Have you dropped your Super Tenere? Damage?

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I guess if you use the bike for what it was never intended to do you can expect to have issues with picking it out of the bush. You don't need an s10 to need help or a winch to dig it out if you send it down some embankment. Any single cylinder 200lb bike can be unretrievable in certain circumstances.
The Super Tenere is a STREET bike, if you use it as a dirt bike.....well what can i say, you better buy a winch or take up bench pressing. Unfortunately social media can drive misinformation on a product leading to people misfortune, youtube is loaded with such and while most of us are not professionals riders we all think we are and then shit happens.
You just as well take a HD down a dirt road for the day.
Personally i have never taken my S10 down a dirt trail, single track or a ROUGH dirt road , it was never design for that. The most dirt it see's are generally maintained FSR, if i ride rougher off roads then the appropriate bike is used.
Some people fall for the BS and try to dress up a turd, just to end up finding out its just a turd, so leave it where it belongs no need to dress it up. The S10 is awesome for what it is intended to do.
I'll just politely disagree and leave it at that.
 

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My buddy flipped his Tenere off a side of a mountain in AZ while we were on the AZBDR. Not only could we not budge his bike back up the ledge, when help eventually arrived it took a 15,000 Lb winch to pull it up and out. Even while pulling the bike up, it was pulling the truck towards the edge off the cliff. We had to re configure the winch a few times.
Long story- next day the bike fired up and he road it another 1500 miles home and the bike is still going strong with 125K miles. LOL.
This is a terrible angle of how steep the situation was. We were stuck for 13 hours or so. It took that long for them to find us.

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Yup, there are plenty of those situations too, where I've been stuck beneath the 200 lb KTM or had it stuck where only a rope could get it up.
But the point is that if those are not the case, then the Tenere can be spun around and lifted just the same as the KTM.
 

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My buddy flipped his Tenere off a side of a mountain in AZ while we were on the AZBDR. Not only could we not budge his bike back up the ledge, when help eventually arrived it took a 15,000 Lb winch to pull it up and out. Even while pulling the bike up, it was pulling the truck towards the edge off the cliff. We had to re configure the winch a few times.
Long story- next day the bike fired up and he road it another 1500 miles home and the bike is still going strong with 125K miles. LOL.
This is a terrible angle of how steep the situation was. We were stuck for 13 hours or so. It took that long for them to find us.

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Curious, what was the recovery cost?

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Curious, what was the recovery cost?

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It was a very interesting situation. It took hime about 13 hours to find us. We were WAY back in some crazy off the map roads. He got to us about midnight, this all started at about 10AM. He was an older guy and we hopped in the middle of everything and tried to do as much as possible and try help. We took it upon ourselves to help 'him' as much as possible. (This awesome gentleman just passed away like two days ago, I read on FB... This guy was SO awesome) So we rushed around in the dark on the side of a mountain for an hour or so. And then we got his bike off the mountain and onto this guys off road trailer thing he brought. I stripped my bike down of all the heavy bags and had a great time blasting the mountain in the middle of the night. PITCH BLACK darkness! (goes back to many of my 'quality driving lights' and all my light post) Anyhow- we were probably hour and half from any town. Finally made it to the 'one horse' town and a little hotel so I could try and work on the bike the next day. When he dropped us off this was not my "bill", so it wasn't really my business.. But it went down kind of like this....

Rider: well, here is the painful part, what is this going to cost? ( I warned him it could be monster)
Driver: well, what do you think this was worth?
Rider: It took you 13+ hours to find us and you didn't give up, you saved our bacon, and we are safe and alive, I really don't know
Driver: Why don't we call it $500 and that will be fine
Rider: Sounds awesome, thank you

After that its close to 1:30-2:00 AM, and the drive is asking us if we are hungry and if we want to go get pizza. We kindly said 'not at this point'. Then we all were tired and laughing and he spent five more minutes trying to talk us into going to get beer or food...
Keep in mind that at this point of the hotel, he was still approximately 4-5-6 hours from his home. After this ordeal all day, he still had a long way home

* I CAN'T reiterate enough, that if you ride in these type areas, to have quality lights. Maybe have them wired stand alone just incase one gets damaged, it might save your life. I say this as a friend to all riders.


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+1 on the lights.

Even during the day, wooded trails are dark as hell. My lights work on those trails during the day which is my requirement.


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Towed the bike with the rear wheel down? Not that there was any other choice in that circumstance but really not a good thing to do with a shaft drive bike (unless you removed the drive coupling somehow). Transmission is spinning without oil pressure, although with the front of the bike that high maybe the gears were submerged?
 

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Towed the bike with the rear wheel down? Not that there was any other choice in that circumstance but really not a good thing to do with a shaft drive bike (unless you removed the drive coupling somehow). Transmission is spinning without oil pressure, although with the front of the bike that high maybe the gears were submerged?
Yes... yep, had no other choice that second. That was a few years ago and he still rides the same Tenere just about everyday, 125K miles. Has anyone ever mentioned these bikes are about BULLET PROOF ! lol Even with the bike being upside down, and 3/4 turn over vertical on a side of a mountain for over 13 hours. The next day the bike fired up and we road away.
 

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Yes... yep, had no other choice that second. That was a few years ago and he still rides the same Tenere just about everyday, 125K miles. Has anyone ever mentioned these bikes are about BULLET PROOF ! lol Even with the bike being upside down, and 3/4 turn over vertical on a side of a mountain for over 13 hours. The next day the bike fired up and we road away.
Bulletproof? Did you shoot at the bastid to get its ass back up the mountain? lol
 

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Sounds like a bargain at $500. Did you have cell phone service at the crash site? Lucky if you did. Gets spotty out there. Providing recovery like that would be an interesting line of work. I'm pretty sure they recover more Side by sides than motorcycles these days.

Last year we came across a thrown off ATV passenger, and hauled him off 4 Peaks in our SUV when paramedics told them they couldn't locate them. Many broken ribs and concussion. He spent over a week in the hospital.

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Sounds like a bargain at $500. Did you have cell phone service at the crash site? Lucky if you did. Gets spotty out there. Providing recovery like that would be an interesting line of work. I'm pretty sure they recover more Side by sides than motorcycles these days.

Last year we came across a thrown off ATV passenger, and hauled him off 4 Peaks in our SUV when paramedics told them they couldn't locate them. Many broken ribs and concussion. He spent over a week in the hospital.

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Earlier someone mentioned damage to the exhaust protector. I'm running altrider full bars but not much else with Arrow headers. If I go down on pavement I'm guessing the rider and passenger pegs will hold the exhaust and engine case above the pavement?
The shifter peg can be forced/bent up when dropped on the left side. Have had it happen several times, it either has snapped back into position, or I had to loosen the peg and reposition. No damage to the shaft or tranny, but highly recommend replacing the shifter peg with one that folds.
 

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T Rex crash bars are great. I’ve had two very slow speed get offs and no damage whatsoever. However, picking it up at 67 with a recent 5 level spinal fusion is a different matter.

i was very lucky and had people there to help me right it. I don’t go off-road by myself, always with a buddy.
 

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I guess if you use the bike for what it was never intended to do you can expect to have issues with picking it out of the bush. You don't need an s10 to need help or a winch to dig it out if you send it down some embankment. Any single cylinder 200lb bike can be unretrievable in certain circumstances.
The Super Tenere is a STREET bike, if you use it as a dirt bike.....well what can i say, you better buy a winch or take up bench pressing. Unfortunately social media can drive misinformation on a product leading to people misfortune, youtube is loaded with such and while most of us are not professionals riders we all think we are and then shit happens.
You just as well take a HD down a dirt road for the day.
Personally i have never taken my S10 down a dirt trail, single track or a ROUGH dirt road , it was never design for that. The most dirt it see's are generally maintained FSR, if i ride rougher off roads then the appropriate bike is used.
Some people fall for the BS and try to dress up a turd, just to end up finding out its just a turd, so leave it where it belongs no need to dress it up. The S10 is awesome for what it is intended to do.
I fully agree with you mate.
Unless you’re Hercules, then picking up a Super Ten is next to impossible.
I couldn't pick mine up on level pavement...if you drop any bike bike, don't be an idiot, seek assistance and avoid hurting yourself. Hernia, slipped disk in your back come to mind.
I traded my 2018 ES (46,500 km, two seasons) for a 2020 Africa Twin DCT...it's about 50 kg lighter and slightly better performance, although marginally. I miss the shaft, not the weight.
I'll be 71 soon, not into lifting heavy stuff.
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It depends on the person.

I dont lift anymore but even when i did, my numbers were not impressive.

Its all about technique.

If a guy like Bret Tcaks can lift a 1200gsa, it can be done by most. The tenere is a harder lift but only by about 10-20%.

Shumba if you worked with a strength coach for just a few months, the technique and muscle adaptations you gain might have you lifting that bike! (Yes even at 70)


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I fully agree with you mate. Unless you’re Hercules, then picking up a Super Ten is next to impossible. I couldn't pick mine up on level pavement...if you drop any bike bike, don't be an idiot, seek assistance and avoid hurting yourself.
I disagree. It's technique. Check out some videos.. there is a 'backwards, butt against bike method', a 'push across not up method', etc.

I had a low speed dump a few months ago. I'm 6' 4" and 175# so while I have some leverage I'm not exactly muscle bound. After instinctively trying to yank the bike up and about jerked my arm out of the socket, I used my brain and did the butt first method and righted the bike. At the time I was loaded down with a case of beer, 5 quarts of oil, a quart of final drive lube, and a bunch of groceries including a good selection of canned goods. And, I was on 1.5 inches of slick wet virgin snow on blacktop.

As to the OPs question... the only damage I had was two thumbprint sized scrapes on the Alt Rider crash bars. The front corner of a saddlebag did make contract but I couldn't even call it a scrape. Handlebars and front end did not make contact. But I felt like the front was very slightly tweaked... maybe from my initial yank? I loosened the triple tree and pro tapers and retorqued and all was good. Ah, and someone here turned me on to black paint pens... super handy for crash bar touch up.
 

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There are two kinds of riders, those that have dropped their bikes, and those that will. I know every bike I owned took a nap or two (the worst was when I would forget to remove the disc lock from the front brake!).
You got that right, those that have dropped those who will drop, you forgot the third lot, er they are called liars.
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I had 3 Super Tenere's and never dropped any of them, but, I don't do any off road. I will do gravel roads but that is the extent of my adventures. Surely, I am not the only one to keep my bikes upright am I?

I work in the motorcycle industry with about 2 dozen other folks. We handle a lot of bikes. Taking them on and off trucks and moving them around as needed. Many of us are likely to handle more bikes in a year than the average rider will handle in a lifetime. I can tell you that, as far as this group is concerned, dropping bikes is neither understandable or acceptable. If we did, we wouldn't have a job for very long. If you are careful and mindful as to how and where you park your bike the likelihood of dropping it will be reduced by several levels of magnitude. If we have any inclines to deal with we are sure to leave it in gear.

If you are doing off road all bets are off especially on the Super Tenere.
 
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