As a T7 owner. I'm sorry you have to give it back. I appreciate all the time and effort and money you have spent to make this project a reality. Thanks to you I have decided to go with the K-tech suspension upgrade because I mostly ride two track when off-road and the Rally Raid far exceeds my abilities and its really expensive haha. Thank you again!! Keep up the good work.
I love my T7. I had the suspension done to match my 110kg weight and riding style. I sometimes forget I’m on such a big bike and sometimes it reminds me 😅
Wow, this was awesome! Cool to see the T7 taken to it's limits. I am a T7 owner (with no where near your skill level) and I love the bike - even with it's stock tuning and suspension - for the way I ride it, it handles the basic off road ADV challenges really nicely. I love my T7 for sure. Bravo. Subscribed.
a bike is a bike they come an go.... its yalls Dad/son riding adventures that speak to my son and I as we cherish the scarce opportunity we rarely get these days to chase each other through the river bottoms or mountain single track here in Ark. enjoyed the video thank you for the hard work talent dedicated to the production and editing team.... well done everyone!!!! prayin for yalls continued success and happiness...
The bike looks amazing, but it takes someone like you with your riding ability to make it shine. The only way I'd be able to do most of those trails is on a [pedal] mountain bike. I'm glad your videography is so awesome so we all get to enjoy it! I didn't realize the bike had to go back at the end, which is sad because I'd like to see you on it much more!
Very solid series mate! I loved watching the machine upgrades and how it translated to your riding confidence. I have been riding 2 wheels of all kinds for 45 years and relate to watching rider movement on the machine! Well done!
Waaw Llew. You took that thing where most of us would only go on a trials bike. Very impressive riding, excellent filming, and wonderful viewing. Well done, I bet you rank those rides easily in your top 10. Loved it 👊🏻✊🏻👊🏻✊🏻👌🏴
This series of videos has been really interesting to watch. My skills aren't as good as yours, but I still think it gave me a good perspective on what the T7 could be capable of. My three last bikes has been Honda 300 Rally(changed suspension and exhaust system), T7(stock) and now and heavily adventurized 500EXC-F. Although I absolutely love my 500 in he rough stuff I miss the practicalities and fantastic all round abilities of the T7. In hindsight I probably should have kept it and kit it out instead. This I actually came to realize before watching your series, but now my realization is solidified. I will probably change back to the T7 again now and gradually build it to what I want it to be. The 300 Rally was just too underpowered for me, but with a detuned 450 engine with about 50hp it would have been perfect I reckon.
So I read your comment and was about to reply, then I realized it's you my dear friend! I hope all is well, get yourself back on a T7 - I'm much happier with it now that I'm a better rider myself vs the first time I owned it. And to Llel, thanks for this awesome video series, I hope this isn't the last time we see the T7!
That's the magic of the T7. It's about as competent as you can get offroad while still being an absolute delight to ride on road. Go any smaller (or cheaper, *cough*KLR*cough*) and hauling yourself and gear on highways is miserable (possible, but not *fun*), go bigger and it hurts in the dirt. There's comparable bikes (prolly Transalp, the Toureg, KTM x90) but then your paying more and more for a bike you're going to smash around. For me anyways it's perfect as it's so competent offroad it can cover my lack of skill where the bigger bikes would punish me, and while smaller bikes suck so badly on the hour+ I need to ride to get to dirt.
@@JohannesDalenMC Good to hear from you Johannes! Everything is great with me and I hope it's the same with you. I have seen all your videos on changing back to the T7 and was just waiting to get myself a T7 before commenting with a "Tadaaa, I did the same" comment on one of your videos. I guess the element of surprise is gone now, but that's how it goes😉. I hope to join you on a new adventure soon, and on a T7 also🤗
This is epic stuff, it’s great to have a dad like your’s still performing the things you do. I’m properly the same age as your dad end I envies him wow what a dad.
Epic Llel, such a brilliant series, loved all of the T7 stuff, that bike is amazing. I love mine, between that and my heavily modded CRF450L, the smiles are never ending - thank you sir 👍👌🙏
Just found your page. What a nice time to spend with your dad like this. Doing what you love together with same intressets. I'm saving up now for a T7 World raid. Thanks for the video mate.
You should have more views and subscribers really. You are doing a great high quality job. Really loved the project bike series. I hope you'll do even more in the future. Fingers crossed that more people with discover your channel! Cheers!
Your comments about Pol Tarres: I just thought that - I can see now how it's done. And speaking of the gulf between skills I feel an equal distance from my riding abilities to yours. Very impressive video! On a completely different note: I have watched and re-watched your reviews of the 790 Adventure S and 790 Adventure R. And I am so impressed with the way you put bikes into words. You mentioned the s-model being an 'adventure duke' and it just perfectly describes it I think. By the way: Just put a license plate on my newest purchase. A 790 Adventure R - what a machine! Huge thanks for helping me make my most informed decision on a bike purchase to date! You rule Llel!
I bought the 890 Adv-R, it is an epic bike too .. without ton’s of modifications, just different hand guards/ skid-plate. But I think the T7 mods are still cheaper, and get similar performances. You defiantly need no more power, but electronics to get the power to the ground but that’s the nice thing about the electronics they benefit you as a driver, to my opinion and can save the day.
@@boudix5737 electronics are the best way for not learning how to ride a bike properly. I don't want anything more than an ABS on my bikes and I have owned bikes with 180hp (ZZR). Depending on electronics is an accident waiting to happen (including the ABS mention). Not to mention: they malfunction all the time.
This was so cool to watch. Thanks for all the effort put into a video like this. Did it myself and stopped almost 4 years ago, just because my dayjob didn’t leave me with enough spare time to deliver quality videos (but that’s about to change this year 💪🏼). Anyways, I’m just back from a week of off-road riding my t700 in Andalucia / Spain, and during you’re Video I thought more then once „that’s exactly how I felt!!!“. And on top I got stuck with a broken bike in the middle of nowhere too - just it was my Tenere (I fried the clutch on a super steep Enduro Trail) 😂. But these bikes can seriously take a beating. First major failure after so so much off-road (ab)use in the last 1 1/2 years. Wish you would have been able to keep the bike and put out more videos with it.
Really Nice Video. A lot is really possible with the T7. It's nice that there are still some who use it the way it should be used ;) Have a good time and thanks for the video Franky's motorbike travels
Awesome video, great riding, solid explanations. This does nothing but strengthen my idea to sell my FZ07 come spring and pick up the dirt bike version.
Wow you took your old man on all that hill climbs!!!! That’s inspirational!!!! I’m a father of twin son, 21 years old, they no where near as skills as I am but they still learning !!!!
Llel, have you ridden the Tuareg yet? I own a T7 and I love it. Test rode (currently uploading vid) a Tuareg today and it was a fantastic bike, completely blew me away!
Great wrap up! Just as we said about your exhaust review, you really get the big picture of what the T7 is about. We would like to feel our system really added to your level of stoke. Great series mate. let us know if we can be a part any thing else you do!
What an amazing journey you took us all on. You really pushed your limits and showed us what was possible not only with the bike as a rider you can push on and overcome obstacles and situations with patience. I love my Yamaha Tenere 700. Looking to expand my horizons with my bike.
Great job..amazing build and review So the real question, would you rather have a t7 whith 5000 eur in upgrades or a 890 r? By the way a t7 towing a broken bike, what a clichê 😄😅
Amazing . You're incredibly blessed to be able to ride with your dad . I don't have and never would have had that opportunity . My dad still doesn't want to talk about me riding and he even tried to bribe me to sell my Tenere 700 . That's alright though . As for what you're doing with that bike it's just amazing . I could see on the phone screen that those were massive steep hills and pretty technical , I was saying whoa whoa no way a few times . Hope one day to have half your ability so I can really build my skills and see more of what's out there .
@@BrakeMagazine Sorry to hear that. Things are roughing up with inflation and government BS (which caused the inflation in the first place), and I don't even have to be specific on which government...
Hey mate! The challenge six was make to go up. When is wet is tricky! But well done 👍🏻 São Brás de Alportel is a paradise trail riding. Keep going with great content
This is a great video and a the entire series is an inspiration for my T7 build. Thank you:) Why didn't you choose the 230mm suspension? Do you think the 200mm is a better suited for the T7 geometry?
I mostly chose it because I wanted to be able to still be able to touch the floor. I wasn't going rally racing with it so making it taller was only going to make it hard to ride. :)
Great video - fun to watch you ride through the varied terrain, and see how the project bike behaved. I especially loved the great aerial / drone footage when you 2 were climbing those hills: awesome!
What track riders will never learn from a dirt bike, that is a most important life lesson. Dirt bikes teach us many things. But perseverance is high on the list. That last bit of adventure is a memory with your dad that will last forever
Those tracks😍😍😍😍! really want to get back in the sand with bikes.. but its heavy t7 or so much maintenance with a enduro/dual sport etc. But dnmm this must have been so good for your riding skill!
Starting with? I've used crf rally for 13k's, bought an Africa, used 9k's and switched back to rally. Now happy again with it. Use lighter bikes on trails for a while like Llel and me and decide what you're gonna go for.
That T7 looks and sounds awesome. I thought I'd sworn off 200kg bikes, but... Also, love your dad's "just get it done" riding style. No points for style 10 days into a Dakar I guess.
Exactly. And 200kg bikes are awesome if you let them be what they are. They have a place, provide a ton of fun and a let you see the world in a way small struggle. My two cents at least.
Very enjoyable watching what you were able to accomplish on that bike. I recently rode one and I can attest what you were able to accomplish was no small feat. Great work.
good riding. when bike is set up it will go places like you say. only thing it does not like is going very slow if your following a enduro bike. enduro bike can go very slow as T7 likes to go a few mph faster in the slow stuff. have fun and stay safe.
Thanks for sharing your experiences. Waiting for mine in the US. California to be exact. Unfortunately no world raid or rally editions coming this way. But my mission is the same one you were on. On to next bike for you. Ride on
What are you doing to me Llel! Spent the last fortnight try to choose between a t7 & a 890 adventure r. Pretty much come to the conclusion of ordering the new 2023 890 with the much more rally inspired bodywork today. Then you go & put this video up and I'm back to questioning writing off the t7! Why do this too me! Well I might as well ask the million dollar question, as I live in Wales & plan on 50/50 road/offroad riding next year, this spec'd up t7 or a 890 adventure r? If I go for the t7 I will definitely get your graphics as I love the look of them and appreciate all the work you put into this channel!
Awsome build! cant get enough of the sound of that T7 motor! Handlebar question for ADV bike - if you do alot of offroading, would it be best to change the stock bars with a more MX/Enduro bar bend or just keep the stock ones?
Great series of videos on the T7. I'd like to know how this modified bike now compares to a standard KTM 890 Adventure R. Without doing the maths, I think the KTM would be the cheaper bike? How would it stack up against this absolutely stunning and super cool T7? 🤔
Let’s agree that we disagree. It’s all mechanics and electronics (also on a T7) so ik can break down. I drove mine KTM 890 Adv-R for 20.000 km without any failure, other than tire changes … and hardly lubing the chain. (Ok I’m onset one Immobiliser failure but without consequences just too out the key and switched it on again).
10:15 Yup, extended clutch arm all day. (camel, altrider, whoever) It's a necessity for technical riding Sad to see it end, but damn that looked like a riot
Incredible transformation, incredible riding skills and an incredibly great video. The only problem I saw, was you completely destroyed my list of T 700 excuses. Now I can only blame myself and my less than good riding skills.
Wow was this some quality content. Makes it extra tough being that it is -25C here in Canada at the moment with my brand new T7 in the garage. Having fun just putting parts on it for now. However the next 2-3 months of seeing it sit there will be extremely hard.
Just an amazing set of videos! Great fun to watch. Have bought myself a rapid evo for the bike after watching. Quick question. In the first video you mention that the front wheel feels a bit light/disconnect, which is something I agree with on mine. But you also raise lower the forks in the clamps. Which I would think would make it feel even more vague? What did you do to get feedback in the front wheel?
Change the balance of the bike. The shock is soft compared with the forks and if you weight more than 75kgs you'll need to stiffen the rear spring at a minimum. When it comes back and you have front end grip it's like a different bike.
The T7 is not set up perfect from the beginning. If you watch the full 4 episodes you will see that a lot of tweaks are done to get it perform like this. The 890 Adv-R has those off the shelf.
Wow. Awesome video, and I can really agree that the T7 is a unicorn. Yamaha UK should give you a T7 - they probably sold several dozen bikes to people watching your videos!
Similar terrain we ride on 300 lb yam tt600r bikes and our Hearts are bursting 🤣 I couldn't imagine doing it on a 400lb plus bike !! Fair play !! Still thinking about getting the t7 or the 660 tuareg ??
Metzeler Karoo Extreme front and rear. When it was really wet I used a Metzeler Six Days front. The Karoo Extreme is incredible for grip, a little soft for longevity. 9/10.
Fantastic video, and a great series on the T7! The filming and production quality on this was top notch. What did y'all eventually figure out about the problem with the Sherco?
As a T7 owner. I'm sorry you have to give it back. I appreciate all the time and effort and money you have spent to make this project a reality. Thanks to you I have decided to go with the K-tech suspension upgrade because I mostly ride two track when off-road and the Rally Raid far exceeds my abilities and its really expensive haha. Thank you again!! Keep up the good work.
I think you'll be pretty happy!
@@BrakeMagazine hi buddy! I just reported a scammer in the thred under my comment in this video.
@@everythingtenere They're everywhere atm. I'm trying hard to keep up with them.
That’s some of the best riding, filming and editing yet, amazing job Llel.
Thanks Kevin. Working hard on the editing side for sure. 😁
My son is 17 and soon we will do what your Dad and yourself are doing
For now its still mountain biking and Sea kayaking.
Cheers
🍻🍻
Nothing wrong with those either. Me and Dad have done a lot of MTBing together!
I love my T7. I had the suspension done to match my 110kg weight and riding style. I sometimes forget I’m on such a big bike and sometimes it reminds me 😅
So true 🤣
Absolutely amazing - hell of an inspiration to anyone wanting a T7, and hell of a video!!
Cheers!
Wow, this was awesome! Cool to see the T7 taken to it's limits. I am a T7 owner (with no where near your skill level) and I love the bike - even with it's stock tuning and suspension - for the way I ride it, it handles the basic off road ADV challenges really nicely. I love my T7 for sure. Bravo. Subscribed.
You two are absolute nutters. And I mean that in the most respectful way possible. Absolutely fantastic.
Thanks 🤣
Love it, sketchy trails and the sound of father and son having a blast. That T7 sounds awesome. 👍
Thanks!
What a gift to be able to ride with your dad in awesome locations!
a bike is a bike they come an go.... its yalls Dad/son riding adventures that speak to my son and I as we cherish the scarce opportunity we rarely
get these days to chase each other through the river bottoms or mountain single track here in Ark.
enjoyed the video thank you for the hard work talent dedicated to the production and editing team.... well done everyone!!!! prayin for yalls continued success and happiness...
Amen 🙌
The bike looks amazing, but it takes someone like you with your riding ability to make it shine. The only way I'd be able to do most of those trails is on a [pedal] mountain bike. I'm glad your videography is so awesome so we all get to enjoy it! I didn't realize the bike had to go back at the end, which is sad because I'd like to see you on it much more!
Very solid series mate! I loved watching the machine upgrades and how it translated to your riding confidence. I have been riding 2 wheels of all kinds for 45 years and relate to watching rider movement on the machine! Well done!
Great Job, this content is absolutely underrated! Cheers from germany, keep it coming! ✌
Glad you like it!
Absolutely stunning video!! The bike is a masterpiece of course. You did an outstanding job!
Good on you to tackle those trails on that big bike,brilliant country as well!
Waaw Llew. You took that thing where most of us would only go on a trials bike. Very impressive riding, excellent filming, and wonderful viewing. Well done, I bet you rank those rides easily in your top 10. Loved it 👊🏻✊🏻👊🏻✊🏻👌🏴
Cheers Mark! It was a great ride for sure!
This series of videos has been really interesting to watch. My skills aren't as good as yours, but I still think it gave me a good perspective on what the T7 could be capable of.
My three last bikes has been Honda 300 Rally(changed suspension and exhaust system), T7(stock) and now and heavily adventurized 500EXC-F. Although I absolutely love my 500 in he rough stuff I miss the practicalities and fantastic all round abilities of the T7. In hindsight I probably should have kept it and kit it out instead. This I actually came to realize before watching your series, but now my realization is solidified. I will probably change back to the T7 again now and gradually build it to what I want it to be.
The 300 Rally was just too underpowered for me, but with a detuned 450 engine with about 50hp it would have been perfect I reckon.
So I read your comment and was about to reply, then I realized it's you my dear friend! I hope all is well, get yourself back on a T7 - I'm much happier with it now that I'm a better rider myself vs the first time I owned it.
And to Llel, thanks for this awesome video series, I hope this isn't the last time we see the T7!
That's the magic of the T7. It's about as competent as you can get offroad while still being an absolute delight to ride on road. Go any smaller (or cheaper, *cough*KLR*cough*) and hauling yourself and gear on highways is miserable (possible, but not *fun*), go bigger and it hurts in the dirt. There's comparable bikes (prolly Transalp, the Toureg, KTM x90) but then your paying more and more for a bike you're going to smash around.
For me anyways it's perfect as it's so competent offroad it can cover my lack of skill where the bigger bikes would punish me, and while smaller bikes suck so badly on the hour+ I need to ride to get to dirt.
@@JohannesDalenMC Good to hear from you Johannes! Everything is great with me and I hope it's the same with you.
I have seen all your videos on changing back to the T7 and was just waiting to get myself a T7 before commenting with a "Tadaaa, I did the same" comment on one of your videos. I guess the element of surprise is gone now, but that's how it goes😉. I hope to join you on a new adventure soon, and on a T7 also🤗
10:52 sh****t THAT looks steep! (even on the gopro footage which normally makes any incline look flat) Great video LLel!
I love this build series. Thanks for sharing your journey. 👍🏾
You two are real good motorcycle riders. Thank you for the images of the fantastic landscapes.
Absolute ripper of a video - can not wait to get my hands on one of these!
This is epic stuff, it’s great to have a dad like your’s still performing the things you do. I’m properly the same age as your dad end I envies him wow what a dad.
Epic Llel, such a brilliant series, loved all of the T7 stuff, that bike is amazing. I love mine, between that and my heavily modded CRF450L, the smiles are never ending - thank you sir 👍👌🙏
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
Love the graphics on your bike.T7 is number 2 on my dream bike list.
Great video.great riding. You really brought out how good the T7 is in rugged terrain. A true On and Off road machine. Thank you.
Just found your page. What a nice time to spend with your dad like this. Doing what you love together with same intressets. I'm saving up now for a T7 World raid. Thanks for the video mate.
Amazing series! Shows just how much potential this bike has. Thanks for the content Llel!
Thanks!
You should have more views and subscribers really. You are doing a great high quality job. Really loved the project bike series. I hope you'll do even more in the future. Fingers crossed that more people with discover your channel! Cheers!
Sometimes that's the way the cookie crumbles. I'm trying but it's slow 😂 Glad you got great value from this (Y)
Your comments about Pol Tarres: I just thought that - I can see now how it's done. And speaking of the gulf between skills I feel an equal distance from my riding abilities to yours. Very impressive video!
On a completely different note: I have watched and re-watched your reviews of the 790 Adventure S and 790 Adventure R. And I am so impressed with the way you put bikes into words. You mentioned the s-model being an 'adventure duke' and it just perfectly describes it I think.
By the way: Just put a license plate on my newest purchase. A 790 Adventure R - what a machine! Huge thanks for helping me make my most informed decision on a bike purchase to date! You rule Llel!
I'm so glad it was helpful!
I bought the 890 Adv-R, it is an epic bike too .. without ton’s of modifications, just different hand guards/ skid-plate. But I think the T7 mods are still cheaper, and get similar performances. You defiantly need no more power, but electronics to get the power to the ground but that’s the nice thing about the electronics they benefit you as a driver, to my opinion and can save the day.
@@boudix5737 electronics are the best way for not learning how to ride a bike properly. I don't want anything more than an ABS on my bikes and I have owned bikes with 180hp (ZZR). Depending on electronics is an accident waiting to happen (including the ABS mention). Not to mention: they malfunction all the time.
This was so cool to watch. Thanks for all the effort put into a video like this. Did it myself and stopped almost 4 years ago, just because my dayjob didn’t leave me with enough spare time to deliver quality videos (but that’s about to change this year 💪🏼).
Anyways, I’m just back from a week of off-road riding my t700 in Andalucia / Spain, and during you’re Video I thought more then once „that’s exactly how I felt!!!“. And on top I got stuck with a broken bike in the middle of nowhere too - just it was my Tenere (I fried the clutch on a super steep Enduro Trail) 😂. But these bikes can seriously take a beating. First major failure after so so much off-road (ab)use in the last 1 1/2 years.
Wish you would have been able to keep the bike and put out more videos with it.
Really Nice Video. A lot is really possible with the T7.
It's nice that there are still some who use it the way it should be used ;)
Have a good time and thanks for the video
Franky's motorbike travels
Amazing, very well done! I love the fact that you ride with your dad... I used to do the same with mine, and I miss it a lot! Cheers!
Great job on both the video and the bike, A lot of care clearly went into both.
Cheers! I tried hard 😁😁
Vielen Dank für Dein Video, es für mich sehr informativ und hat mir geholfen in das Thema hineinzukommen. Danke!
Awesome video, great riding, solid explanations. This does nothing but strengthen my idea to sell my FZ07 come spring and pick up the dirt bike version.
Wow you took your old man on all that hill climbs!!!! That’s inspirational!!!! I’m a father of twin son, 21 years old, they no where near as skills as I am but they still learning !!!!
Llel, have you ridden the Tuareg yet? I own a T7 and I love it. Test rode (currently uploading vid) a Tuareg today and it was a fantastic bike, completely blew me away!
Not yet!
Great wrap up! Just as we said about your exhaust review, you really get the big picture of what the T7 is about. We would like to feel our system really added to your level of stoke. Great series mate. let us know if we can be a part any thing else you do!
Hey,
Thanks for watching it. Genuinely it did add the level of Stoke. Bike was night and day a different weapon!
How should we get in touch?
@@BrakeMagazine Can you shoot us a DM on Instagram?
T7 is such an incredible machine. Says a lot if an adventure bike contends the Erzberg Rodeo and makes it nearly to the end.. just wow
Don't be completely lulled by Tarres bike. He's a generational talent riding a version that costs €30,000 euro and weights 25 kilos less.
@@BrakeMagazine you can say that again. People are dreamers.
Bloody well done. Great riding.
Thanks!
What an amazing journey you took us all on. You really pushed your limits and showed us what was possible not only with the bike as a rider you can push on and overcome obstacles and situations with patience. I love my Yamaha Tenere 700. Looking to expand my horizons with my bike.
That was awesome. Great project!
Thanks Matt!
Great job..amazing build and review
So the real question, would you rather have a t7 whith 5000 eur in upgrades or a 890 r?
By the way a t7 towing a broken bike, what a clichê 😄😅
Amazing . You're incredibly blessed to be able to ride with your dad . I don't have and never would have had that opportunity . My dad still doesn't want to talk about me riding and he even tried to bribe me to sell my Tenere 700 . That's alright though . As for what you're doing with that bike it's just amazing . I could see on the phone screen that those were massive steep hills and pretty technical , I was saying whoa whoa no way a few times . Hope one day to have half your ability so I can really build my skills and see more of what's out there .
I'm sorry to hear this. I am lucky as he'll to share this stuff with my dad. 🙂
Good effort Llel…. The T7 not only looks amazing but sounds like a REAL BEAST to boot!!
Makes me want to get one more and more 😂
I have loved riding it, that's for sure!
@@BrakeMagazine Why didn't you keep it?
@@C_R_O_M________ Because of Money. Unfortunatelywe only just manage to pay the bills and keeping the bike was not possible.
@@BrakeMagazine Sorry to hear that. Things are roughing up with inflation and government BS (which caused the inflation in the first place), and I don't even have to be specific on which government...
Congrats, good riding! You made the T7 look almost as capable as 890R ;-)
Bold. You must be a KTM owner 🤣🤣
There’s always one
@@BrakeMagazine no, what made you think so ;)
Just order the same suspension a few hours ago, after this video I'm glad I did.
Wowsers! Epic filming and great riding. Kudos
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hey mate!
The challenge six was make to go up. When is wet is tricky! But well done 👍🏻
São Brás de Alportel is a paradise trail riding.
Keep going with great content
Hey, I bet it is tricky when wet. it really is amazing riding!
Insane! Frigging insane! Nicely done guys.
Thanks!
This is a great video and a the entire series is an inspiration for my T7 build. Thank you:) Why didn't you choose the 230mm suspension? Do you think the 200mm is a better suited for the T7 geometry?
I mostly chose it because I wanted to be able to still be able to touch the floor. I wasn't going rally racing with it so making it taller was only going to make it hard to ride. :)
Killer jumps! Very nice!
Epic stuff, Llel! Thank you!
Great video - fun to watch you ride through the varied terrain, and see how the project bike behaved. I especially loved the great aerial / drone footage when you 2 were climbing those hills: awesome!
What track riders will never learn from a dirt bike, that is a most important life lesson. Dirt bikes teach us many things. But perseverance is high on the list. That last bit of adventure is a memory with your dad that will last forever
It really will. We have some pretty great memories of this stuff 😂
Good job mate! You've made an awesome bike and a awesome video!
Thanks Joost! Appreciate you watching 😁
Awesome video, well done Llel. Appreciated the honest narration too, great filming and had a chuckle at the twist at the end. Great work!
Those tracks😍😍😍😍! really want to get back in the sand with bikes.. but its heavy t7 or so much maintenance with a enduro/dual sport etc.
But dnmm this must have been so good for your riding skill!
Great bike to start with and your mods have made it even better. Some great riding in the video as well.
Glad you liked it!
Starting with?
I've used crf rally for 13k's, bought an Africa, used 9k's and switched back to rally. Now happy again with it.
Use lighter bikes on trails for a while like Llel and me and decide what you're gonna go for.
@@wranglertr He mean the bike comes out the crate as a good bike, not it's a good starter bike.
:)
That T7 looks and sounds awesome. I thought I'd sworn off 200kg bikes, but...
Also, love your dad's "just get it done" riding style. No points for style 10 days into a Dakar I guess.
Exactly. And 200kg bikes are awesome if you let them be what they are. They have a place, provide a ton of fun and a let you see the world in a way small struggle. My two cents at least.
the dimsport evo fuel controller is really doing a great job! bike looks like it is almost impossible to stall.
It is. Honestly, so tractable, so much grip.
Life's better when you're riding.
Amazing views, riding , skills and bike, thanks Llel really enjoyed this video
Thanks Duncan!
Very enjoyable watching what you were able to accomplish on that bike. I recently rode one and I can attest what you were able to accomplish was no small feat. Great work.
Congrats on your content you seem like a legit nice person hope your channel keeps doing better👍🏻⚔️ #chargelife
Thanks Simon. I try to be a nice person 🤣🤣
good riding. when bike is set up it will go places like you say. only thing it does not like is going very slow if your following a enduro bike. enduro bike can go very slow as T7 likes to go a few mph faster in the slow stuff. have fun and stay safe.
Will do!
Thanks for sharing your experiences. Waiting for mine in the US. California to be exact. Unfortunately no world raid or rally editions coming this way. But my mission is the same one you were on. On to next bike for you. Ride on
Great Video! Great riding! 💪👍
What are you doing to me Llel! Spent the last fortnight try to choose between a t7 & a 890 adventure r. Pretty much come to the conclusion of ordering the new 2023 890 with the much more rally inspired bodywork today. Then you go & put this video up and I'm back to questioning writing off the t7! Why do this too me! Well I might as well ask the million dollar question, as I live in Wales & plan on 50/50 road/offroad riding next year, this spec'd up t7 or a 890 adventure r? If I go for the t7 I will definitely get your graphics as I love the look of them and appreciate all the work you put into this channel!
In Wales, T7 with good suspension and good tyres. Once it rains the T7 engine is still really easy to find grip with but you gotta follow your heart!
@@BrakeMagazine Time to get that order in & hoard tenere parts over winter!
@@williamsmith1993 Do it :)
Nice 👍. Waiting for your review of new ktm 890 adv R. I am also terrified by heights but i always try challenging it. Your dad is great 👌
Excited to ride it too! Yeah he's cool!
My Heart rate was up just watching 😂 Awesome trails and awesome riding
Mine hasn't come down yet 🤣
Oh this is portugal! perfect!
Awsome build! cant get enough of the sound of that T7 motor!
Handlebar question for ADV bike - if you do alot of offroading, would it be best to change the stock bars with a more MX/Enduro bar bend or just keep the stock ones?
It depends a bit. The stock ones aren’t bad. You just need to make sure it has enough of a flat section for all the switches etc.
@@BrakeMagazine Ah, that makes sense yeah...i didnt think of all the bits and bobs that need to sit on the bars too. thanks for that!
Missed this last episode in the series! Fantastic final episode and impressive riding. Where are you in Spain at the end? Looks incredible!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! Just north of Malaga 😊
Finally hills that actually look very steep on camera. Well done
I'm glad they do. I was sitting bricks going down them on the big one 🤣
How would a 701 be in the same scenarios comparse to the t7? Will you try that?
Great series of videos on the T7. I'd like to know how this modified bike now compares to a standard KTM 890 Adventure R. Without doing the maths, I think the KTM would be the cheaper bike? How would it stack up against this absolutely stunning and super cool T7? 🤔
KTM will never be as reliable as Yamaha ever.
Let’s agree that we disagree. It’s all mechanics and electronics (also on a T7) so ik can break down. I drove mine KTM 890 Adv-R for 20.000 km without any failure, other than tire changes … and hardly lubing the chain. (Ok I’m onset one Immobiliser failure but without consequences just too out the key and switched it on again).
10:15 Yup, extended clutch arm all day. (camel, altrider, whoever) It's a necessity for technical riding
Sad to see it end, but damn that looked like a riot
I was sad to end it. If I could spent a week doing that kinda riding I would've. 🤣
Amazing, i wished i had 10% of your skill!
Ah thanks!
Incredible transformation, incredible riding skills and an incredibly great video. The only problem I saw, was you completely destroyed my list of T 700 excuses. Now I can only blame myself and my less than good riding skills.
Great final to a great series. 👍
Great vid. Love my t7. It’s a keeper.
Wow was this some quality content. Makes it extra tough being that it is -25C here in Canada at the moment with my brand new T7 in the garage. Having fun just putting parts on it for now. However the next 2-3 months of seeing it sit there will be extremely hard.
Just an amazing set of videos! Great fun to watch. Have bought myself a rapid evo for the bike after watching. Quick question. In the first video you mention that the front wheel feels a bit light/disconnect, which is something I agree with on mine. But you also raise lower the forks in the clamps. Which I would think would make it feel even more vague? What did you do to get feedback in the front wheel?
Change the balance of the bike. The shock is soft compared with the forks and if you weight more than 75kgs you'll need to stiffen the rear spring at a minimum. When it comes back and you have front end grip it's like a different bike.
Ripp’n it! I love the Tenere… not many bike are set up perfect from the beginning, so this series is necessary.
Not many, but a couple are close.
@@BrakeMagazine Apparently the Taureg 660 is pretty nicely set up from the start. . .
The T7 is not set up perfect from the beginning. If you watch the full 4 episodes you will see that a lot of tweaks are done to get it perform like this. The 890 Adv-R has those off the shelf.
Wow. Awesome video, and I can really agree that the T7 is a unicorn. Yamaha UK should give you a T7 - they probably sold several dozen bikes to people watching your videos!
🤣🤣 They're helping me out a bit!
Awesome video series Llel, good work
Glad you enjoy it!
Very cool feeling good about my T7 never will I get those skills but fun to see you could make the bike do it.
You can do it!
I'm not a yamaha fan boy, but they would have to pry that T7 from my cold dead hands. Epic build.
Very good , I really enjoyed that.
Great work all round.
Well done.
Thanks Stephen
Similar terrain we ride on 300 lb yam tt600r bikes and our Hearts are bursting 🤣 I couldn't imagine doing it on a 400lb plus bike !! Fair play !! Still thinking about getting the t7 or the 660 tuareg ??
I mean, I think I can probably take this to harder places still. It's really mind blowing to ride.
I'd personally choose a T7, mostly for reliability.
Impressive scenes! Can you summarise what you did change to make the T7 YOUR bike and that capable? Or what did you not like at the original setting?
He has in other videos, check them out
This is the fifth video in series about this bike. Enjoy!
Loved this episode!
Cheers Brian!
Great work on modifiening the tenere!!! Looks like it works amazing, what tires are you using by chance?
Metzeler Karoo Extreme front and rear. When it was really wet I used a Metzeler Six Days front. The Karoo Extreme is incredible for grip, a little soft for longevity. 9/10.
Love your videos, but why did you choose the T7 over the 701 LR?
It's much lighter & more maneuverable that I think it'd be much better than the T7.
Great video, welldone !!
Glad you liked it!
Fantastic video, and a great series on the T7! The filming and production quality on this was top notch. What did y'all eventually figure out about the problem with the Sherco?
Thanks! The regulator/rectifier failed.
Great vid Llel, well worth the watch, thanks. What's the diagnosis on the Sherco? So close to the end too
Reg/rec failed.
That was an incredible series! What bike is next?! Have you tried the AJP PR7?
I haven't, but I think it'll be something truly budget.