Evo ga. Tenere na prvoj pravoj voznji. Jedinoj koju ja priznam. Vi, naravno, ne morate. Ovo nisu odvozile nikakve, reklamom financirane, renomirane novine i slicni portali vec ljudi koje poznam. U biti, nije ovo bio nikakav test samo je tako ispalo. Novi motor, "ludi" vozac, prezahtjevna ruta. Ovako, Tenere odradila turu JAR - Botswana - Angola - Namibija - JAR. Naravno, van ceste koliko se god to moglo. A tamo se moze puno. Jako puno. E sad, to nebi bilo nista posebno da na njoj nije jahao onaj Jan kojeg sam spominjao tamo negdje na 30 - 31 str. A kad taj covjek vozi motor onda je to do maksimuma. Doslovno do maksimuma.
Mora se priznat da ovi iz Yamahe JAR imaju muda dat takav motor Janu da ode na hard turu u Angolu. Ja mu ga nebi dao. Prvo, taj motor nije za takvu voznju, a drugo, Jan je ludjak svoje vrste.
"Fred van Niekerk from Yamaha SA had the courage to offer a 1200 Super Tenere to Jan for the trip to Angola. Jan agreed. I have still not worked out who made the wrong decision, but that is not important any more…."Naravno da sve nije proslo glatko. Ventilator je otisao odmah na prvom zescem padu. Zamjenili su ga novim. Jan kaze ovako: prvo sta treba napravit na motoru je stavit manji osigurac na ventilatoru. Zasto? Zato sto su se nakon pada krilca iskrivila i zapela za hladnjak. Nista strasno ako odmah primjetis, ali... Osigurac nije izgorio jer je prejak, vec je izgorio motor ventilatora. Nisu odmah skuzili da su krilca zapela. Da je izgorio osigurac, pregledali bi ventilator, ispravili krilca i sibali dalje. Pretpostavlja Jan.
Kasnije je sve bilo vise manje ok dok nije pogodio rupu, pao, te iscupao zastitu motora i svoju desnu nogaru. Posto je prihvat zastite motora na jednom mjestu napravljen glupo, ostala je rupa na deklu. Popravak je trajao nekih pola sata. Malo ciscenja, malo tekuceg metala i stavljanje nogare suvozaca na vozacku poziciju. Znaci, druga stvar za promjenu na motoru je zastita motora i nogare vozaca. Sve ovo vazi za one koji ce motor koristit na slican nacin. A njih je jako, jako malo. Za sve ostale, valjat ce i tvornicki.
To bi bilo to, sto se tice Tenere.
Bila su tu jos sestorica. 2 x HP2, 3 x 950SE i 1 x 990ADV. Doma su, vozeci, dosla cetvorica. Tenere, 1 SE, 1HP2 i veliki ADV. Jednom HP2 pukla rama ali je nastavio nakon varenja i krpljenja, drugi je zavrsio na kamionetu bez sajle gasa. Jedan SE je ostao bez pumpe goriva, drugi bez mogucnosti izmjene brzina. Jos ne znaju sto mu je. ADV je imao manjih problema s filterom goriva i staru boljku s magneticem bocne nogare.
Eto izvjestaja s juga. Zakljucke donesite sami, iako se tu nema sta posebno zakljucivat. Sto se Tenere tice, dobro je znati da je izdrzala Janovu torturu, sto znaci da ce za svakog prosjecnog vozaca na prosjecnom putovanju ovo biti odlican motor. Malo je onih koji ce ovaj motor odvesti tamo gdje su je ovi decki odveli.
Evo sto kaze Stefan, vozac ADV-a:
"About the bikes:
We had the following bikes along:
Yamaha 1200 Super Tenere:
Very competent machine. It is big and heavy, but the suspension is very good and it handles the terrain extremely well. I think we exposed all it’s weak spots by taking it into terrain where few riders will ever take it, and I doubt that anybody will do it at the speeds we saw. The issues we exposed were more due to hard “testing” than intelligent “ride to preserve” technique. There was none of that.
Nothing ever rattled loose. We did not loose any bolts. The only thing we had to check often was the spoke tension. They tended to loosen themselves. We were unsure if they were properly tensioned to start with.
The fan issue needs attention. It has a 20A fuse on the fan circuit, so the motor burns before the fuse. A smaller fuse to protect the motor should be considered.
Foot pegs – those Aluminium ones should go and be replaced with something proper. Really, this is a problem.
Bash plate – why they attach the bash plate to the sump I cannot work out. BMW had patent rights on that. Someone will make a plan, but this needs to change urgently.
Having said that, I don’t think that the design brief included anything remotely close to the conditions the bike saw.
Would I buy it, yes!
BMW HP2:
Both the HP’s had very upgraded suspension. The standard front end and rear bladder proved unsuitable for trips like this on previous expeditions. The WP and Ohlins rear shocks these bikes had fitted worked well. They also had re-valved and tuned front forks. The tail pieces rattled loose. Maybe a smaller number plate would have helped. Gert’s sub frame broke, maybe they were loaded too heavy at the back. Keep loads on any sub frame light! The throttle cable was unfortunate. Simple thing, but not that simple to fix next to the road.
KTM 950 SE:
We had 3 of them along. The one fuel pump needed a bit of work, and then some small things we were able to fix. Tail pieces had to be tightened up. A bolt fell out here and there, all easy to fix. Theo’s gearbox was unfortunate, will have to wait and see what exactly happened. Will report when we know. Best suspension for the terrain, but maybe lacks some of the comfort features. Hooligan tool.
KTM 990 Adv S:
The best bike for the trip. Why? Because it’s mine!.... The fuel filters were kind of expected, I should have replaced before the trip, and I would have if we did not have back-up. But I decided to test it, and I had to do the job next to the road. Otherwise, one or 2 bolts had to tightened up, nothing serious. It tracks straight, the suspension works amazingly well and it pulls like a horse. Cannot fault it."Inace, da se lakse shvati kako se zestoko vozilo, decki su imali prijatelje s par starih Toyotinih pick-upova da im budu pri ruci napunjeni njihovim stvarima. Da se razumijemo, nije njima do komfora, trebali su im laksi motori da imaju prostora za zajebanciju i brzu voznju. Evo kao su zavrsila dva pick-upa na Namibijskoj obali kostura.
"...... This piece of beach, about 40km of it, has the ocean on one side and the desert on the other. The foot of the dune is right at the high water line, and during low tide a piece of beach is exposed where you can ride. It is only wide enough to pass during spring tide at full moon, provided the sea is calm enough. We could plan the full moon part. We could not plan the weather, and it was bad. When Rico said we should relax at the lodge for an extra day, he was right. The previous day, the sea took a Landcruiser. It means that one wave breaks too high, and the vehicle stops at the wrong time and the wave washing back runs under the wheels planting the vehicle on it’s chassis. At this point the best you can do is grab your passport and run. A few waves later the vehicle is upside down and by the next day only the wheels are visible above the sand. This convoy of 3 vehicles, all Landcruisers, lost one to the ocean, burnt the clutch on another and the last one managed to get out. The lesson is: Listen to Rico!!!. We did not think twice to bring him along as a guide and advisor."Evo i par slika:Jadna mala. Ne zna sta je ceka...
ABS off...
Ventilator down...
Ventilator up...
Pa idemo dalje...
...i dalje...
...i dalje...
Pa nalet na rupu...
Nova nogara...
Malo tekuceg metala. Ko novo...
Koji je to lipi motor bija...
O, radilo i na ostalima, samo je fokus bio na novom motoru pa necemo stavljat slike ostalih...
Gume su se krpile svakodnevno. I to po nekoliko puta...
Neki su zavrsili ovako...
Sve u svemu, njima je ovo bila tura bez nekih problema. Uobicajeno, kazu decki...
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