What you did to your Tenere today??!!

[Kevhunts]

Finally got my o-ring and headlight harness recalls done today. ::021::

I never like someone else working on my stuff but this young buck had more certificates hanging on the wall than I ever did.
He worked like a surgeon so I was very pleased. ::008::

My dealer sold all his teneres that he had in stock so I didn't get to see a 2014 ES in the flesh. :-[

 

[Surfdad]

The longest journey starts wit one small step. My first farkle on my new S10. One side stand foot.

 

[tomatocity]

The longest journey starts wit one small step. My first farkle on my new S10. One side stand foot.

Where did you purchase this?

 

[Surfdad]

Revzilla....

 

[booner223]

Finally got my o-ring and headlight harness recalls done today. ::021::

I never like someone else working on my stuff but this young buck had more certificates hanging on the wall than I ever did.
He worked like a surgeon so I was very pleased. ::008::

My dealer sold all his teneres that he had in stock so I didn't get to see a 2014 ES in the flesh. :-[

Do you have recall vin numbers or a website for recalls? I've searched and have come up short. Just recently bought mine a month ago and assume that mine has been fixed, but it is a 2013.

 

[Don in Lodi]

Do you have recall vin numbers or a website for recalls? I've searched and have come up short. Just recently bought mine a month ago and assume that mine has been fixed, but it is a 2013.

A dealership needs to run the numbers through the Yamaha database.

 

[Kevhunts]

Do you have recall vin numbers or a website for recalls? I've searched and have come up short. Just recently bought mine a month ago and assume that mine has been fixed, but it is a 2013.

I think this is just for the headlight harness.

 

[Don in Lodi]

Which recall is this? My vin doesn't fit any of those, but I have two notices sitting here.

Ah! Drop the CA from the middle and there it is... whichever list this is.

 

[Kevhunts]

These are the o-ring recall vin's which I think are only for 2012's.

 

[Don in Lodi]

Cool. ::008::

 

[shrekonwheels]

I dropped it on the lawn like a fool, stupid mistake and I knew better but it happened, it is super light to pick up, surprisingly so.
No damage, the Alt Rider bars did fine in this situation.

 

[DangerHawk]

Installed a Givi top plate so I can mount my V47 top case.

Now I have storage for my work stuff so I can start commuting on the bike ::012::

 

[HoebSTer]

Today was the second day in a row I drove the bike to work. I may be doing this more in the near future as I have found out a fellow manager of another store drives his bike into work daily even with our car allowance we get.
Oh, it was first time in almost 3 weeks riding the bike after it landed upside down and broke the front fairing/headlight support braket and bent the handlebars and snapped a mirror off. Good thing the washout rut was only 4 feet deep and not 1000 feet. Man how I like the look of the 2014 mirrors. Much more Stealthy as a 600lb Dumbo weighing dualsport can be. HA!!

Jeff

 

[True Grip]

Sorry about the get off Jeff. At least you didn't break something.

 

[Michrider]

Remember the day you got yours? Well today I made the first step in getting mine but not without drama. Last week I found a black on cycle trader and requested a quote from a somewhat local dealer in Detroit. Drove to the joint and gave them a deposit. Funny the quote said 2013 but the receipt showed 2012. Not a real deal breaker but the last straw was that the bike was advertised with a warrantee through 2016. Yesterday when I asked the salesman about my warrantee , he looked like deer in the headlights. What the....
By luck would have it my near by dealer just had a customer trade in his 13 with 5200 miles for a new ES. Bingo! After a frustrating discussion with the first dealer and a post dated refund check, my new deal on the 13 (white) has another deposit and should work its way into my garage in a month or so. ::022::

Michrider

 

[coastie]

Remember the day you got yours? Well today I made the first step in getting mine but not without drama. Last week I found a black on cycle trader and requested a quote from a somewhat local dealer in Detroit. Drove to the joint and gave them a deposit. Funny the quote said 2013 but the receipt showed 2012. Not a real deal breaker but the last straw was that the bike was advertised with a warrantee through 2016. Yesterday when I asked the salesman about my warrantee , he looked like deer in the headlights. What the....
By luck would have it my near by dealer just had a customer trade in his 13 with 5200 miles for a new ES. Bingo! After a frustrating discussion with the first dealer and a post dated refund check, my new deal on the 13 (white) has another deposit and should work its way into my garage in a month or so. ::022::

Michrider

Congratulations!

 

[corndog]

First the back story...

My beloved ST lives in the basement (walk out) about 1/2 the time and the rest, I park it sideways behind my SUV in the upstairs garage (for batman like getaways). Well, I had moved it half under the garage door to get my push mower out for trimming the fences around my little farm. Then I had a beer and feel asleep on the couch. I was awakened by the sickening sound of my garage door shutting (chain drive door closer, old one, no security eyes). My wife came inside in tears and said she did not see my bike.

Now, there are few things in life I cherish more than my primary two wheeler. She knows this all too well. But, good wives are hard to find (at least my current one was). I asked her to leave me alone for a while. I walked around my house cussing to whomever would listen. It was 10pm.

Feeling better, I checked the carnage. Luckily, the door missed a lot of expensive stuff (Zumo was mere inches away), but cleaved off the right turn signal stalk and made a mess of the r side Super tenere sticker. I had a ride planned "o" dark thirty the next morning and my turn signal was hanging by a wire.

Upon inspection, the lense assembly was fine. In fact, everything was fine, it just ripped the rubber stalk internally when the rigid plastic piece pulled out of it. Mashed the connector a little also. So, as midnight approached I had the front face removed and figured out the Japanese puzzle of how the stalk comes off the bike. With a little farmer, redneck engineering she (my bike is a she) was back together and blinking. I solved the sticker issue by removing it. Fearing the bike would now pull to the left, I removed the left side sticker also. I have 1 itty bitty chip in the paint where the right sticker used to be. I am leaving this "beauty" mark to remind me to NOT leave the bike in harms way under the door. It actually looks better without the tenere stickers IMO, I thought they looked cheap.

Came upstairs, kissed my wife, and told her it was a dirt bike anyway and I knew it would not remain perfect.......and I am still happily married.

Good wives are harder to find than good bikes.......right?.....RIGHT ::008::

 

[trikepilot]

My Tenere is too a "she" and was dubbed "Fancy" upon first meeting my primary riding partners. The name has stuck and only belies how well the Tenere bears the scars and dings of all adventures - either domestic or out in the sticks. Ride it like you stole it when out for your ride today!!

 

[EricV]

Good wives are harder to find than good bikes.......right?.....RIGHT ::008::

Yes, they are. And good wives stick around a lot longer too. Even my old Stanley chain drive opener, (circa 1978), would stop and go back up if it encountered an obstruction. How old is that garage door opener anyway??

 

[corndog]

The door opener is about 20 years old. I have replaced the ring and pinion gears in it once already. It goes back up and is adjusted for a light hit.....but the floppy turn signal wasn't stout enough to send it back up, the side fairing was stout enough and suffered very little. I am just lucky the door didn't knock the bike over against my 4runner or the door.

I am pretty hard headed. I do not typically replace stuff except my "toys"....I typically repair stuff repeatedly. My last bike, a Vstrom had over 100,000 miles when I developed an insatiable lust for the Super Tenere. My current Toyota work truck has 370,000 miles.