Changed the engine oil for the second time (at 7,500) to full-synthetic Mobile 1. Easy access makes this maintenance a joy. Finding out my brand new Craftsman socket set skipped right over 12mm, tempered that joy - a 12mm socket is what is need for both drain bolts. Good to see the manual's specification of 3.69 qts of oil (w/filter change) is accurate.
Refreshed the final drive oil while I was at it. (Made two trips to the dealer when counter jockey recommended wrong lube.) Friction modified Yamahalube may have worked, but their own website recommends their exclusive lube for the Super Tenere (along with the FJR & V-Max). Twenty-five bucks for Yamahalube is outrageous, but I was too lazy to return to the dealer even when I discovered, on-line, that Mobile 1 final drive oil is only $11.
I didn't understand how to correctly use the center-stand at the time. So, wifey held the bike upright, while I refilled the final drive with a turkey baster (...her idea). In retrospect, I would have returned the Yamahalube just because Mobile 1 has a handy fill spout built-in. (Now I gotta replace a Turkey Baster!)
Learned to use the center-stand after-the-fact…
Bike still shifts clunky, but that old Yamahalube was looked pretty thin…