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200'000 Kilometres With The TÉNÉRÉ |
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200'000 kilometres celebration on an August evening 1998
in Germany |
| For 12 years now I'm riding the
same Ténéré. On several longer journeys, I have visited 46 countries with
it. I have made many good and some bad experience with the bike. Twice it
let me down, both times it was a problem with the ignition coil. And there
was the strange thing, with the broken fork in Cameroon. But for the rest
I'm very happy with it. The Ténéré is a pure motorcycle, without to much
plastic, electro-starter and so on. Because it is so simple, it's just made
for a touring biker like me. |
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In spring 1986 I bought my second Ténéré. I
got the model year 85, because the new one was not available and I wanted
to England with it. The following three moths I drove around on England's
roads. And after that, I went around Scandinavia with a trip to the North
Cape. |
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North Cape 1986 |
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The Elephant Meeting at Salzburg in Austria, is a motorcycle
meeting in the winter. It was freezing cold. But until you have kicked on
the bike, you'll feel certainly warm enough :-) |
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Elephant Meeting 1987 |
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In autumn 1987 I went with a friend to a trip around
the Mediterranean Sea. From Spain and Morocco we came to Algeria. Where
I made the first desert experience. |
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Algeria 1987 |
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Later in Egypt we got sometimes so bad petrol, that
the BMW didn't like, but the Ténéré seems not to bother about that. |
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Egypt 1988 |
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| Needed spare parts over 200'000km |
| tyre |
front |
10 |
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rear |
16 |
| chain kit |
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| wheel bearing |
front |
1 |
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rear |
4 |
| brake pad |
front |
5 |
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rear |
2 |
| brake disk |
front |
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| ignition coil |
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| steerhead bearing |
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| battery |
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| engine revision |
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| piston |
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splitting apart after 100'000km
1989 |
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With a lot of luggage, spare tyres and a 48
litre tank, I started with 3 friends in 1990 to our Trans-Africa trip. Before
I have changed the front and rear suspension. That was necessary, because
the old one has already done a 100'000km and filled up with petrol and luggage,
the bike weight 250 kilos! It's not easy to handle that weight in the sand,
but you get used to it. |
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Algeria 1990 |
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Even the people of Yamaha, where surprised,
when they heard, that my fork was broken. I had to wait 3 weeks for a spare
part from Switzerland. I still don't
know how something like this could happen. But I suggest that the fork
sometimes before was hit on that side. |
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broken fork in Cameroon
1990 |
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Hope that the engine doesn't get stock right now. |
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Zaire 1990 |
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Pretty muddy road in Zaire. |
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Zaire 1990 |
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Crossing the equator in Uganda. In East-Africa,
petrol was often mixed with alcohol. I have never before the carburettor
so often cleaned, because the alcohol sticks to it. |
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Equator in Uganda 1991 |
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Finally reached the Cape. After 8 moths travelling
through Africa, we're lucky that our bikes and we have hold it out. |
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Cape of Good Hope 1991 |
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After the year 1991, I did only short trip with my
motorcycle. For example in springtime 1997 two weeks to Tunisia.
A Ténéré likes to play around in the sand! |
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Tunisia 1997 |
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Appendix:
260'000km June 2005 |
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St. Petersburg 2005 |
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Appendix: 280'000km July 2009 Györ Hungary |
Herbi 2009 |
