Who Says Tenere isn't for Dirt???

[HoebSTer]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152298137877570&set=a.457809997698426&type=1

This was the Desert 100 ADV Class in Odessa, WA held every year. I made it 17 miles of a 50 miles loop in 2 1/2 hours. The winner of ADV class finished someplace near 3 hour mark. I Sprained my left thumb first mile or so into ride. Didn't break anything on bike or myself really. It was super rocky, rutted, deep soft flour-like silt, uphill sections with rock, step-ups. I got stuck once in a foot or more of sooty sand. Had to push the bike over to slide it out of the hole while on an incline on a hill. I stopped knowing if i went on any further with hand hurting, I would of broke something more, and I didn't want to do that. It was hard work for sure, I think my clutch is making some noise now, but will look at it sometime. How much to fix it Jaxon?? Only 7 of 16 ADV bikes finished for various reasons, mostly mechanical on Bmw's, KTm's.

What a fun weekend I just had.

 

[~TABASCO~]

O' hell yea.... That's AWESOME !!! Nice work ! ::008::

 

[TNWalker]

Cool! You got a headlight out :-\ ::008::


Steve ::022:: ::26::

 

[HoebSTer]

Cool! You got a headlight out :-\ ::008::


Steve ::022:: ::26::

Yeah I know, I have the kit at home to do under warranty. I didn't have time to do that when I had to mount Scorpian Rally Tires for this Desert 100 ADV Race. ok, so the ADV Race was 50 miles.

 

[snakebitten]

That is way too cool.

 

[HoebSTer]

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Somewhere around 3:00 or so I go up hill on left side and wipe out to avoid some kid who fell over. Enjoy

 

[bruised]

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[HoebSTer]

Is that better! Oops didn't know.

 

[GrahamD]

Jeff, is that a shield and a lance?

::025::

Note to Sir Jeffalot. Take flag, shield and lance next time..

Well done Sir. ::008::

 

[escapefjrtist]

Pretty cool Jeff.

Thanks for sharing!

--G

 

[FertileLies]

Awesome! Way to represent!

 

[Salmon Sam]

So, Jeff, here's the real question: are you going to do it next year?

 

[PNWSuperbeast]

Awesome riding Jeff......how's the thumb? You coming tomorrow?

 

[Ramseybella]

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Somewhere around 3:00 or so I go up hill on left side and wipe out to avoid some kid who fell over. Enjoy

All I saw was a KTM adventurer at around 3:00.
I guess your the two stroke recovery vehicle?

Never the less big bike amongst little bikes Way cool!!

 

[dcstrom]

Ha ha that's a great pic Jeff. Looks like you could just mow the competition down with your sheer mass...

 

[Dirt_Dad]

That is hardcore. ::008::

 

[HoebSTer]

That is hardcore. ::008::

DD the event was hardcore, but I am surely not! You can ride me under the table any day of the week with your dirt background. I did learn a lot doing what I did. I rode with extreme caution, yet wasn't afraid to try whatever obstacle came next.

Jeff

 

[Dirt_Dad]

DD the event was hardcore, but I am surely not! You can ride me under the table any day of the week with your dirt background.

I beg to differ. There is a difference between you and me when it comes to the Tenere.

I rode with extreme caution, yet wasn't afraid to try whatever obstacle came next.

Yep, there's the difference.

I do next to nothing that is difficult with my Tenere. I still view it as the most expensive bike I've ever owned and a bike I'll tour on, and I'm not willing to put it at much risk. That race you were in looks like a blast, and I'd would have loved to had my old KTM or CRF back to run it. But I doubt I would have put my S10 in there. Just from the damage alone that could have happened from other bikes hitting it and roosting it. That's not a hardcore attitude in my book. You, have a great willingness to throw your bike into that gaggle...that is hardcore to me. Not your speed or what position you finished in, it's your attitude. I'm impressed.

 

[trikepilot]

Attitude indeed!! Loved seeing that, Jeff. Would loved to have joined you were it closer.

That's the cool thing about the SuperTen - it can be whatever you want - a highly capable and comfortable touring bike farkled to the max or stripped to just performance and armor to reveal the "the world's largest dirt bike."

I am consistently surprised at just how well Fancy outperforms my (negative) assumptions. No sooner than I stick her nose a bit deeper into the "oh shit" terrain than I should ... she simply shrugs it off and works with my limited skillset to navigate her way out of trouble. Nonetheless... she carries her battle wounds proudly - she's never been washed, she has cracked and broken plastics all around, and her Rumbux bars need a visit to the powdercoater. She is the WLDB.

If Yammy ever made an exact 2/3 scale replica of the SuperTenere - I'd be in real trouble.

 

[Dirt_Dad]

Attitude indeed!! Loved seeing that, Jeff. Would loved to have joined you were it closer.

I was thinking about you as well when I saw this thread. I think there's a lot of similarity between you and Jeff.