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Tenere Expedition Tent
Review by Brett Tkacs
"The Ténéré Expedition Tent is luxury camping on steroids and has become my first choice for trips." Click here for Full Report
BMW Motorcycle Magazine Fall 2011
5 Star Award
Motorcycle consumer News August 2011
Tenere Expedition Tent
Review by Steve Larsen
The Ténéré Expedition Tent's ability to cover you, a passenger and a motorcycle may be its most intriguing factor, but there are other reasons you should consider it for your next tent. Covering your motorcycle (and contents) provides a warm, rain and wind-free place to work on your bike. In actual use, I found that the "garage" portion of the tent proved a highly useful spot for removing dirty or wet gear before stepping into the clean and dry portion of the tent where warm sleeping bags wait. With the bike under cover, it is also secure from prying eyes.
The Tenere tent came to our attention prior to a two-week ride in Argentina and Chile where the distances to cover dictated several nights when hotels would be unavailable. A Google search of "tent and motorcycle" led us to the Denver-based company Redverz Gear (www.redverz.com), and the brainchild of motor adventure rider Kevin Muggleton. London-born. Muggleton spent 20 years as a traveler and photographer, with photos and stories appearing in National Geographic and European motorcycle magazines. The tent evolved from his personal requirements for a lightweight tent that would easily fit on a motorcycle and, once set up, allow room for a full-sized motorcycle (yes, a BMW 1200GS Adventure will fit) so its gear would be safe. Camping in the elements of the Andes, Sahara Desert and Patagonia, it had to set up quickly with as few parts and pieces as possible.
The $399 Expedition, billed as "the motorcycle tent designed for adventure travelers," is a generously sized two-person tent with a 100" x 50" covered motorcycle bay with a peak height of 76", so if you're less than 6' 4" there's no need to stoop. Packed and stuffed into the included bag, it is about the size of a sleeping bag, although a bit taller and weighing in at 13 lbs., 6 oz. It fit comfortably behind my seat and in front of my top case. Pitching the tent was easy, even on the windiest night we encountered. It uses three "poles" which bend into hoops, making the walls nearly vertical. I was unable to match the sub- 4-minute set-up time in Muggleton's YouTube video, instead averaging about 10 minutes for a full set-up. Although I didn't put my bike inside the tent every night, what first seemed like a luxury soon felt like a necessity—why don't all tents have compartments for motorcycles?
#1 Motorcycle Tent Redverz Gear wins RiDE Tent test.
“At the End of the trip, four testers said this was the tent they’d choose”
RiDE Magazine August 2011
A huge tunnel tent- you can enter it standing up. It even has a garage space where you can park a bike (to work on it, or so the engine warms the tent as it cools) or, with the extra groundsheet down, you can use it as a storage and changing area. Sleeping space is generous - it could take three without too much trouble, if kit was stored in the garage. For an extended trip, or making a rainy day more bearable, it has all the space you need.
The trade-off is pack size. It’s the biggest here- but surprisingly easy to strap to a bike. As it packs into a compression sack it’s no worse than many of the midsized tents.” It’s awesome,” concludes the initially skeptical tester. “Fast to put up, loads of space. Definitely the party tent” Having mocked it for being too big at first, at the end of the trip four testers said it was the tent they’d want – the most popular one here.
The Tenere Expedition Tent offers huge, comfortable space and is unbeatably practical.
BMW ON Magazine July 2011
Wing World May 2011
Redverz Gear (formerly The
Nomad Tent Company)
"Traditionally motorcyclists assume to buy the smallest possible tent for adventure
travel and then suffer for the choice with scores of cramped,
uncomfortable expeditions. But the Ténéré Expedition Tent is
without compromise. [And] though a Gold Wing doesn't fit into
the garage bay of our current tent model, riders may want to
use the spacious garage bay for [other purposes]."
Back Roads 2011
"- We've not seen anything else like Nomad's Tenere Expedition Tent that does this [packing up] with such ease. We even got globe-trotting and world-recordholder Dr. Gregory Frazier to take a look at the tent, and he too was impressed. Why, Just look at the lust in the eyes of those other campers with those tiny pup tents"
Cool Material March 2011
The Ténéré Expedition Tent
If we ever get around to writing that bucket list somewhere nestled between relaxing in the grotto at the Playboy Mansion and “not” relaxing in the grotto at the Playboy Mansion would be riding a motorcycle cross country. If we are going to do it though, we want to really do it and not shell out cash for hotels and motels along the way. Well, it looks like we’ve got our tent. The Ténéré Expedition Tent is equipped to protect you and your bike from whatever Mother Nature throws at you. It’s like a drive-in garage for the road – toss up the outer part, ride your bike in, then set up the inner tent while you’re protected from the weather. Plus, it’s not like we’d exactly be roughing it, you can toss a queen size air bed in there and it might be bigger than our first apartment.
Popular Mechanics Magazine January 2011
Bike Bunker
Take it from us: If you leave a motorcycle out in the rain, the seat will be soaked for days. The Nomad Ténéré Expedition Tent ($400) keeps two campers - and their bike- - dry. The ripstop nylon conceals 30 square feet of interior, and the rig adds just 13 pounds to your pack!
Helmet Hair Magazine
TOP TEN: Holiday Wish List
Written by Becky Shimek Oct - Dec 2010
#1 Nomad Ténéré Expedition
I have loved Bibler Awhanee tent for solo motorcycle travel for over a decade but, call me fickle, this new Nomad Ténéré Expedition just caught my eye. A two-person capacity tent is the perfect size for a woman traveling solo and this one has a vestibule that (drum roll...) holds your motorcycle. Uh huh. Yet, I can imagine all kinds of other situations where the "garage" would come in handy, like as an extra room to help keep my sanity in a spate of bad weather, and shelter from the sun in good weather, and as a cooking shelter, and for entertaining guests, and for star gazing, and . . . yeah, just lounging in the lap of luxury.
Autoculture September 2010
So, you built yourself a neat little rigid Pan, painted the tank in psychedelic metalflake and now you’re running those vintage Avons right off the bike, going to all the Born Free shows and Dave Mann runs. Kewl.
But here’s the thing: you ain’t as young as you used to be. You got some cake tied up in that bike. And as bromantic as it might be to sleep under stars with nothing but a bedroll and a Saturday Night Special, you wouldn’t be opposed to one or two creature comforts on your ride to Death Valley.
Enter the Nomad Tent Company and their 2-man pup designed to gimme-shelter to your bike, too (here). It’s a neat, lightweight (13lbs. or so), easy-to-pop tent that allows you to put up the temporary bike garage first, then quickly put up the house part from the protection of the bike part (when it’s raining). The whole thing is ingenious, but simple enough that none of your bros are gonna give you shit for gold-chaining it on the run. Matter of fact, you could even comb each other’s beards from the comfort of the just-spacious-enough tent side in the mornings before hitting the road, if you play your cards right.
Go to the Nomad site, bite your lip, close your eyes and imagine you and your Knuck tucked away for the night inside your new Tenere Expedition tent on your next outlaw weekend. And for around $400, keep that morning dew where it belongs.
BMW ON Magazine September 2010 - New Products
Nomad Tent Company™ Offers Innovative Motorbike Tent
THE NOMAD TENT COMPANY™ LAUNCHED
The Ténéré Expedition Tent online to adventure motorcycle travelers worldwide. The motorcycle tent uniquely shelters riders, bikes and gear, out of the elements and under one roof. The design of the tent provides a sheltered bay for your bike to hide it from prying eyes and provide riders with a work space for tune ups.
Two spacious vestibules and an inner tent offer enough headroom to stand up and comfortably change or store gear and sleep two campers on a foot print that accommodates a queen size air bed. No more cramped camping. With the Tenere Expedition Tent you get comfort without compromise and the tent packs down to 8 by 21 inches and weighs just 13 pounds (6kg).
The set up and take down of the Tenere Expedition Tent offers a unique advantage. Once the outer sheet of the tent is set up over the bike, riders are instantly out of the sun, sand or rain for erecting the inner sleep tent. The design is equally functional for use at bike rallies, car camping and on bicycle trips. MSRP is $399.
Bike Shop: Nomad Ténéré Expedition Tent
If you’re touring through the desert or on a weekend away, the Nomad Ténéré tent will shelter both you and your bike
Don’t leave your faithful two-wheeled friend out in the cold. Whether you’re touring through swirling desert sands or soaked through on a weekend away, the Nomad Ténéré tent will shelter both you and your bike.
The outer layer, in a “mood-elevating colour” — or, as we say in English, orange — can cope with gentle breezes without the need for guy ropes. It goes up first, getting riders under cover as quickly as their scouting skills allow. The ground sheet and inner layer then make a sleeping compartment with room for two riders and their gear, or a queen-size airbed. Alongside is enough space for a full-size motorbike complete with panniers, although any top box may have to be removed. The tent packs down into an 8inx21in roll.
Nomad says a common concern among buyers is that the bike will fall on them in the night, so the company advises leaning it away from the sleeping area if you’re not on stable ground. Sweet dreams.
Two-Man ‘Adventure’ Tent has Parking Garage
- By Charlie Sorrel August 27, 2010 | Categories: Transportation
The Ténéré Expedition Tent from Nomad is a tent with a parking-garage. Designed by two touring riders, the Ténéré is a shelter for two men and their motorbike.
And when we say two men, we mean two big, burly men: the product blurb says that if the tent were measured by normal means, it would be rated for five, so you have plenty of room to stretch out and stow some gear.
But the bike part is the most interesting. When you arrive at camp, you pitch the outer-shell first and then drive the bike right in and zip out the rain. From there, the inner-chamber can be erected from the inside. The outer-shell has no ground-sheet, so there’s nothing to damage when you park, and the tent is tall enough to stand in.
It weighs 13-pounds packed, which is a lot for a hikers tent, but nothing when you’re on a bike. Nervous about your bike falling on you while you sleep? The tent can’t do anything about that, but the guys at Nomad offer some advice: just make sure the bike is leaning away from you when parked up on uneven ground.
The Ténéré is $400. Not cheap, but cheaper than a stolen bike.
A Tent For You, Your Friend, and Your Motorcycle
Have you heard the one about the guys who rode into a campground with a Nomad tent? Oh. They just had a really good night's sleep. The Nomad Ténéré uses three poles, sleeps two, and has one awesome motorcycle garage.
After a long, hard ride, you want a nice place for both you and your bike to zonk out. The Nomad Ténéré Expedition Tent, "dedicated to the adventure motorcycle traveler," provides a reliable shelter for two full-size adults—it has 30 square feet of interior room—and also has a sweet garage for one full-size bike.
But the smartest part of the design might be how it keeps you out of the rain when you're setting the thing up:
Park the bike, set up the outer sheet of the tent and you are instantly out of the elements for erecting the inner tent. When you are ready to take off in the morning you can pack up the inner tent, the ground sheet and your gear onto the bike all within the comfort and shelter of the outer sheet.
The tent itself is made from ripstop nylon, with a polyester floor, and it only weighs 13 pounds when it's all packed up. The Ténéré runs $399, but it'll make your motorcycle very pleased with you.
Ténéré Expedition Tent
The Nomad Tent Company just released their Ténéré Expedition Tent that’s possibly the greatest idea to hit adventure travelers to date. Like all great innovations, the concept is so simple and makes you wonder why it wasn’t invented thirty years ago. The Ténéré Expedition Tent not only gives exceptional shelter to two riders in a space the size of a queen size bed, it has a garage bay perfectly sized to park your motorcycle and keep it out of the elements. Ever try to make a repair or perform maintenance on your bike in the middle of a downpour or in sub-freezing weather? The Ténéré Expedition Tent just made that possibility a thing of the past.
“I want to stand up to change my clothes, I want a space to work on my bike. No tent out there offered me these advantages, so I built my own.” – Kevin Muggleton, President and Founder of the Nomad Tent Company
Adventure travel is about the riding and seeing the world in a way most may never get to experience. It doesn’t have to include feeling the fury from the elements when the day ends. Well done Mr. Muggleton.
Nomad Motorcycle Tent
August 2010
Protect you, your companion, and your bike on overnight adventures in the Nomad Motorcycle Tent ($400). Made from coated ripstop nylon with a polyester floor, the Nomad offers 30 square feet of interior room, weighs just 13 lbs. when packed, and requires only three poles for assembly. It sure beats sleeping on the ground with your head inside a helmet.
NEW & COOL
HOME ON THE ROAD
September 2010 Issue
Motorcycle camping is a great way to travel off the beaten path. Denver, Colorado-based Nomad Tent Company offers a new tent – the Ténéré Expedition – that not only provides shelter for you, but also for your bike and gear. It provides a sheltered bay for your bike to hide it from prying eyes and provide a work space for tune-ups. Two spacious vestibules and an inner tent offer enough headroom to stand up and sleep two campers on a foot print that accommodates a queen-sized air bed. The tent packs down to 8 x 21 inches and weighs just 13 pounds. Yours for $399.
This Just In - A tent that's roomy enough for two plus your bike!
August 2010
... it's the only tent in the world to come with a garage for your bike. It's billed as an area where you can work on your bike out of the wind and rain, if you need to while circumnavigating the globe, but I regard it more as a way to leave the bike safely hidden from covetous eyes when you walk from the campsite to, for instance, the nearest pub.
The tent is simple to put up, with quality poles. The inner, which is big enough to sleep two comfortably, or three if it's cosy, comes pegged into the outer so there is no faff, and the whole thing packs down quickly and simply. It's a big tent - just over 4M long and 2.5m at it's widest - but is only slightly bigger than the average 3 man tent when packed.
The V-Twin Essentials - American Bager Magazine New Product Guide
July 2010
The Nomad Tent Company recently launched the Ténéré Expedition Tent online to adventure motorcycle travelers worldwide. The motorcycle tent uniquely shelters riders, bikes and gear, out of the elements and under one roof. The design of the tent provides a sheltered bay for your bike to hide it from prying eyes and provide riders with a work space for tune ups. Two spacious vestibules and an inner tent offer enough headroom to stand up and comfortably change or store gear and sleep two campers on a foot print that accommodates a queen size air bed.
Tent with your bike - Your bike deserves this
Written by CMG Staff on Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
A U.S. company has developed a tent that might be ideal for motorcycle camping. The Ténéré Expedition Tent is large enough to hold not only the riders, but their motorcycle.
The Nomad Tent Company says erecting the Ténéré is easy and utterly sensible: you set up an outer portion first, so you and your bike are inside while you set up the inner, sleeping accommondations.
Instantly out of the rain or wind, and you can pack your bike while inside the tent, then roll the bike out, roll up the outer wall and stow it, and Bob's your auntie.
The tent is great for rallies, car camping, or even bicycle camping, they say. It weighs six kg and packs into a space 20 by 53 cm, yet will hold two adults and 1200 ccs. Cost is $400 U.S., but that's just a couple of nights at the kind of inn you enjoy, isn't it? And do they let you bring your bike into the living room with you?
Comfort While Motorcycle Camping? You Got It
Product Spotlights June 2010
Nomad Tent Company’s Ténéré Expedition Tent offers unique shelter to riders, bikes and gear in comfort, out of the elements and under one roof. The design of the tent provides a sheltered bay for your bike to hide it from prying eyes and provide riders with a work space for tune ups. Two spacious vestibules and an inner tent offer enough headroom to stand up and comfortably change or store gear and sleep two campers on a foot print that accommodates a queen size air bed. No more cramped camping, with the Ténéré Expedition Tent you get comfort without compromise and the tent packs down to 8 inches by 21 inches and weighs just 13 pounds.
GearSift: Tenere ExpeditionTent
The Tenere Expedition Tent is a special tent made for those who like adventure motorcycling. It's roomy expanse can comfortably hold both a queen size air bed as well as motorcycles, keeping both out of the rain. This is a piece of "camping" equipment that's good for bike rallies, car camping, and bicycle trips.
From the producers of 
Tented Luxury for Bikers
Adventure travellers can now sleep undercover with their motorcycles thanks to the launch of the new Ténéré Expedition Tent.
The tent is designed to shelter up to two riders, one adventure motorcycle with panniers and gear in comfort, out of the elements and under one roof. It provides a sheltered bay for a motorcycle to “hide” from prying eyes and provide riders with a work space if required.
Soup it up
Motorcyclists' tent sports a 'garage'
Larry Edsall / Special to The Detroit News
Kevin Muggleton is a former British army officer who has traveled much of the world by motorcycle for the past 20 years.
There was a three-month trip across the Sahara, a month riding across the Andes and a two-month journey to Patagonia.
"There's fatigue from long days of riding a motorcycle," Muggleton said. "You're so exhausted, you really need a good night's sleep."
People camping while traveling by motorcycle often don't get the sleep they need because they have to "sleep with one eye open" for fear someone will steal their bike, or parts from it, he noted.
"Traditionally, motorcyclists buy the smallest tent and suffer," Muggleton added. "When I'm riding for weeks at a time, I want my gear and bike securely out of sight."...... read more..
Two Wheel Power 4/20/2010
Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:55:27 -0400
Two Wheel Power Hours title sponsor Bob Davis owner of Fairway Ford talks about the Western Reserve Motorcycle Club race schedule. We travel via moto phone to Denver Colorado to meet with Kevin Muggleton who talks about his distinctive tent with a vestibule big enough top hold a motorcycle! Roy Dyckman talks one-day trips. Larry and Roy do trivia and give away some Fog Shield.
Menage a trois – you, your partner and the real love of your life under canvas
| WRITTEN BY ALUN DAVIES |
| THURSDAY, 22 APRIL 2010 08:04 |
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I say all this as I've just found a man after my own heart. Kevin Muggleton, a devoted bike rider and traveller, felt so passionately about the lack of tents to accommodate the adventure bike rider that he took matters into his own hands and set about making his own. The result is The Nomad Tent Company and the Tenere Expedition Tent.... read more..