I don't know how you can leave it in the dirt like that.. I'd be pumped to pick her up!!

Soft and flammable those Yammy panniers..

Nice shots..

:118:Just hang on, I coming right over to help you, so you can show me that wonderfull track.

I like this way best.



That ,,,, and fairy dust:smilies0119:

+1, best way to do it.

It helps a lot if you keep the front brake ON with a strap/rope/old tube...

However, the ten is the hardest bike to pick up I have owned.

have fun,

j.

Yeah, fuel leaking all over the place. Good job the French weren't smokers!

Thanks for the tips, I think I will also pack a strong strap to help as well.

This video is of the same place about three years ago when I was on an XR400R. It's degraded considerably since. Maybe taking the Tenere with luggage was pushing it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naICBtD6tL8


Tim

[quote=jiauka;127226the ten is the hardest bike to pick up I have owned.
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Try owning a Varadero...... :dontknow:

Me too, as you can see below, but sometimes its good to pause. It certainly is heavy but 'with help' is definately the easiest way if its avaialble. As for fuel leaking, only really an issue with a fairly full tank or facing down hill.

http://i738.photobucket.com/albums/x...droppedFok.jpg
Picture coutesy of fellow forum member 'deiaccord'

Great looking trail though Tim. Full marks.

The BMW Off Road Skills course suggests the following:

1. wiggle the handlebars until the front of the front wheel is pointing upwards, as in DickyC's photo above, with the handlebars at max lock. You might try with the handlebars at max lock the other way but I think in the stage 3 you're more prone to having the bars switch lock under load which could come as a surprise.

2. grab the bar end of the bottom handlebar with both hands

3. bend ze knees and heave!

I think the broad idea is that you are gaining maximum leverage by lifting the bike using the bottom bar end with the advantage that as the bike is coming up (in a V shape as you're looking down at it) the bars are locked in your favour. If the bars are locked the other way then as you're coming up they're have an urge to go to the V shape, the bars will flick and you'll have 200kg drop six inches whilst your grip is shifting ten inches to the left/right.

The BMWs had the advantage that they rest on the engine block rather than necessarily the handlebars so you've avoided the heaviest part of the lift. The XT is a more honest experience!

I had to do it a lot in a similar gorge in Morocco last May though I confess the altitude meant I unpacked every time! (In fact, I see it's the gorge you described as 'Jaws of Death' over on the HUBB: http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...8-3#post284227 -- I didn't get as far up as your video, I'd given up somewhere you'd describe as the flat bit!)

Cheers,

Ian

Another way that bmw teaches the riders to pick up a bike is to sit on the seat facing away from the bike, get a good grip of the handlebar nearest to you with one hand and grip somwhere on the frame or wherever you can find a good handhold underneath your bike. Stand up slightly and walk backwards slowly pushing with your arse against the seat.

Oopsie.

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/513...021000x665.jpg

Anyway, it turns out it's pretty easy to lift. One hand on the bar, one on the grab handle, and up she comes.

(Actually, it was so easy I did it twice, I'd already picked it up before I took the photo, so I could get the camera out of the top box, then laid it down again for a quick photo :D)