I just followed Carsons simple instructions:-
http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?topic=7356.0
And took a few pictures as I went, as he implied it was so easy I decided to have a look and to blast some compressed ACF-50 around all the connectors whilst I was at it. As stated it is quite easy, maybe half an hour, probably less if your good at this sort of thing, took me about an hour to remove, oil up and put back together.
You may want to have some spare Xmas Tree fasteners in case you trash / lose any, one of them is a little awkward to reach and looked about secondhand after I had set about it.
1. Remove side cover
2. Remove RHS Fairing, this is quite easy, four allen bolts which are easy to spot, but there are twon Xmas tree fasteners around the back where the "air intake" sits, these are really easy to pop out.
3. Pull off all the top electrical gubbins, most pull straight out, but one of the blocks needs sliding up, easy to identify as it is the one that does not easily pull off.
4. Remove the two Xmas Tree fasteners, the top right one is easy, the bottom left one is protected by surrounding plastic and took me a bit longer to ease out, if you make a mess of any of them this will most likely be it.
5. Remove Allen bolt, from the front you can see where this screws into a metal clip, but to undo it you need to go around the other side, it is not too bad, I got it out with a ball end allen key quite easily, it was more difficult to get a clean photo of it however!
6. Now you can remove the tray to expose the ECU and two connectors
Most the electrics are downward facing which is nice, a couple look a bit more at threat of water in particular the accessory power lead, I put a load of ACF-50 Corrosion block grease around this, the rest looked pretty good so they just got a top up of ACF-50 mist - I do this regularly anyway as it only takes 10 seconds to pop off the side cover when applying ACF t the rest of the bike.
The ECU connectors are well burried away, but glad I took the trouble to get in here and spray some ACF around as it is nice to know they are not going to corrode for sure, I would probably do this every 2 years during a winter deep clean to make sure they stay in tip top order, but they really are well tucked up and protected from the elements - just as well at £1600 ($2500) a piece!
http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?topic=7356.0
And took a few pictures as I went, as he implied it was so easy I decided to have a look and to blast some compressed ACF-50 around all the connectors whilst I was at it. As stated it is quite easy, maybe half an hour, probably less if your good at this sort of thing, took me about an hour to remove, oil up and put back together.
You may want to have some spare Xmas Tree fasteners in case you trash / lose any, one of them is a little awkward to reach and looked about secondhand after I had set about it.
1. Remove side cover
2. Remove RHS Fairing, this is quite easy, four allen bolts which are easy to spot, but there are twon Xmas tree fasteners around the back where the "air intake" sits, these are really easy to pop out.
3. Pull off all the top electrical gubbins, most pull straight out, but one of the blocks needs sliding up, easy to identify as it is the one that does not easily pull off.
4. Remove the two Xmas Tree fasteners, the top right one is easy, the bottom left one is protected by surrounding plastic and took me a bit longer to ease out, if you make a mess of any of them this will most likely be it.
5. Remove Allen bolt, from the front you can see where this screws into a metal clip, but to undo it you need to go around the other side, it is not too bad, I got it out with a ball end allen key quite easily, it was more difficult to get a clean photo of it however!
6. Now you can remove the tray to expose the ECU and two connectors
Most the electrics are downward facing which is nice, a couple look a bit more at threat of water in particular the accessory power lead, I put a load of ACF-50 Corrosion block grease around this, the rest looked pretty good so they just got a top up of ACF-50 mist - I do this regularly anyway as it only takes 10 seconds to pop off the side cover when applying ACF t the rest of the bike.
The ECU connectors are well burried away, but glad I took the trouble to get in here and spray some ACF around as it is nice to know they are not going to corrode for sure, I would probably do this every 2 years during a winter deep clean to make sure they stay in tip top order, but they really are well tucked up and protected from the elements - just as well at £1600 ($2500) a piece!