"New" to me Tenere check list/inspection.

[PAULIBIKER]

Getting pretty pumped about riding my Tenere. I'm a maintenance "Nazi" and want to make sure I don't miss anything. It only has 4300 miles but it will be getting the full shake down. List so for.......

38/42 PSI tire pressure.
Oil change.
Oil filter change.
Gear lube change.
Grease shifter bolt.
Check spokes (can't seem to find torque specs thou).
Wouldn't think it would need air filter or TB sync, but what says the collective?

Let me know if I'm missing something.

THANKS Paul

 

[Ramseybella]

Break light and light's in general.
S**it between the tread of your tires, found a small tack last week hiding in the center of my new Fullbore rear.
I've had a sliver of rock make it's way into my Dunlop Tour Elite when they first came out VIA between tread a century ago when i owned my Gold Wing..
Check all the mounting bolts a few owners found loose ones i had two upper triple tree hex heads loose i guess since i bought the bike and never knew it.
Keep an eye on the rubber plug on the inside of the swing arm, it falls out it will collect water in the swing arm housing. If you have it intact still get some black windshield silicon clean the two surfaces and glue it on.
steering Head. Only had to adjust it once.

 

[PAULIBIKER]

What’s the torque on the spokes?

 

[VRODE]

Spokes 6 N.m I believe (4.3 ft-lb). I checked mine at 500 miles, 1500 miles and every oil change after that. Found a few below spec the first two times, all in spec since.

Wouldn't think you'd need a TB sync or air filter yet.

Enjoy the new ride! I came off an FZ1 and just love it.

 

[jrusell]

My 2013 has the same mileage as yours and I did the swingarm, linkage and driveshaft over the winter. Glad I did, hardly any grease on any of the bearings and driveshaft. Takes only a few hours and then you know you are good for a couple years. Personally I always do swingarm/linkage inspection, greasing every winter on any bike I own.

 

[AVGeek]

These motors do take quite a few miles to fully bed in, and at 4300 miles you're on the cusp of a change. I would go ahead and do the TB sync at this time, and at least check the air filter (previous owner may have ridden in very dusty conditions).

 

[Bigbore4]

Getting pretty pumped about riding my Tenere. I'm a maintenance "Nazi" and want to make sure I don't miss anything. It only has 4300 miles but it will be getting the full shake down. List so for.......

38/42 PSI tire pressure.
Oil change.
Oil filter change.
Gear lube change.
Grease shifter bolt.
Check spokes (can't seem to find torque specs thou).
Wouldn't think it would need air filter or TB sync, but what says the collective?

Let me know if I'm missing something.

THANKS Paul

As clean as that bike was I don't think it ever saw dirt. And it ran pretty smooth. Were it mine I would go ahead and change the oil, filter, and final drive. Put some more miles on it before worrying about the other things. Let it settle in some first.

When you do the first tire change, pull the final drive and grease the shaft splines.

I recommend an inch pound torque wrench for spokes. I found a few slightly loose the first couple times I checked. Aint moved since.

Save the big stuff for winter assuming you have a shop to work in. This winter I would grease all the suspension pivots and triple tree bearings. Yamaha seems to grease them sparingly.

How do you line the bike so far?

Dave

 

[Sierra1]

What's this thing "winter" you speak of? ::025::

 

[PAULIBIKER]

As clean as that bike was I don't think it ever saw dirt. And it ran pretty smooth. Were it mine I would go ahead and change the oil, filter, and final drive. Put some more miles on it before worrying about the other things. Let it settle in some first.

When you do the first tire change, pull the final drive and grease the shaft splines.

I recommend an inch pound torque wrench for spokes. I found a few slightly loose the first couple times I checked. Aint moved since.

Save the big stuff for winter assuming you have a shop to work in. This winter I would grease all the suspension pivots and triple tree bearings. Yamaha seems to grease them sparingly.

How do you line the bike so far?

Dave

500+ miles so far and love it. Still trying to get use to the "industrial" sound of the engine.

 

[Bigbore4]

What's this thing "winter" you speak of? ::025::

That's when mere mortals do major bike maintenance.
::025::

 

[VRODE]

500+ miles so far and love it. Still trying to get use to the "industrial" sound of the engine.

Yeah, coming from an FZ1 it took some adjustment. Adding the skidplate only added to the cacophony. Now I just expect clatter and pop in the earplugs.

 

[EricV]

What’s the torque on the spokes?

It's what VRODE listed, 4.3 ft/lbs or 52 in/lbs. And I agree, get an inch/lb torque wrench and use that and an allen bit on an extension to tighten the spokes as needed. Some people prefer to ping them with a screw driver and only tighten ones that don't 'ping'. I just go around the wheel and check them all with the torque wrench. My Mac Tools clicker style torque wrench is calibrated on a regular basis and if the spoke is tight, I'm not turning the nipple.

I do one side of the wheel for the spokes in one direction, then do the opposite side of the wheel for spokes in one direction, then back to the first side for the spokes in the other direction, then finish with the other side doing the last spokes in the final direction. This is NOT proper wheel truing technique. It does however give the benefit of not tightening all the spokes on one side before countering that with spokes being tightened on the opposite side. I check my wheels for run out in both directions and even on the '12 that had over 100k, they were always well within spec. The current '15 has not had near as many loose spokes as my '12 did. The '12 took 20k before I stopped finding spokes 1/2 turn loose or more. Hardly any of the '15 spokes have been loose at all.