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My 3rd adventure build of tenere 700s
I built my 2021 T7 and learned a few things. I bought it with 500 miles and sold it at 47,200. I recently sold my Tenere 1200 (57,000 miles) too. Chip in another $1,500 and that bought a BRAND NEW 2026 T7! I thought I’d love the big aftermarket 6.2-gallon tank. I hated it. It…
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MY 2026 RIDES
My big rides of 2026! Cherry Creek Jan 1, 2026 Lake Mountain/Solder pass with Logan and Wes, Jan 31, 2026 Grand Canyon Toroweep March 13, 2026 Green River Dirt Bike Rally April 23-25, 2026, including Dewey Bridges to Green River UT BDR Church History Trip early May 2026 Delta to Mount Pleasant May 23-May 25,…
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Capitol Reef area 4 day ride
ROUTE DESC: Colorado BDR > rerouted to Hanksville Utah due to bad weather (3” of rain at 14,000 feet is more likely to be snow) RECAP/SUMMARY: Capital Reef, Goblin Valley, Cathedral valley, Henry Mountain, Poison Creek, Burr trail, Hells Backbone bridge. Highway 12 from Bolder Ut to Hanksville. Photos: We decided to re-route to Hanksville…
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Montana BDR September 2026
ROUTE DESC: Sept 4-12, 2026 Montana BDR and Hells Canyon BdrX RECAP/SUMMARY: Saturday AM we left Rexburg area early as the sun was coming up. We did section 1 and 2 of the MT BDR. Got some cool pictures along the way and Henry lake we went around the lake and then meetup with the…
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Idaho BDR July 2026
With our route changes, we ended up close to 1400 miles on back country from Porthill to Northern Utah! We took in 1 section of Montana BDR and 1 section of the Utah BDR as part of our route around hundreds of fallen trees and avoiding extreme heat by going east to higher elevation. Above…
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How I used Mosko Moto wedge mount plates with Giant Loop Round the World saddle bags (90 liters)
In this blog article, I’m going to describe the howto of how I used MoskoMoto Wedge mount plates on GiantLoop Round the World (RTW) bags. WHY? The main reason is for future flexibility. The MoskoMoto Wedge will fit almost any luggage racks on a motorcycle. I do like the tusk racks with the top rack…
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WhiteRim Counter Clockwise
Trail conditions this year (Nov 2025) is excellent. The silt pits are nonexistant which means a much much easier climb for sandhill (counter clockwise). I’ve done whiterim a few times clockwise, but never counter clockwise. I like that you get the challenges over with doing it counter clockwise. We had 9 riders, half of those…
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Black Bear Pass on a fully loaded large adventure motorcycle!
Welcome to my report (after action report) of BlackBear Pass! I was able to do this SOLO on my Tenere 700. During the biggest challenges, I never put a foot down (Dab’d) nor dropped my bike! My Tenere 700 loaded was about 550 lbs! My backpack was close to 20-25 lbs. Plus all my riding…
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Lessons Learned from wheel bearings
My last day of Baja riding was ruined because of a rear wheel bearing. It was so bad (I had to ride it 10+ miles to get to town) I had to replace the entire wheel. Luckily for the ktm 500 tusk has a entire wheel for $300 ish. Last weekend, my Tenere 700 rear…
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Riding a Motorcycle to/from and around Alaska
I’ve been dreaming of doing this ride for so so long. It has taken a lot of rides to work up to this and a lot of work and planning to be prepared for success! This is my 3rd trip to Alaska. 1st was a 10y anniversary cruise to Alaska. A few years ago my…