wide river crossing at the end of the Nabesna Road. We encountered some extreme dirt and mud roads along with miles and miles of rock and sand and the Tenere pulled through everything. It also handled some extreme wet weather with ease.
I had an issue with the rear brake that it stopped working completely shortly into our ride. It seems that with the bike fully loaded I would put my leg over differently and the heal of my boot kicked the brake line loose and I lost al the fluid. I was lucky enough to come across a custom bike shop in Smithers B. C. , and he had the bike back on the road with in 30 minutes. Greats service from Eye Candy Custom Bikes, considering he was closed for lunch and opened up for us and then set us up with some accommodation for the night along with off road riding suggestions in the area and then a barbecue and beers after he closed for the day.
The Tenere has been a great ride and we are looking forward to hitting the road again in the next week, we are planning to do another 4000miles before returning to Australia.
The S10 has handled everything that we had come across with the exception of a rather wide river crossing at the end of the Nabesna Road. We encountered some extreme dirt and mud roads along with miles and miles of rock and sand and the Tenere pulled through everything. It also handled some extreme wet weather with ease.
I had an issue with the rear brake that it stopped working completely shortly into our ride. It seems that with the bike fully loaded I would put my leg over differently and the heal of my boot kicked the brake line loose and I lost al the fluid. I was lucky enough to come across a custom bike shop in Smithers B. C. , and he had the bike back on the road with in 30 minutes. Greats service from Eye Candy Custom Bikes, considering he was closed for lunch and opened up for us and then set us up with some accommodation for the night along with off road riding suggestions in the area and then a barbecue and beers after he closed for the day.
The Tenere has been a great ride and we are looking forward to hitting the road again in the next week, we are planning to do another 4000miles before returning to Australia.
