That looked sooo hard. Fair play fella you got round. I hope you enjoyed yourself 👍
@yeltesoete23 сағат бұрын
how did you find the 4stroke compared to a 2stroke in this kind of riding?
@motorbikediaries11 сағат бұрын
I’ve never actually ridden a 2 stroke so no clue how the two compare
@aleks_the_Great13Күн бұрын
Big bikes for the win 🎉😂... Well done for committing to that trail and coming back up the top, also as long as you are not injured there is no reason to be concerned 😅... I ride a ktm 1090 adventure r and love it off road... Just makes adventure riding more challenging. A small 250 enduro would have not been so rewarding to ride. Subscribed to your adventures keep the videos and adventures coming 😊.
@motorbikediaries11 сағат бұрын
Cheers, the big adv bikes definitely a couple of elements to any ride like this 😅. All good fun though and as they say, no harm no foul. Cheers for the sub
@robertbagnall41068 күн бұрын
Good luck for your race. Stay safe and remember to finish first,first you have to finish 👍
@motorbikediaries6 күн бұрын
Survived, savage fun. Once I restore some energy I’ll look at putting the video together. It’ll likely just be a raw full lap. Expect about 1hr of footage
@mididash8 күн бұрын
Hello fella , good luck with your race , i look forward to the vid , practice makes perfect as they say . have fun dude
@motorbikediaries6 күн бұрын
Cheers, it was an amazing event. I’ll put the video together this week I hope
@191noelsmart9 күн бұрын
Love these vids.
@snarrdental11 күн бұрын
I’m always surprised how well the tenere does ,did Idaho BDR . It was way more capable than me. I am thinking of going to smaller bike. Getting older not as strong as I use to be.
@motorbikediaries9 күн бұрын
T7 is a beast and capable of so much. Always the rider 😂
@cv-vv5wp13 күн бұрын
OK you need a lowering link and drop the front forks down 40 mil.
@rickc672617 күн бұрын
...until you drop it! 😂😂😂
@motorbikediaries9 күн бұрын
Yep
@rockymountainadventuresАй бұрын
That’s some good riding on the Tenere they are a handful and a lot of fun
@motorbikediaries28 күн бұрын
Fantastic bike, wet conditions are tough though 😂
@tahirjamil848Ай бұрын
Mate really intrigued about your experience. I am looking to do a similar thing so I'd like to know what made you go for a closed cartridge setup? What are you running for the rear suspension? What is your weight? From your last video I noted to went for softer springs. Can you confirm the springs you finally set on front and back? Thank you in adavmcr 😊
@motorbikediaries27 күн бұрын
I have the Tractive Extreme Pro on the rear with a 205 spring. On the front I’m now using 5.6 N/mm. I weigh about 90kg with gear. The whole experience was crap to be honest and I’m still not 100% convinced it’s correct. My advice is to try do the whole thing with a local suspension shop and have them set it up etc. whatever you do don’t go with off-de-road 😂 Their customer service is a disgrace
@The_realArcherАй бұрын
dam dude running out of breath that bike is making y a work for it.. picking up my 24 tenere 700 after work today... stoked!!!!
@motorbikediaries28 күн бұрын
Enjoy, it’s a fantastic bike
@The_realArcher28 күн бұрын
@@motorbikediaries it sure is! I need to lower it though for off road confidence. Tippy toes won’t cut it lol
@motorbikediaries27 күн бұрын
@@The_realArcher I lowered mine for a couple of months too to build confidence. Once I got it I put it back 👌🏼 Enjoy man
@The_realArcher27 күн бұрын
@@motorbikediaries interesting, I didn’t think I’d raise it back up. I think now I’ll just gain confidence with it tall and not even lower it. Cause frankly, I don’t want to lose ground clearance or change the bike geometry. I love it how it is now. Just slightly worried about uneven ground off road 😂
@motorbikediaries27 күн бұрын
@@The_realArcher if you can get used to it without lowering it definitely do so. I never thought I’d raise it back, but quickly got my confidence and wanted the clearance back as you mentioned. It’s an intimidating bike when you start off roading it, especially if like me you’re only 5ft9 or less. But the confidence will come
@Getting-OnАй бұрын
Could you do it on the T7
@Getting-OnАй бұрын
Nice work, we’re is a it?
@joodbelkin2879Ай бұрын
Amazing!!! Love your videos
@stepheneldridge6998Ай бұрын
Great effort Jason...impressive stuff! Wet grass is my nemesis...i rode across the farm to fix a water trough a few weeks ago and dropped the T7 4 bloomin times 😂! But i love the awesome road handling with my Dunlop Raid's and would rather take a tumble off road anytime!! Cheers Steve 💚
@motorbikediariesАй бұрын
I’ve heard good things about those tyres. Nice one though Steve, glad to hear you’re still enjoying the T7 too
@rowlandnsubuga3403Ай бұрын
Can I ask if you are Irish and how you find the trails you ride on
@motorbikediariesАй бұрын
Ye I’m Irish, been finding trails all over for years and now just link them all together. Came across a race in an area a couple of years ago and that made the trail finding very easy. But for the most part it’s just going out and exploring
@Getting-OnАй бұрын
You’ve answered a question on another one of your shorts. Yes you still have the T7
@Getting-OnАй бұрын
Do you still have the T7?
@JustaddMuckАй бұрын
6 min in, looks steep AF!
@tompotter7786Ай бұрын
Are these legal tracks in Ireland? Want to come over on the ferry if you can ride like this
@motorbikediariesАй бұрын
Technically not legal no. They were used in a recent race in the area which was allowed. But outside of the race they’re back illegal again 🤷🏼♂️😂
@tompotter7786Ай бұрын
@@motorbikediaries I have no issue flying In to places I'm not meant too. Usually go round the barriers. Is the trespass law the same as England where as long as you don't break anything to enter your kind of okay and can just be asked to leave if you get caught
@motorbikediariesАй бұрын
@@tompotter7786 The law in our forests is fairly lax in my experience however if you were to go into national parks it’s a different story and they will 100% prosecute if you’re caught. They’ve made examples of a few individuals. Our national forestry is owned and managed by a company called Coilte and I think they tend to just throw a blind eye for the most part 🤷🏼♂️
@mididashАй бұрын
Hello there . Guess what , have grabbed my 5th tenere and collect next week , 200 mile ex demo at an awesome price , traded in the tracer 7 too . Watching ya vids made me realise what I was missing . R6 throttle tube , tail tidy , black widow can are all here waiting . Can’t wait to try some Dunlop raid tyres . Will have to get used to the high weight again . But think it’s worth it . Keep going fella , give us older gen some inspiration 👍🏻
@motorbikediariesАй бұрын
Very nice, make sure you keep this one 😂 Keep her rubber side down and congrats man 👌🏼
@allanproctor2532Ай бұрын
Good watch. I'm up in northern Ireland been finding a good few trails on the t7. She's a handful but getting hang of it. Where abouts do you ride in Ireland.
@motorbikediariesАй бұрын
She’s certainly a handful alright, great bike though. I’m riding in Wicklow
@azlong4596Ай бұрын
Take a good hand saw or a cheap battery chain saw and do 50-100 yards each ride. Call it ride & cut.
@motorbikediariesАй бұрын
This is the way
@DPGKАй бұрын
which Tractionators were you using? * Adventure * Rallz * GPS
@motorbikediariesАй бұрын
Adventure. They’re still decent tyres in some conditions, just not up to Irish mud
@JustaddMuckАй бұрын
Have saw, will travel! 🤣
@mididashАй бұрын
Hello there , great vid on the monster tenere , I’m back in a tracer 7 , it’s great on the green lanes , I was enjoying the MT09 off road , it was my 7th 😂 but they are just too stiff . May try a tenere extreme , but I fear the high weight will put me off . Keep you going dude
@605pilotАй бұрын
At 452 pounds, that’s not your typical dirt bike.
@motorbikediariesАй бұрын
Definitely not 😂
@monomedic7228Ай бұрын
Where is bear?
@Getting-OnАй бұрын
Everyday is a learning day, were you at the ABR?
@JustaddMuckАй бұрын
Are you heading to Traxntrails, August bank holiday weekend? Fair amount of T7 owners look to be going 👍🏻
@motorbikediariesАй бұрын
Ye I was just looking at the agenda. I will likely do a day pass and check it out. Looks to be a good weekend
@JustaddMuckАй бұрын
I must keep missing you by a few hours here and there. I was up at the sandpit on Sunday, needless to say I spent a couple of hours cleaning the T7 when I got home. Great fun though especially when you forget to switch abs off 😅👍
@motorbikediariesАй бұрын
That deep clean is important. I made the mistake of leaving it once, poxy corrosion as a result is all over 😓 Lesson learnt
@ivankaraga4216Ай бұрын
Hello Jason, I can't seem to find any information about power restrictions and any other types of regulations for the EU market. All I'm finding is US models with their own restrictions (smog pump, evaporative canister, intake reeds...). I presume yours is stock without any modifications... What does your bike come with and how does it feel power wise (35ish HP?). Greetings from Croatia.
@motorbikediariesАй бұрын
It’s hard to say, as you say there is so much conflicting info online with US info seeming to make up the most of it. When I bought my bike here in Ireland, they got me to sign a waiver that I was happy for them to ‘unrestrict’ the bike. That meant a map switch and ECU flash, uncork exhaust, reeds taken out etc. I would say it’s maybe 35-40bhp with that done but it’s so hard to know. What I will say is I’ve never wanted for more power while off-road
@ivankaraga4216Ай бұрын
@@motorbikediaries Interesting situation with that waiver, I'll have to ask my dealership about that. As far as the power is concerned, I'm not crazy about it either, I'm finding the weight and power of my 790 too much for off road, even 500 sounds overwhelming, 350 would seem right... Anyway, thanks for your time and enjoy that sweet bike of yours 🙂
@motorbikediariesАй бұрын
@@ivankaraga4216 Ye it was funny, they had already done all the work for me when I was picking the bike up. Just told me after the fact to sign the waiver 😂 KTM clearly make the bike a certain way to get through emissions but have no intention selling the bike like that. I bought from the main KTM dealer here. I get the feeling the Americans have the same issue but unlike here the dealers can’t make those changes when handing the bike over so it’s left to the customer. Speculating here but certainly the impression I get.
@jaysonfjf2 ай бұрын
Nice air!!
@daltonmotorcycletraining45492 ай бұрын
Also consider the camel rear break fix and you will have so much fell with the rear break compared to stock.
@motorbikediaries2 ай бұрын
Got it, it did make a big difference but after riding my KTM for the past few months and jumping back on the T7 I realise what people used to talk about. I didn’t notice a problem with the T7 brake until I had that comparison.
@daltonmotorcycletraining45492 ай бұрын
With the rear tyre make sure your not running road pressure. Just drop the pressure a small bit so you can just start to push the centre of the rear tyre in with your thumb then your good for off road and on road. But it makes so much difference to how your tyre flexes off road.
@motorbikediaries2 ай бұрын
I think for the riding I’m trying to do I need to put my knobblies back on. But you’re right, could definitely drop a little pressure too
@maybeerainmaybeesnow2 ай бұрын
I hope that your evaluation of life choices was productive. : )
@motorbikediaries2 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 It was
@maybeerainmaybeesnow2 ай бұрын
@@motorbikediaries Question: can you elaborate on why the experience of riding a heavy beast like the T7 is so fun or rewarding on single track? I've watched a good number of your videos and have seen your struggles and triumphs and wonder if I would like the T7? I have a WR250R, which is about 68kg lighter than the T7 and I wonder if the weight or anything else off road would annoy me? Any thoughts/insights would be appreciated!
@motorbikediariesАй бұрын
@@maybeerainmaybeesnow This is a harder question to answer then I thought it would be 😂 It’s hard to say, it’s a real struggle at times and no fun at all, others I wouldn’t change it for the world. I obviously got my KTM because of the weight ‘issue’. I believe the KTM has made me a much better rider (albeit with a long way to go). The T7 is a real unicorn in my opinion once you understand what it is and stop trying to make it something it isn’t. That was a bit of a learning curve for me, I kept throwing money at the T7 but at the end of the day it’s a 220kg adventure bike with a very mediocre rider at best on it. Get the T7 while understanding it will never perform like your WR however it will take you places it has no right, and that’s where the satisfaction comes. Try bringing it up swampy single track with little momentum and that’s where you will find yourself frustrated real quick. The T7 is incredible on the road and off, the motor is one of the best out there and is well documented as the most reliable. It’s a top heavy bike, and you’ll notice it the instant you throw a leg over, depending on your build it could be make or break. I’m not sure if this answer helps or not 😂
@motorbikediariesАй бұрын
@@maybeerainmaybeesnow also just to add and actually answer part of your question. Riding the T7 on single track, due to its weight brings a lot more adrenaline at much lower speeds. So you get a great buzz from riding a bigger bike in my opinion. The motor is also really user friendly and jumping it is super easy. I’ve jumped things on the T7 and then try on the ktm and nearly flip the bike. So the user friendly nature is fantastic
@maybeerainmaybeesnowАй бұрын
@@motorbikediaries Thank you very much for your thoughts compadre! The reliability of WRs has been so great for the past 14 years, which is one of the most attractive features of the T7. I've read a lot about the CP2 and look at the T7 just like my WRs, an investment that can last a really long time. I love my WRs, but if I have a passenger with me the single cylinder 250cc is not enough on hilly or mountain roads. I hope to test ride a T7 soon! I have sat on a few T7s before and know that I can lean the bike about 30-40 degrees before I might have to lay it down. Safe and happy riding friend. : )
@iSim06412 ай бұрын
Funny enough I have stock suspension and tranctionnators on my T7 and I feel it has tons of grip. I'd complain about grip too if I'd tackle steep hills without any momentum. Any tires will get you stuck mid hill driving like that. (You were right about youtube comments hehe). Still love your content. Cheers from Canada.
@motorbikediaries2 ай бұрын
Tires were great in fairness to them the week previously. But when you’re in wet mud with a lot of bed rock thrown in, it’s a different story. Lack of confidence leads to lack of momentum 🤷🏼♂️
@kostasrestas2 ай бұрын
thats great trails my friend !! cheers frm Greece !!
@motorbikediaries2 ай бұрын
Cheers
@user-gp1zi5on1r2 ай бұрын
You’re a very taugh Man ! I was tired only watching it and imagining me alone in such a mess !
@Matthew-wn8oq2 ай бұрын
That doesn't look like Belfast ? 😂
@motorbikediaries2 ай бұрын
Definitely not Belfast 😂
@MarkiMotoYT2 ай бұрын
10:54 Flat earth confirmed 🧐😅
@bradharlan61672 ай бұрын
How can you tell such a huge difference when you go so slow mate?
@corcovada12 ай бұрын
Good to see you back on the T7 for a while great video
@motorbikediaries2 ай бұрын
Cheers
@FTW13742 ай бұрын
The brakes don’t lock up when you have the abs still engaged…😂😂😂
@motorbikediaries2 ай бұрын
At what point was it still on? Don’t think I forgot to turn it off at any point? 🤷🏼♂️
@pinkiewerewolf2 ай бұрын
Beautiful area to ride. The Mighty T7! Which tank bag mount works for the T7? How do you like the set up so far?
@motorbikediaries2 ай бұрын
Ye it’s a fantastic area. SWMotech tank bag mount, never really use it though to be honest but whenever I have it’s been good and solid
@pinkiewerewolf2 ай бұрын
@motorbikediaries Thank you for the information. I’ll check SWMotech out. 👍
@baczek98842 ай бұрын
Hey mate, I recently put on Continental TKC80's on my T7 and they are absolute dream on the Hills, I highly recommend them ;)
@motorbikediaries2 ай бұрын
I’ve heard good things on the contis alright. I have a set of Mitas, e12 for the rear and e13 for the front. It’s an amazing setup, reckon I’ll be putting them back on soon
@baczek98842 ай бұрын
@@motorbikediaries that is a setup that I seen a lot of people running. I must give it a try maybe somewhere down the line.
@seanoleary48212 ай бұрын
Did you go with tractive F&R and which model the extreme or rally. Just in the process of ordering some for new T7 extreme. I was gonna go with extreme +25mm 6N/m front and 85 spring rate in rear weigh about 95kg geared up, great videos btw
@motorbikediaries2 ай бұрын
Ye, front and rear but standard height. T7 is already a handful without going higher 😂 Those spring rates are what I started on and I’ve now reduced to the next rate down. Same weight
@f1noddy2 ай бұрын
Enjoyed that video, can I ask where that trail is?
@motorbikediaries2 ай бұрын
Wicklow, mix of trails it’s not just one
@azlong45962 ай бұрын
Street and dirt are two different things. You have clickers, use them. Find your good road settings remember them then do the same for the dirt. Just change back and forth for what you are doing .
@motorbikediaries2 ай бұрын
Fair point 😂
@azlong45962 ай бұрын
@@motorbikediaries Nice part is the T7 has very adjustable suspension. With the work you've done it looks much better. My Tuareg is going to need the same kind of work as soon as I can figure out which system I want to go with but it doesn't have the double adjustability the T7 does, the Tuareg has rebound on one fork and comp on the other, not the most acuate system but less expensive. I did put a Scott steering damper to help with the head deflection.
@motorbikediaries2 ай бұрын
@@azlong4596 I’ve got the Tractive Closed Cartridge setup on the T7, it’s been some faff to get it set up properly and I’m hoping it’s finally right now. Surprised you are considering changing the suspension on the Tuareg as I had read the stock setup is amazing. Best of luck with whatever you decide anyway