What you did to your Tenere today??!!

BrotherWolf

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Aug 26, 2017
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Austin TX
New skins for the ol' gal. I was really happy with the distances and abuse that the Mitas Dakar tires took (more than 10k), so I'm hoping these new ones will measure up to the miles of paved and unpaved adventures that the older ones did.
MitasSavaMC60 - 1.jpeg
 

Gigitt

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May 15, 2015
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Sydney Australia
Over last 2 days did a front fork oil dump and fill,
but as you know when you start pulling it apart and in deep .... maybe do a clean and relube the steering head bearing,
then looked at my front pads... 3pads3mm 1pad1.5 mm... a bit weird, so cleaned the brake calipers and put new oem pads in.

Survived my test ride.
 

14kmtnman

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May 18, 2014
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Yakima, WA
My front brake pads were sticking/dragging since I remounted the tires, and put in new pads. The bike has 40k miles of road grime, dirt, mud, haul road etc so it was due for a cleaning. I did not remove the calipers or lines but was able to pump them up a bit, 1 set of pistons at a time (stuck a screwdriver handle in there) & cleaned up the piston with Brake Clean and some real fine steel wool and a hard bristle brush. I was able to grip a couple of the pistons to rotate them, to clean the whole outsides. The others would not turn, but I was able to get them cleaned anyways. All pistons now move in and out easily. Not hard to do but time consuming. I wish I had one of those piston pliers to help turn the pistons from the inside. I did not find out about that tool until I talked to my buddy later in the evening. Maybe an hour or so total to do both sides. I also re-adjusted the suspension both front and rear per an old thread on this site. I did write down where I was and went to, so I can go back if need be. The biggest change in front was the spring preload on the front, now at 3 lines out. The rear shock is now cranked to 1 line below the red line, it has been on soft for the whole time. I also cranked up the compression to about 3/4 of the way towards hard . No time to test yet.
 
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Canada
Hi gang! When I bought my ST secondhand it came with a Garmin Zumo 595 and the ram ball mount system connected to the rally bar. This was a nice touch to the bike and I've found the GPS really useful, paryicularly when standing riding.

However, the windshield and GPS vibrated awfully when I was riding on anything other than smooth asphalt, so I needed a solution. First, I fabbed a couple simple aluminum stabilizers for the windscreen and console using some scrap 3/16 aluminum stock.

Second, and more importantly, I shelled out the $$ for the touratech GPS mount for the device. Like all things touratech, it is expensive. However, happy to report it is of typically excellent quality and works a treat!
Vibrations are down to a minimum on any terrain where it matters, and best of all, I can get a terrific view of the GPS while standing and riding.

Take care and ride safe!! JT
 

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Dec 9, 2019
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Canada
New Panniers installed Holan Nomada Pro. The frames fit was 99%, had to drill out the bolt holes one size larger for just enough wiggle room to get the bolts started (hand rail bolts).
Wow, those are a refined and nicely paired set of panniers! Overall your kit looks top notch!
 

Kruzzin5

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Oct 14, 2019
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Newmarket, Ontario
Hi gang! When I bought my ST secondhand it came with a Garmin Zumo 595 and the ram ball mount system connected to the rally bar. This was a nice touch to the bike and I've found the GPS really useful, paryicularly when standing riding.

However, the windshield and GPS vibrated awfully when I was riding on anything other than smooth asphalt, so I needed a solution. First, I fabbed a couple simple aluminum stabilizers for the windscreen and console using some scrap 3/16 aluminum stock.

Second, and more importantly, I shelled out the $$ for the touratech GPS mount for the device. Like all things touratech, it is expensive. However, happy to report it is of typically excellent quality and works a treat!
Vibrations are down to a minimum on any terrain where it matters, and best of all, I can get a terrific view of the GPS while standing and riding.

Take care and ride safe!! JT
Did you drill into the console to attach your accessory bar stabilizer?
 
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Did you drill into the console to attach your accessory bar stabilizer?
Yes, I drilled through the plastic on the console for the bottom of the arms, and also through the circular metal joint on the windscreen support for the top mounting point. This setup keeps things in a permanent position e.g. I can't adjust the windscreen. That's fine by me b/c it's perfect where it is. I actually added spacers behind the windshield to move it forward 1.5" and steepen the angle as well. This is why I made my home-brew stabilizers; there is a fella on here who sells some beefy stabilizers that allow you to adjust the windscreen as well, but they wouldn't work for me because of my spacer mod.
 

VRODE

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Aug 7, 2014
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Northern Vermont
Noodling around today. Added some yellow tint film to my led driving lights.
Put some hush mat on my skid plate. Hopefully this quits the racket a bit.
 

Fennellg

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Jun 28, 2015
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North Carolina
Nice Its been so long since I have been in mine I need to look and see what I put in there I cant remember. Might need what ever is in there one day. :)
 
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