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ballisticexchris
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I really wanted to use my Super Tenere for all terrain adventures. The honest reality is it's simply too heavy of a bike to have fun on when the pavement ends. I have been riding off road and on since I was a young kid. I do not have a natural talent for it. The days of riding hard core off highway miles are no longer enjoyable for me. When I bought this bike I had a plan "B" in my back pocket. I'm sad and happy to say that now my Super Tenere is going to be a pavement queen.
I am so thankful to have my lightweight dual sport for real adventure riding. When the Beta wears out then I'll decide wether to get another dual sport or just truck my bike to the trail. The Beta is a blast as long as the miles stay under 300 in a day.
I have already had a good taste of almost a 200 mile off road day on the Super Tenere and it sucked. Taking a huge and heavy bike though deep sand, rocks, ruts, etc is not my idea of an adventure. For me it was torture. While I have the skills to keep the bike upright, I had to ask myself why? Not to mention I'm not budgeted for major off road bike damage on this machine. So far the few tip overs have cost me a lot of money and time in repair.
So on to the new tires. Manufacturers have come a long way in really good soft compound hyper sport tires that require little warm up to stick to the road. I decided to compromise and go with arguably the best sport touring tire I could find. I have used Michelin Pilot's exclusively on my Ninja for my full ownership. They just came out with the new Road 5 Trail for the big adventure bikes a few years back.
Expensive but I'm sure I will be happy with it on the pavement. It has a Shore A hardness of around 65 in the center and 60 on the sides when tire is cold in the garage. So nice and sticky!!
I am so thankful to have my lightweight dual sport for real adventure riding. When the Beta wears out then I'll decide wether to get another dual sport or just truck my bike to the trail. The Beta is a blast as long as the miles stay under 300 in a day.
I have already had a good taste of almost a 200 mile off road day on the Super Tenere and it sucked. Taking a huge and heavy bike though deep sand, rocks, ruts, etc is not my idea of an adventure. For me it was torture. While I have the skills to keep the bike upright, I had to ask myself why? Not to mention I'm not budgeted for major off road bike damage on this machine. So far the few tip overs have cost me a lot of money and time in repair.
So on to the new tires. Manufacturers have come a long way in really good soft compound hyper sport tires that require little warm up to stick to the road. I decided to compromise and go with arguably the best sport touring tire I could find. I have used Michelin Pilot's exclusively on my Ninja for my full ownership. They just came out with the new Road 5 Trail for the big adventure bikes a few years back.
Expensive but I'm sure I will be happy with it on the pavement. It has a Shore A hardness of around 65 in the center and 60 on the sides when tire is cold in the garage. So nice and sticky!!