Recent content by Mzee

I solved the problem. The good thing is that I knew exactly what the issue was. Here is the solution. I started with the clutch switch. Stripped it and found that the copper was green. I disassembled and cleaned it until it was shinning. Assembled it. Installed it. After the engine has...

After the engine has stalled Move the side stand up Keep the clutch level pulled Push the start switch Does the bike start (No).

This is informative. Thanks.

Has a similar thread been discussed here. The removal seems much easier then the installation, which is what I am most interested in. This is what I found in my search. https://www.motionpro.com/product/08-0544

I decided to service my steering bearings yesterday. It was relatively straight forward except for removing and installing stem bearings. Not being a mechanic in the trade, it took me a while to figure out what to do. Although I finally replaced them old bearings, it was quite a task. Are...

Admittedly great work, but does it help the environment or not? :D

Report back. The steering nut came by post, the new steering bearings also came by post. Somewhere on the forum someone had posted pictures of how he serviced the steering column. Never done it before, but the instruction and the picture as well as the service manual made it easy. I found...

Thank you folks, this has been explained in a previous thread.

Thank you very much. Each of your contributions has illuminated my mind. I am happy to learn from you. I will report back what I have done. waiting for the nut from Ebay.

Forgive me for resurrecting this thread. I have done so because I believe it does leave some unanswered questions. The discussion so far has centered on the Yamaha tool for tightening the specified nut and a torque wrench. Again forgive me if I missed something. What if you have a...

If this reasoning is true then it means that different torque wrenches would obviously yield different torque measurements, but this defies common sense. Is it not true that whatever wrench one uses should have submitted itself to some common standard? Otherwise every manufacturer will have...

Thank you folks, I don't know how I missed such an important thread. I have had nearly a permanent problem with my steering bearings. I have 160000km and have had four sets of bearings already. Something surely is not right, but this thread has permanently solved this problem.

I replaced mine at about 145,000kms

I have inquired with these folks at https://www.scottshipping.co.za/ and it is expensive. Come on folks, it is simple, still waiting for a response.

You have had both, where is your heart? But from your post, your heart is with the Tenere, if I were you, I would go back to the Tenere.