KYwoodsrider
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There's probably a mistake in the assembly instructions at the Yamaha factory.
What you did to your Tenere today??!!
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SHUMBA
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Hmmm, I only got approximately 17,000 kilometers on my OEM Tenere tyres, so two things come to mind, either you have a secret, or, you were flirting with disaster, just don't ride in rain with little tread on your tyres, or you WILL get the surprise of your life.
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Changed antifreeze and lubed shifter. Rode for pie.
WJBertrand
Ventura Highway
I think so yes, at least I know the rear one is dual compound. I was getting a little worried about turns in the wet with this one.
Installed the Zumo XT I got from ascent outdoors prior to the price increase. Used the included stuff that Garmin sends, ram ball mount, double socket arm, base plate, charging system, etc. I ran the 12v->5v buck converter up from one of the accessory plugs that has a small blade fuse connected to it. I didn't have the terminal so I just rigged up some spade connectors and taped it all in place. While I was trying to decide which way I wanted the GPS, portrait or landscape, I realized I'd like it a lot better if it was more in line with the nav bar, not as high as it is right now. Started poking around the internet for alternatives to clamp the nav bar, saw a couple that were expensive or required additional bracketing, etc. Stumbled across this post over on advforums, so ordered a clamp base from pumpmaster.
Then I got thinking about locking the GPS in place when I was going in to pee or buy a snack. Well, I knew someone made locking mount brackets for other GPS's, so I did a quick google. Saw the Touratech one and how amazing it looked, saw it was preorder only, saw the price and thought "someone has to make something like this already, some homebrew version" - and thus the google search that brought me to the zumolock xt happened. And even better, it's cheaper (about $90 shipped), and since I'm replacing the clamp, and they offer it in a without RAM lock package, I was even able to get it cheaper than the "base" package.
So now I have a new bracket clamp, a new GPS locking base, and still have to decide. Portrait, or Landscape?
Then I got thinking about locking the GPS in place when I was going in to pee or buy a snack. Well, I knew someone made locking mount brackets for other GPS's, so I did a quick google. Saw the Touratech one and how amazing it looked, saw it was preorder only, saw the price and thought "someone has to make something like this already, some homebrew version" - and thus the google search that brought me to the zumolock xt happened. And even better, it's cheaper (about $90 shipped), and since I'm replacing the clamp, and they offer it in a without RAM lock package, I was even able to get it cheaper than the "base" package.
So now I have a new bracket clamp, a new GPS locking base, and still have to decide. Portrait, or Landscape?
njdevils1990
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Passed 18,000 miles yesterday on the bike. I'm at 18,260 now and will have almost 18,500 after my after work ride tonight. Current daily average for me is 66.8 miles per day since buying the bike on 3 December last year. I love this bike a bunch!
MattR
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No, I replaced them with a set of OEM discs.
Boris
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I’m pretty sure the OEMs are Galfer. I’m not with the bike atm so can’t check, but I think they have galfer marked on them.
I just checked. No mark anywhere on the discs indicating who made them.
gv550
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Mine says licensed by Galfer, which I expect means somebody else made them to Galfer specs.
Nikolajsen
"Keep it simple"
Mine are like gv550's
gv550
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I hope yours are a bit cleaner!
Nikolajsen
"Keep it simple"
Kruzzin5
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Installed the Delkevic exhaust. The sound is much nicer than the Akra that I just sold. The muffler seems to be of very good finish quality. Installation was a breeze. I just hope it doesn’t roast my signal light.
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14kmtnman
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Finally got around to doing some much needed maintenance I have been putting off. A buddy came over and we put in a Graves CCT and the new style clutch basket into my 2013 at 42000 miles. We also did the swing arm lube. The cct was pretty easy. Following the many on line instructions after the install, we turned over the engine by hand several times to get rid of the extra slack. This reduced the mental stress of the first start up. Especially since I didn't the have the rocker cover off. We had a little bit of extra room with the clutch assembly out of the bile, but that part was not necessary for the cct at all. When we started the bike up, it was without any bad noises coming from the top end. a very good sign.
When we took the clutch plates out we marked their location down an a paper bag and put them back in the same position we took them out of. The new clutch housing makes it seem like a whole new bike. No vibration in between 3 and 4k rpm. It also seems to rev up faster. I only went around the block so the real test will come when I get my forks back from being upgraded.
The swing arm was a little more complicated. To start, I have the ALTRider skid plate, and one of the bolts they use for the back cross bracket, has a captured nut right at the cat/exhaust pipe brace connection. Come to fine out, Yamaha welded the retainer tab for the nut only on the bottom to allow it to slide back and forth a bit. So when I tried to take the bolt out the nut just spun. It would have helped to have 3 miniature hands. With over 42000 miles, starting the lube, I was expecting the worst. There was some corrosion on the thru bolts for the shock linkage triangle connection. All of the bushing were in excellent condition. There was still grease in the bearings, even after all of these years and use. There was no extra play in any of the bearings or shafts. The tip of the day is not to remove the bracket that is covering the swing arm pivot bolt nut on the left side by the u-joint. There was no way that we were going to get those 2 little screws out, let alone put them back in. Getting back to the AltRider skid plate bracket, the bolt that went thru the lower back rh engine case mounting point was pretty rusted. I cleaned that up the best I could and gave it a liberal coating of anti seize going back in. Maybe next time around, I'll replace it with a SS bolt.
The last item to do after I get my forks back, is to bleed the brakes/clutch and cycle the ABS pump, and bleed again. Outside of a new rear tire, and possibly a new rear shock, that will be it for the maintenance this year.
When we took the clutch plates out we marked their location down an a paper bag and put them back in the same position we took them out of. The new clutch housing makes it seem like a whole new bike. No vibration in between 3 and 4k rpm. It also seems to rev up faster. I only went around the block so the real test will come when I get my forks back from being upgraded.
The swing arm was a little more complicated. To start, I have the ALTRider skid plate, and one of the bolts they use for the back cross bracket, has a captured nut right at the cat/exhaust pipe brace connection. Come to fine out, Yamaha welded the retainer tab for the nut only on the bottom to allow it to slide back and forth a bit. So when I tried to take the bolt out the nut just spun. It would have helped to have 3 miniature hands. With over 42000 miles, starting the lube, I was expecting the worst. There was some corrosion on the thru bolts for the shock linkage triangle connection. All of the bushing were in excellent condition. There was still grease in the bearings, even after all of these years and use. There was no extra play in any of the bearings or shafts. The tip of the day is not to remove the bracket that is covering the swing arm pivot bolt nut on the left side by the u-joint. There was no way that we were going to get those 2 little screws out, let alone put them back in. Getting back to the AltRider skid plate bracket, the bolt that went thru the lower back rh engine case mounting point was pretty rusted. I cleaned that up the best I could and gave it a liberal coating of anti seize going back in. Maybe next time around, I'll replace it with a SS bolt.
The last item to do after I get my forks back, is to bleed the brakes/clutch and cycle the ABS pump, and bleed again. Outside of a new rear tire, and possibly a new rear shock, that will be it for the maintenance this year.
mcycle-nut
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Changed the plugs. I forgot about the evil airbox hose, as the clamp wasn't even holding it on! Dealer was the last one that worked on it for the throttle recall. Hmmm. I "fixed" the clamp issue. Brought it up to just about where I needed it and put a proper hose clamp above it. My thinking it would stop the hose clamp from falling down while I dicked around trying to get tightened. They sure don't make life easy! Just curious. My bike is a'13, the manual I have is for a '12, and it shows formed "o ring" type gaskets between the top and bottom of the air box as well as the between the bottom and the air filter. No such animals in my bike. It looks like the top and bottom fit nicely into each other as the top has a recess into which the bottom fits nicely. The bottom also has a recess into which a raised portion of the filter fits into. I got it with 15,000 km on it a couple of years ago, and I don't think either the plugs or filter has been changed.
How many miles/kilometers do you have on your S10?
Were the front rotors warped?