How do you pick up a Tenere?
 

I can lift my 1200 GSA Bavarian Tractor without even removing the luggage but when the Tenere goes down I'm in deep sh*t if riding solo.

Today was a prime example, I was tootling along all very well.

http://www.infar.co.uk/tim/P1010257e.jpg

But when it went down the wheels were higher than the rest of the bike. Even after removing all the luggage I couldn't lift it.

http://www.infar.co.uk/tim/P1010259e.jpg

An hour of so I was 'rescued' by a group of elderly French walkers. How embarrassing!

So does anyone have any ideas on lifting straps or the like?

Tim

Tim,
This might help, I'm not saying it's right or the best way, but once you get past the crap you can se how I do it...

http://www.smokingtailpipes.com/Video/Eur08-Sweden.wmv


Basically, I get my knee in, brace with my arms and push forward with my legs - it doesn't look it by my back is straight (otherwise it collapses like a house of cards!)

Excuse the efforts at being Sellbourg,,,, I've given up trying to produce short films...

flipping heck, you don't fear much do you!

judging by the pic you are on a good slope? best to drag the bike around untill the wheels are at the 'lowest',[easy on a bmuu] then try lifting, turning the steering in this case to the left,with the fr brake on and push away. i have found this the easiest way to right the tenere

hope this helps as its much easier to show this technique than describe

keep safe

This is how i tend to do it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPjYweKeiLk

... backwards.

HJ

Both times mine's gone down I've gone at it from the seat end, and turned the bars to full lock using the floor most grip, then lifted using the grab rail and the same grip.
Adrenalin helps; first time a van had swiped me off, and second time I'd had the front wash out at 50mph exiting a bend and just slid on my arse for a good way. Amazing what you can do when pumped up.

Scream every profanity you can think of, repeatedly, and as loud as you can. Doing this makes you at least twice as strong as normal.

yeah, i agree with that backwards move, that way you can pretty much pick up any size / weight bike...just make sure the camper of the ground is not too steep on theside your'e not facing...dont want the bike to lean too much and fall down the hill...gb

hey Gas-up-lets-go...you seem to have a moment of silence there before you attempted that move...was that praying for power or just catching your breathm after walking around your bike so much filming it...?
gb

Funny you should ask as I had to pick mine up after being rear-ended at a roundabout......

Knees bent, back straight, grap the barend weight and lift.

Thats how I did it... no lugage mind.



Nick.

Wasn't the fuel leaking out, when it was on its side?
I had fuel leaking from the fuel fuel cap, when i layed it down :).
Asked the dealer whether that was normal, he said every bike had that.

My BMW had a air hose that closed when the fuel tried to leak out.

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.
[/quote]

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)

Lol thats just the kinda thing I do - I am pretty short but never have a problem picking the bike up althought I did get stuck with both wheels in seperate ruts that took a while to sort outas I couldnt rock the bike

I meant to post one or two of these bust looks like you beat me to it :)
You were certainly quick off the ground though, i was convinced I had a pic of you rolling around in the mud!

I've never had a major problem with fuel leaking much, even with a full tank. A little perhaps but nothing to worry about. I dropped my bike twice on a hill the day this was taken with a full tank without any obvious fuel leakage.

Agree on 'help' being the easiest way to lift the bike. Thats my excuse anyway :D