The 2014 North America Super Ténéré Arkansas Rally

What kind of riding do you want to do?

  • Pavement and Twisties

    Votes: 75 70.1%
  • Easy Gravel

    Votes: 32 29.9%
  • Offroad/Technical (not the "hold my beer and watch this" kinda stuff)

    Votes: 22 20.6%
  • Forest Service Roads

    Votes: 63 58.9%

  • Total voters
    107

SuperTen

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Just finished updating my profile map ;D

Up to 47 visited states by motorcycle

If I include by car than I'm done with 49 since I have been to Michigan and Arizona by car. I have never visited Hawaii, can't ride there ::)

Any ideas about pontoons for the Super Tenere? ::025::
 

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As a native who lives 27 miles north of The Hub it was great to see you and to hear so many enjoyed the outstanding road and dual sport riding our area offers and thanks for visiting. We appreciate you helping our local economy! I am the guy on the dinky little WR250R who stopped by.
Hint: April is a GREAT month to ride this area (again).
This is Lover's Leap overlook east of Osage Arkansas.
 

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Here's the group pictures from past events and the 2014 :)

It was a pleasure getting the group together for this picture

and just to remind everyone I have attended all three events, do I get a medal? ;D

These are being hosted on photobucket and I just realized it's not showing them full size even if you expand.

Click this link and you will go to my Photobucket, select the picture and download full size
http://s940.photobucket.com/user/fastgeorge/library/Yamaha?sort=3&page=1








 

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fjrmgm said:
As a native who lives 27 miles north of The Hub it was great to see you and to hear so many enjoyed the outstanding road and dual sport riding our area offers and thanks for visiting. We appreciate you helping our local economy! I am the guy on the dinky little WR250R who stopped by.
Hint: April is a GREAT month to ride this area (again).
This is Lover's Leap overlook east of Osage Arkansas.
It was good to meet you fjrmgm. That 250 can do it all. I think we all had a great time this week and ready to do it again.
Bruce.

A few photos:
http://s1143.photobucket.com/user/bwmiller1955/library/2014%20SUPER%20TENERE%20RALLY?sort=3&page=1
 

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Well, BMW Bryan and I left on Friday morning and had a nice ride over to Murray, KY for the night. We even rode the Hickman Ferry across the mighty Mississippi!
Got home about 3 on Saturday and our wives had a Halloween benefit party on the agenda so it's back to the real world.

What a fantastic Rally! Many thanks to Jaxon and Karson for the setup, Randal and Debbie for the accomodations, and to the staff of the restaurant for taking care of the vittles. It was a special treat and privelege to spend a week riding and bickering with my big brother Twolukes!

Can't wait to see what next year's rallly looks like!
 

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Thanks for sharing the great photos, Bruce. It was a pleasure meeting you (twice) . When I introduced myself to Combo on Tuesday, he reminded me that we had met on Sunday ;D. It was a pleasure meeting several forum members, although I didn't always get their forum names, but that's ok.

I just wanted to say thanks to Karson and Jaxon. I have been in their position of organizing events several times in the HSTA and I know how much time, work and worry are involved, so I really appreciate it.

I had one of the best weeks I have had in a long time at this event. The location was perfect for our bikes, as it offered an opportunity to experience the incredible versatility of the Super Tenere. Some world class twisties, some off road ranging from entertaining dirt roads to some more difficult trails were available and I came away with a greater appreciation of these amazing bikes.

I was fortunate to have two great travelling buddies for the trip from IL to the rally and the return trip home. My friend Chuck Mayfield rode my previously owned 2012 S10 from his home in VA to my home in IL. We left on Friday, the 17th and met up with William42 in Farmington, MO, the site of our Sept Super Tenere ride. From there I mapped out some entertaining Ozark back roads to Mountain Home, AR for Saturday, and then another back road route from there to the Hub. The Hub is 350 miles from my home, but it took us over 700 miles to get there and we had fun the whole way. On Sunday, we found out a bit about the range of our bikes as the gas station that my Zumo lead us to was closed and two of us were already on reserve. We rode at 50 mph for the next 38 miles to the next gas station and by the time we got there I had 19 miles on reserve, Chuck had 39 and William had 51 miles on reserve. Whew!

We hooked up with Brennan for the rest of the week of riding and experienced many of those incredible twisty roads. William and I had ridden with Brennan at the two southern MO Super Tenere rides and it was great to get to ride with him again. He is a good rider and in addition always had us in stitches with his humor.

I got to use the edge of the tread pattern on my tires, something I don't get to use in IL. On one ride we decided to take a short cut from route 74 near Fayetteville to route 16 on what was called a "local road" on the map. This was a twisty, hilly dirt, rock, and gravel road for about 15 miles. While Chuck and I have done a lot of off road racing on our Bultacos, neither of us had taken our Super Ten's on much of anything besides pavement. We were both amazed at the stability, traction and just plain fun these bikes are in such conditions. We quickly found out how easy they were to ride in those conditions and increased the pace. I saw 60+ mph several times as I rolled on the throttle in TC2 and was laughing the whole way. Chuck and I both have Scala G9 headsets and both could hear each other hooping and hollering as we were blasting down that "road". We both agreed that our futures include some more sturdy bash plates so that we can enjoy more of this.

On Wed. we rode into MO and I showed the group some of my favorite roads, including route 125, north of 160. This road has a 12 mile section that is like a private race track with perfect pavement, continuous curves, great banking, and great site lines. We ran it north, then turned around and rode it back south. On the return trip, I was leading, with Chuck close behind. This road is tight enough that both of us ran the whole thing in 4th gear, winding them out and having a blast. Chuck was taking video of the whole thing and in watching it you can see a moment when we had a bit of excitement. A small deer ran out of the woods to my right and across the road in front of me. Then, seconds later another ran out of the woods from right to left in back of me and in front of Chuck. The video shows that they weren't very big, but it surely would have ruined our day if the timing was just a few seconds different.

On Thursday we were joined by Scott123007 and when we rode route 123, he and Chuck showed us how two very good riders on very good bikes can handle such a technical road. It was fun watching them flow thru the curves in perfect rhythm.

We took two days to get back to IL and I showed William and Chuck more of my favorite MO roads and scenery. We again stayed in Farmington, MO on Friday night and had a wind up dinner and drinks at our favorite motel/restaurant there. I made it home on Saturday about noon and am now going thru my typical depression period as I return to the land of straight, flat, boring roads. ;D.

I will say this though. While I loved my 2012 Super Tenere that Chuck now has, my 14 ES now has a special place in my heart. This bike showed me that it can cruise comfortably when I just have to take the slab, just engage the cruise control and relax in comfort. When we got to the twisties, I was amazed, as it handled like a sport bike and is without a doubt the most confidence inspiring bike I have ever ridden in those conditions and I started riding 48 years ago. Then the little taste of unpaved roads showed me that it is totally amazing in those conditions. The 14 engine has had some upgrades that result in very good power, with a bit more auditory feedback that is enticing to me. I have had a lot of bikes, but have never had a bike that stirred my soul like this one does. I am totally in lust with it. ;D

Thanks to everyone involved in organizing this rally and to all that attended. It has been a long time since I had so much fun, both riding those roads and visiting with some old and new friends. When I wasn't having a blast riding, I was having a blast laughing at all the good humor that was abundant in visiting with everyone. I think that Brennan and Patrick could both make a living as stand up comics. ;D

Here are a few of my pics:

http://s632.photobucket.com/user/fredz43photobucket/library/2014%20Supe%20Tenere%20rally
 

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Pulled out about 8 am Friday rode east to hardy ark parked next to another tenere at Micky d headed north to Missouri got on 19 for a bit then headed west on a beautiful fun road but don't rember what it was hills that made your stomach leave a little stayed the night in Springfield then burned all the way home sat
 

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Joneil, we really missed you at this rally. Snake (my brother) and I had a ball. We picked up a straggler for a day ride, Old TacoPapa rode with us the first day. A great guy and I didnt realize you knew him. I wish you would have come ride roads with us with your pretty bride and your new bike. Maybe the greatest amount of twisties in the country. You couldn't go anywhere quick without seeing your rear license plate in the curve ;-). On Thursday, we had the honor of the famous "Snakebitten" ride with us! And as you know, he doesn't just ride with anyone . . . ;-) Although, at every stop he was working on his phone. It was sort of a working vacation for him and the world almost blew up that day without his expertise helping cut the right wire on the bomb! I'm driving home now, lunch in Amarillo. I'll be ready for another local ride when you are... See you soon. Luke
 

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Super Dave 10, You know, what goes on in Ark, is supposed to stay in Ark! Or is that not how they do it in South Africa? ;-) But that's not me wearing the "boost-tee-a" in that bar . . . This was my evil twin or someone else. The things I'll do to hit on the bar-keep . . . Nice seeing you at the rally . . . Hope our paths cross again . . . Next year maybe?
 

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Twolukes forgot to mention Jasonmurray68 rode with us on Thursday as well (although in the rain itt was hard to tell he was there in his Black Knight outfit on his blacked out Tenere!) and showed us how 10mph turns are done on 123. That last ride, all four of us had the rear wheel get slippy in those turns. NICE!
 

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123 was insane !! I'm going to post a picture of my rear tire later today. After about (I'll post the correct miles later) 1500 miles, it's melted. Lol
 

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Snake, my brother, It was an honor riding with you and Bryan this week. Hope we can do it agian next year. I did Route 66 2 lane into Amarillo this morning, pretty cool with those BIG windmills generating power. . . Been very windy here in this part of Texas, but ABQ I'm heading... I'll let you all know when I get to Las Vegas and it was a pleasure to meet you all and re-meet the CO crowd. Anytime you're in Las Vegas . . . you know . . . JoNiel will love to host you ;-)
 

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True Grip said:
I went this morning and got a boosted antibiotic shot as I was starting to get infected. I see a a hand Doctor Monday and expect a full recovery.
Great news. Hope you heal up quickly.
 

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~TABASCO~ said:
123 was insane !! I'm going to post a picture of my rear tire later today. After about (I'll post the correct miles later) 1500 miles, it's melted. Lol
Mine made it home, but its pretty much done with less than 1k miles on it.
 

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Jaxon and Karson, thank you both for the hard work that went into putting this together. The staff at The Hub were fantastic. I really had a great time meeting a great group of guys. The roads of the Ozarks were fantastic. I can hardly wait until the next rally.
 

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TwoLukes said:
Joneil, we really missed you at this rally. Snake (my brother) and I had a ball. We picked up a straggler for a day ride, Old TacoPapa rode with us the first day. A great guy and I didnt realize you knew him. I wish you would have come ride roads with us with your pretty bride and your new bike. Maybe the greatest amount of twisties in the country. You couldn't go anywhere quick without seeing your rear license plate in the curve ;-). On Thursday, we had the honor of the famous "Snakebitten" ride with us! And as you know, he doesn't just ride with anyone . . . ;-) Although, at every stop he was working on his phone. It was sort of a working vacation for him and the world almost blew up that day without his expertise helping cut the right wire on the bomb! I'm driving home now, lunch in Amarillo. I'll be ready for another local ride when you are... See you soon. Luke
Thanks for all the posts. I've really enjoyed reading about the rally. I'm not sure what I missed more, the riding or the people.

I'm more committed than ever to get another Tenere. In the words of Gen. MacArthur, I shall return!

TwoLukes, let me know when you make it home.
 
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