favourite pic of your bike:-)

Nice pictures , all of you

spicata said:

Took a trip to Norway for some bird photography a couple of days ago ( Fratercula arctica ) and my companion was my 2018 Raid Edition.
Was using a small tent and had a lot of photo gear with me also. Wonderful bike and very comfy on longer trips due to the fact that I can stand up and ride and rest my back sometimes.

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Great photos! thanks for sharing!

To all; GREAT GREAT PHTOS! Incredibles picutes, thanks for sharing!!

Wyoming

Beautiful

spicata said:

Took a trip to Norway for some bird photography a couple of days ago ( Fratercula arctica ) and my companion was my 2018 Raid Edition.
Was using a small tent and had a lot of photo gear with me also. Wonderful bike and very comfy on longer trips due to the fact that I can stand up and ride and rest my back sometimes.

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That's generally what our Norwegian roads and sceneries are like. We're truly spoiled in being able to instead of riding our own back road, to daydream about far-off destinations or legendary rides.

Super08 said:

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That bike LOOKS like it is sitting straight up. Like a gust of wind would topple it. Optical illusion? The ST1300 fell on my foot when I opened the saddlebag, and it didn't look that upright. My Tenere leans at about a 70 degree angle. (but I do have the preload set @ 2 helmets) Gorgeous picture regardless.

Sierra1 said:

That bike LOOKS like it is sitting straight up. Like a gust of wind would topple it. Optical illusion? The ST1300 fell on my foot when I opened the saddlebag, and it didn't look that upright. My Tenere leans at about a 70 degree angle. (but I do have the preload set @ 2 helmets) Gorgeous picture regardless.

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The suspension on these bikes is too soft. When loaded down for a long trip like I was on I had the preload at the max and still had to be careful where I parked. As it turned out about a week after that picture was taken my bike was knocked over by a strong gust of wind in Grants Pass OR. It damaged my RH pannier and bent the racks, as well as scratching the crash bars on the right side. I replaced the pannier, removed the racks and straightened them out as soon as I got home a couple days ago. Yesterday I filed down the deepest scratches on the crash bars and then wet sanded them before finishing off with 3 coats of satin black rust paint. They look like new again. There is a thread on here about suppliers of stiffer springs for the rear and I think I will get one. Here are my bars after the repair last night.

Truth be told, I've never loaded mine down to that extent; don't have the patience, or the butt, to travel that far. Paint looks great; better than original.

The side stands on both my 13 and 18 Tenere’s haven’t been the greatest and the 18 is worse than the 13.
Many folks add a footpad but that simply would not work on my 18 because my stock side stand is to long, I have filed some off the bottom but that didn’t help much.

When I really started having problems was after I added the footpad.

Super08 what windshield is that on your Tenere ?

Vstream Tour

Lake Taylor, South Island, New Zealand.

Super08 said:

Vstream Tour

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That’s what I thought, I love the fact that it’s clear not tinted.
I had the VStream touring on my 13 and it was excellent but always thought it was slightly to tall for my size.
So on the new 2018 I went with the 2 inch shorter Sport Tour, like it except for the tint, wish it was clear but unfortunately it’s not available in clear.
Have you installed windshield braces ? I installed braces last week and I’m pretty surprised at the difference they make, I didn’t realize how much my windshield was moving around without them.

Yes I have had the braces on since it was new. I kept them off of my old '16 I traded in.