New to me Super Tenere, yall got any advice?

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Yep, that's the noise I went after with a new cam chain tensioner, but I was just over 40,000 miles. I wound up with a manual Ebay tensioner. Tabasco here has a line on the Graves brand tensioners for a few dollars more. Graves manages the oil passageways nicely, the Ebay one doesn't. Not sure if our lower rev-ing bikes need to manage the oil flow there or not like the R1's, but it's nice that they do.

could you tell me why one would go with a manual vs the '14 version?

 

[Don in Lodi]

could you tell me why one would go with a manual vs the '14 version?

Well, for me, the '14 tensioner got rid of the start up clatter, gave me a 15-2000rpm clatter in exchange. It was blissfully silent for about a hundred miles, then, 'wait, what was that! Just there! A new/old noise! Damn.' I was depressed.
The '14 tensioner went in slick. I almost lost the timing with the manual one. It was a close thing.

 

[tomatocity]

Does the warranty still in place when a manual tensioner is used?

 

[AVGeek]

Does the warranty still in place when a manual tensioner is used?

I'm no lawyer or expert, but my understanding is that unless the aftermarket part (the manual tensioner in this case) is the direct cause of a failure, the warranty coverage is still valid.

 

[Don in Lodi]

I'm no lawyer or expert, but my understanding is that unless the aftermarket part (the manual tensioner in this case) is the direct cause of a failure, the warranty coverage is still valid.

LOL, and I'm pretty sure I'd need a lawyer to argue that in a court. Them: Judge, that infernal manual device definitively caused that swing arm bearing to fail...

Me and my Lawyer: ::010:: ::010::