The Victorian / Aussie dealership has a stranglehold on this brand and their service is shit. If that’s not off putting enough, the bike can only be serviced at an approved dealer. If you’re doing any kind of off road ride and need parts or servicing, the wait can be weeks if not months. I had one. Loved it. Sold it. Too much effort
My friend, hello! 🙂 00:59 Is that in Cerknica, under hill Slivnica? If yes, this has been filmed less than 10km away from my parents house. 15:50 Lake in translation means "jezero" . This goes for I would say all Slavic languages, with some minor differences in pronunciation. 20:20 That got to be Lake Piva? There's hydropowerplant there that I am familiar with. 😀 25:33 Slight correction, it was in 19*8*4! 😄 Great video, I watched it few days ago already. Anyways, it is sort of a bitter feeling to me we didn't meet. I watched your announcement video for the Balkans, and I think that your start date happened when I was on a biz trip to Frankfurt. This why I didn't even reach out. Similar applies to your time of return, busy times for me, and you looked to be exhausted in your videos, so... sounds like excuse I know, but I have no life, work only.. 🙂 Btw I've bought brand new T7 in March and I managed to make 500km with it so far. 😅 I am facing major problems with the bike though, wind buffeting to be precise. I plan to make a video about it, but again, no time on my hands. Anyways, hope to met you another time in person and get some 🍺 Wish you all the best, viking! 👋
My friend who sells motorbikes sold me the AJP PR 7 first and I was happy after changing some parts and doing some work on it. Same colleague also represents KOVE and he recommended me that I must try the KOVE 450 Rally and I did. And I immediately sold the AJP PR 7 and bought a KOVE 450 Rally and to be honest it surprised me and for me personally it is much better for off road compared to the AJP PR 7. I have no problems with it. And fortunately, all the modification parts that are available are very affordable. I also had the seat improved, which is otherwise (after 3 to 4 hours) as hard as a wooden board.
Great review at this point (4000ish KM) Johannes. I agree on all the above even with only 1500 KM on my new PR7. Skid plate issue...its a crap way to mount something that is meant to absorb the whole weight of the bike in a big smack. One 10mm bolt in front and a tab in rear. The plate itself looks good, just needs some brackets welded to it where it can clamp to frame. I'm already looking at solutions to this problem. Tires; took off the original Michelins and put Heidenau K60 Rangers on for now. Original tire is only good for off road...its a mild Enduro tire, but still totally off road focused and horrible of course on the road. The rear brakes are strong and I was always on the edge of lockup in town in Italy especially when those tires where new. Totally able to control but in an emergency stop you'd be screwed on the road. Again, not the bike or tires fault. I think they put those on because they look cool from new and most owners burn through them in a few weeks and replace with a more practical ADV tire solution. Had a few loose bolts; checked with rubber hammer every day after riding for loose bolts. No issue with brake or exhaust fitment on mine....yet. Headlights are total crap like you said. Why not add a set of good LED lights and raise price a bit???? I'll be changing those out. I had to follow my friend on a Yamaha XSR125 that has a great stock LED headlight because I couldn't see anything one night in Italy. Fuel filler issue, yes I had other riders laughing at me saying, "Jack, we'll go next door and get a coffee and ice cream while you fill up". I will add the raised filler like you have. No way to fix this issue but at least with an aftermarket screw on filler you don't have the fight with the stock one. Having to pry off a filler cap is just dumb on a bike like this and such an easy fix from the factory!! Other than those issues I love the bike. I haven't had a big thumper in years and going from all my mid to large ADV bikes to this is a revelation. So easy to move around and I'm back to attacking stuff I gave up on years ago with the bigger bikes. Yes, miss the 2 cylinder engines, but otherwise I'm really enjoying this bike so far and everywhere I stop people are taking pictures and asking questions. I'm taking it to the Touratech Active Adventure in September and the Enduro Action Team race in October so we will see how she does at those events. Also taking her to the MX track this weekend for some training and fun on her. Overall I think I will use this bike for daily commute, rally events and some shorter travel and use the bigger bikes for big travel and more road focused stuff. Cheers and have a good vacation after the vacation. GSJack
Thanks for the update Johannes. My AJP had the same issue with the rubbing of the swingarm. I am in the process of claiming warranty on it, but the response time is very slow. They told me from the importer here in my country to prepare for a denial on my warranty claim from the factory in Portugal, because it was probably my fault, since I must have taken a hard fall or had another big impact on it. This is not true! My local dealer, from which I purchased the AJP, has been great about it. He had a spare header unit + muffler lying around, as another customer did the exhaust upgrade from Doma. Problem solved immediately. So there must be some faulty header systems being placed from factory, that are just not aligned right. Concerning the weak headlights: I bought the LED unit from Adventure Men Cave, very easy to install. Great solution for better visibility.
Nice to see this bike getting some good press. Well sorted dual sports are expensive to build so it's great to see a company get it right from the factory.
just get some radiator braces and be done - rads are not cheap but braces are and will also mean you don't need heavy bars - as for these stupid build failures, i cannot believe after so many years they are still selling these bikes with such idiosyncracies... they are losing sales because of this ignorance to fails that they have known about since before the 1st bike was sold
Great recap! I'm still pending to watch the full Balkans video. Looking forward to it! FYI - The Doma exhaust by itself does very little to address the swingarm rub issue. If you remember mine, it had eaten up the swingarm quite severely in a short amount of time. Perhaps with the spacer it'll be better. In any case, the swingarm cleaned up very nicely with little sanding and polishing compound. Enjoy Greece!
Interesting finding... Can you get aluminum radiator braces/guards? Then you won't need heavy steel tubing which besides adding weight may not even protect the radiators...
Nice stuff Johannes. This radiators are just crying out for a home brewed solution, as is the bash plate. Kindly ship the bike to Australia and I’ll take care of these upgrades while you are in Crete. 😊
ADV ENG in Australia do a great radiator brace / guard for the AJP. Also have other great products. Not sure if they ship OS. There is an adjustment bolt under the rear brake pedal pivot point where you can change the pedal height. Don't need to adjust at master cylinder.
If my memory serves me correctly, and just check the forums, but maybe braided brake hoses and race brake fluid. Rear brake is tricky to adjust. I think Adv Man Cave (as well as Thork of course) sell replacement light kits.
Hi Johannes, nice update. My 2023 doesn't have the exhaust issue tho I did put the power up on after 1k kms.. I looked into crash bars and all the Oz guys said the aluminum ones bend easy and all you need are the ADV Eng radiator guards - so I got them. Really really impressed - solid lightweight protection and can highly recommend as the solution. My rear brake locks up fine from that height - likely needs a good bleeding 😊
Crashbars: crosspro manufacture one for the PR7, it is aluminum, so its light. However it won't fit on the standard version because the lambda sensor is in the way. (Fits on the extreme one though) Lights: I installed LSK lights, they are bright, very good (and expensive), but there are cheaper led solutions there.
A mojito in your hand? Don’t you mean Coca Cola Zero? 😂 For a guy that claims you can drink a Dane under the table you don’t practice enough 😂 Great little status update on the PR7. I can reveal that I rode Johannes’ PR7 for a full day in Slovenia, it was like using cheat codes compared to my T7 when the stuff got rough. An amazing bike, and I actually gained a lot of confidence in my riding skills that I could apply once I got back in my T7. Thank you again for an amazing trip to the Balkans, enjoy Crete and your Coca Cola Zero 🥳😂❤️
This is a precious video for them because on test drives you don't get to find these types of problems. It would be good if they got in touch with you to adress those problems specially the ones that are simple like the exhaust and bashplate in order to further develop the machine.
Hi ,Johannes, excellent trip movie and comments! As I plan to go to Balkan TEts , it is impotant to me to choose the right motorcycle for trip. I found my Tenere too heavy if the offroad is muddy ,rocky etc.. and later I am exausted of continiously lifting this heavy bike up.. Could you comment - finally wasn`t Tenere too heavy or hard to drive in all these Balkan TeTs, maybe better would be light bikes PR7 and Husq701, KTN 690R? Mean would better take lighter ones insted of Tenere? Thank you for answer!
Hello there Laurence, thanks a lot for the kind words. When it comes to bike choice, there's a few things to consider: rider skill, alone or in group, camping or hotel? If you're a good rider, a T7 would be a great choice. If you're riding by yourself however, a tip over or crash in the wrong place could leave you completely stranded. If you're camping there will be another 15-20kg of luggage on the back of your bike which will make it even heavier. Personally I wouldn't ride the TET Balkans on a T7 or bigger bike unless I was in a group, and even then a bike like the T7 could wear you out because of the weight. I will make a video about the TET Balkans and things to consider once I get home from family vacation in a couple of weeks, there's many things to think about and lots of details, but all in all I think the lighter the bike the safer and more fun you'll have. If you leave before I get home - have an excellent trip and ride safe!
