What you did to your Tenere today??!!

Iroh

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Had a busy couple of days. After starting a thread about my rusty header flange I took Gunslingers advice and intended on cleaning up the flanges, nuts and studs before applying ACF50 but as the coolant was due for a change and the steel pipe between the radiator and water pump needed painting I decided to remove the headers which made cleaning them a lot easier. While the headers were off I thought I'd paint the engine as the missing paint was looking really tatty. It's not brilliant but it's better than it was.


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Hey quick question, are the headers supposed to sit flush with the exhaust? Mine look the same as in the picture. Is it necessary to ask the mechanic to tighten the bolts so they sit flush with the engine?
 

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Hey quick question, are the headers supposed to sit flush with the exhaust? Mine look the same as in the picture. Is it necessary to ask the mechanic to tighten the bolts so they sit flush with the engine?
Mine also look like the ones in the picture, but nowhere as clean. I have no plans to tighten mine.
 

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Hey quick question, are the headers supposed to sit flush with the exhaust? Mine look the same as in the picture. Is it necessary to ask the mechanic to tighten the bolts so they sit flush with the engine?
Definitely....... NO.

Don't be tempted to overtighten the exhaust studs. If they are blowing at the head interface, fit new gaskets (rings) part #17 on the attached diagram.

 

SkunkWorks

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Not really anything to the Super Tenere, but I did do something to my Helmet.

Got these from Santa this Christmas, so I figured I would install them today.

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Here's what's in the box.

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Installation was really easy.
Simply remove the tiny screw holding the speaker connection to the Helmet-Clamp Base and pull it out.
(you have to re-use the little clamp with the screw-hole. It un-clips from the speaker connection)
My Helmet cheek-pads and interior padding snap in, so they are easy to remove to run the speaker wiring underneath them.
The speakers themselves just velcro to the speaker-pockets in the cheek-pads.

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They are slightly thinner, and just slightly smaller diameter than the original SENA speakers.
Originals on the left, HD ones on the right.

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You have to update the firmware of the SENA unit, and download the latest app on your phone to have the "HD Speaker" function turned on.
I tested them back-to-back with the originals.
They are a bit clearer sound, with a definitely better depth of sound.
I wouldn't go as far to say "WOW these are a huge improvement", cause lets face it, they are still a tiny speaker trying to put out sound while trying to overcome wind-noise and everything else that's going on while you're riding.
I would say they definitely are a slight improvement in sound quality.

Are they worth the $40 for the upgrade?..............................Maybe.
It depends on how much a slight increase in sound quality is worth to you?

I did not go riding with these. I just walked around the house with the Helmet on, so I might have a better view of these once i get them out on the road.
 

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Got my tablet gps installed. So far its great! I still have my 396 hooked up just incase I run into issue, once confident I’ll just use the tablet. I like the lower mounting position since it makes it easy to see while standing and stil clear seated. The tablet has more detail and easier to read while showing more milage in the screen. The other great benefit to me is how easy it is to build detailed route with the osmand app.

In the below pic you see the mounting with a short ram arm, when I got home I used a longer arm and got the tablet flatter and allowed it to be just a tic above the tank bag so it clears on lock to lock turns.



the below two pics show the difference in GPS views. If I zoomed out any more on the garmin my road disappears and I still couldn’t see the main paved road ahead. using the Garmin I am constantly zooming out to get an overall view and then zooming back in to see the roads I’m on and the small roads I may want to explore. With the tablet I no longer have to do that.



 

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There ia no way i would put those Soupy lowering links on my bike. I have read about the failures. They are a bad design.
 

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There ia no way i would put those Soupy lowering links on my bike. I have read about the failures. They are a bad design.
I would like to see some posts and pic's. please and not hear say.
I have a friend that has the Soupy lowering set up and as of today has not had an issue but would like to know if this is FACTUAL or internet BS.
Please post your facts so i can convey the info.
 

fac191

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I would like to see some posts and pic's. please and not hear say.
I have a friend that has the Soupy lowering set up and as of today has not had an issue but would like to know if this is FACTUAL or internet BS.
Please post your facts so i can convey the info.
Honestly i cant remember where i saw it. May be the Tiger800forum. You are going from something solid to relying on the quality of the threads. Use them if you want.
 

SkunkWorks

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I've had Soupy's Links on my FJ1200 for years now.
I've ridden it pretty hard, and even take it off-pavement from time to time.
Have not had any issues, nor am I worried about any.
These are a really stout design.

The only failure I have ever seen reported was some idiot who used one Soupy's link on a bike that is designed for two links. It failed where the Eye was welded to the threaded shaft.
 

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Personally, I've considered the Lust Racing lowering kit over the Soupy Adjustables. I believe the Soupy's WILL experience failures given their design, but not from people who spend 95% of their time on tarmac. It would only be off-road I would be real leary of from a long term perspective (like if you ride 50/50 and put thousands of hours on your bike a year, that might be a failure point to consider).

 

Don in Lodi

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And all that lowering link badmouthing when it was the adjustable sidestand that was installed.
 

Don in Lodi

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Damian, you installed a Soupys adjustable side stand, neat bit of kit, there were a bunch of replies about poor adjustable lowering links... It just bugs me when the original post isn't read thoroughly... my problem, don't worry about it.
 
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