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What you did to your Tenere today??!!

sheikyerbooty

sheikyerbooty

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yen_powell said:
I put a new front tyre on yesterday. I will be doing the rear today.

This is the second time I have removed the rear wheel. The first time the cush drive separated and jammed leaving me unable to remove the wheel till I managed to replumb it back in. I thought I was ready today with a tyre lever between the shaft drive housing and the cush drive to keep it with the wheel as I pulled it off the splines. However, I still managed to get them half separated and jammed up. Got it off in the end, next time I will succeed all in one go.

Struggled getting the last bead off the rim (Metzler Tourance). I just need a third hand and it would be a doddle. I just need to grow one or convince someone to come over when I'm doing it next time. Came in for a rest and a cool down (plus a cup of tea of course) before popping on the new tyre which I always find easy compared to getting the old ones off.
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I use G clamps for breaking bead. Can also use a car jack off the tow ball with a coupla bits of 4x2 under the rim but its more shagging about
 
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sheikyerbooty said:
I use G clamps for breaking bead. Can also use a car jack off the tow ball with a coupla bits of 4x2 under the rim but its more shagging about
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No problem breaking the bead, no problem getting the first bead off the rim. It's getting the final bead over the last bit of rim and the wheel out completely.

I usually put two levers in and turn them almost through 180 degrees which takes about a quarter of the tyre off the wheel. At this point on some wheels/tyre combinations I can pull the wheel out of the tyre. On others I need to get a third lever in and remove a little more before pulling the tyre off or the wheel out. Unfortunately if I let go of the first two tyre levers to put a third in it goes back to square one. If I put the three levers in position before starting one or two will drop out as I start to lever the others. This is why a second person just holding one lever makes all the difference for me.

It's only the back tyres that cause me a bit of straining, fronts are a doddle.
 
SilverBullet

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Sierra1 said:
Each year It goes from DFW Airport to Gainesville. Normally it's publicized well before the event. I didn't hear about it this year until the day of. Charter bus with all surviving M.O.H. recipients being escorted by motorcycles. I have to assume that all countries have a similar event.

Motorcade for 2022 Medal of Honor recipients kicks off this week’s events (kxii.com)
Congressional Medal of Honor back in North Texas | wfaa.com
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What a coincidence. Never heard of this event before either, then not 10 minutes later I'm on advrider searching for something completely different and stumble on this.
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talk about the positive like the interesting people we meet while riding

On a ride a couple of Sunday's ago I stopped and pulled into a gravel pull off to take some pictures of a old house and barn in a very rural part of...
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Poster rides a Tenere and is a member here also.

Also I just passed through Gainesville this week, the day before and the day after this event. Missed it by that much.

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Boris

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Noticed the gear change was becoming a bit sticky, regreased the gear lever pivot bolt again. Hopefully all will now be well.
 
2018S10ES

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Sierra1 said:
The pan might have been over full, or it might have been just fine. It is a commonly-ish know problem with the sight glass. It is a very poor method of checking the oil on a T-12. I, and many others, drain our oil. . . . change the filter. . . and put 4qts back in. Don't look at the sight glass, just ride it. As a matter of fact, the window is totally useless until you ride . . . . for some distance. The double tank system on the T-12, which requires two/both drain plugs pulled, makes it very hard to ascertain how much oil is in the pan. Sadly, an inexperienced person could easily overfill her pan.

But, I'm with you . . . . I would have changed the oil too so I knew it was done right. Oh, you also might want to get rid of that old gas too, unless you had stabilizer in it. Enjoy the new ride.
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I’m about to do my first oil change. Owners manual says 3.6qts. Are a lot of people just doing an even 4 with a filter? There’s no issue with overfilling it a little? Seems a lot easier than messing with the sight glass.
 
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