Just a few words on the logistics of the ride..
Ride distance was approx 2600K's. It took 7 full days and 6 nights on the road to accomplish.
Bit hard to estimate accurately, but I would guess it was 75% dirt and 25% sealed roads.
I have the Tenere and multi day rides pretty fine tuned now. All of my tools are carried in a small hard case on the rear rack. My wet weather gear is in a US5 Kriega bag lashed to the top of the hard case. Personal items and clothing for 7 days are carried in a 18L SW Motech bag lashed to the pillion seat.
Spare tubes, tyre levers, pump and chain oil is carried in two small Wolfman bags which mount perfectly on the SW Motech crash bars.
I also wear a Klim Nac-Pak which holds 3L of water and a few odds and ends.
Nights are generally spent in Country Hotels. We try hard to be off the bikes before 4pm, as the local wildlife (Roos Emu's etc) start their afternoon feeding session around this time. The added benefit being we are also in time for "Happy Hour" and a few ice cold Pale Ales to help settle the dust.
A couple of moments prior to the below photo being taken, I had a very close encounter with two large grey roos, quickly followed by three sheep who decided to cross the road directly in front of me.....
Some sections of road run through grazing properties. Fortunately cattle are far more predictable than the wildlife.....it is still wise to slow down if nothing more than to prevent spooking them. Pretty hard to slow down on roads like this where the normal cruising speed is 100+K's
Didn't monitor the Tenere's fuel consumption too closely, but the times I did calculate consumption, it ranged between 22 - 24 K/liter....
There were a variety of bikes on the ride ranging from two Super Tenere's, a KTM 990 Adventure, a KTM 1190 Adventure, BMW GS650 and and adventurised Yamaha 450 Enduro
The Yamaha Super Tenere is a very capable machine and the two on this ride were piloted by very capable riders...
