What you did to your Tenere today??!!

[Brick]

I had a great ride today. Here in the Blue Ridge mins of western North Carolina. What a great day. It got up to 60* today! Super!


I might be out riding my Super Tenere'

 

[RockyDS]

Not something I did to my bike really as it's in the garage the other side of a yard covered in 2 feet of snow, but I did upgrade the owner/rider's footwear ready for a trip to Inuvik in June.

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[Xt1200zsupertenere]

 

[Gee-Tee]

I installed my new Alt Rider pillion rack and RotoPax 1 gallon can on top of it. The RotoPax on the side rack is a 1.75 gallon can. This is in prep for our Alaska trip starting in St. Louis July 7th, 2015.

 

[fredz43]

Added my Altrider bars to my 2014 ES, combined with my ACD skid plate using studs so I don't have to remove engine mount bolts for oil changes.

 

[Goldwing]

Installed my Vizitec SupaBrake II tail light modulator....works great and its truly plug and play!!

 

[jimmy z]

Installed new michelin road pilot 4 rear today.Hope to get 20% more tread life than road pilot 3.They claim so, will see.Jim

 

[10éréRider]

I installed a set of Denali D2's. Thanks to the pictures in another thread by Ulysses, the install went very smoothly. I just need to tidy up the wires a bit.

10éréRider

 

[cjct21]

I rode today while it was snowing (Frankfort KY). About a 20 mile drive and very cold of course. All asphalt. No heated equipment either!!!
Can't wait to hit some dirt!

 

[Dirt_Dad]

After a suggestion from Jaxon I check the rear brake disc and found it to be below specs. At 32K miles it was down to 4.29mm. It was fairly wavy, so obviously the low points in the wave were even less. Replaced with a new OEM disc and OEM pads. Also replaced the rubber dampers in the rear hub. The old ones were all broken apart and noticeably more loose than the new ones.

Thanks for the cautionary suggestion Jaxon.

 

[Tremor38]

Took my Tenere ice skating today. So much for my regular proclamation that "I don't do ice." Well, apparently I do.

We've had some weather this week and we're still in that stage where where even shaded pavement can still have ice, and the dirt roads can have a lot of ice. I took the DR out earlier to scout out how bad it was going to be. It has better knobbies and is lighter, so made sense. There was still a lot of ice on the dirt roads, so I figured I better stay off with the Tenere.

Today was the first day with the new rear Mitas E07 on the S10. My standard practice with a brand new tire is to turn off TCS and go spin them around in the gravel to get all the greasy newness off them. I decided to go with dirt roads that had plenty of sun (how quickly I forget). The roads looked wet, and muddy, but not too bad. But when they were wet, knowing it was 19 degrees a few hours ago, and it was only 2 degrees above freezing now, I'd take it easy. Can't be too careful.

It didn't take long before I found myself in roads shaded by trees or hills. Still just mainly looked wet with the sun at my back. That was until the light caught the road section I was about to ride down, it was all ice...and so was the "wet" spot I was riding right now (TCS off and Sport mode). ??? Crap, can't stop now. Rode down the hill and stopped in a dry section. Decided my best bet was to turn around, ride up ice hill and get back to pavement. Switched to TCS1 and headed back up. The E07 did give me a pretty big spin for TCS1, but it got a hold of itself and chugged right back up an ice hill. I'd love to to declare the EO7 is some magical tire, but honestly I have an old Anakee II up front and it never gave me a worry even once in that stuff.

I don't recommend ice, but it turned out to be easier to handle than I expected. Of course, it could have been all just dumb luck I didn't break my neck out there. I have no plans to try it again to find out.

LOL! Thanks for that write-up. Sounds like a trap I too would wander into.

 

[Dirt_Dad]

LOL! Thanks for that write-up. Sounds like a trap I too would wander into.

I'd like to say it's something I'd never do again. But that would be a lie. Last weekend I found myself moving along at a good clip on what had been a dry dirt road. Over the next rise I think to myself, boy I hope that really is just a wet spot. Nope...

Winter...it's full of surprises. Let's be careful out there.

 

[TheHelios]

I installed an accessory panel to an Infil panel I bought from a fellow member.

Write-up here:
http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?topic=14370.msg229133#msg229133

Pics:

 

[~TABASCO~]

After a suggestion from Jaxon I check the rear brake disc and found it to be below specs. At 32K miles it was down to 4.29mm. It was fairly wavy, so obviously the low points in the wave were even less. Replaced with a new OEM disc and OEM pads. Also replaced the rubber dampers in the rear hub. The old ones were all broken apart and noticeably more loose than the new ones.

Thanks for the cautionary suggestion Jaxon.

Cool, it's pretty surprising how many I see below spec.

 

[Xt1200zsupertenere]

Put on pyramid side-panel , look better i think

 

[barkingllizard]

nice, TheHelios,

and nice, Xt1200zsupertenere.....

 

[2112]

Put on pyramid side-panel , look better i think

They certainly do, it makes you wonder why they weren't like that to start with ?

 

[gaps]

Today I stripped the covers and foams from both seat pans and sent them to Seat Concepts for a make over.
After reading everything I could the decision to try Seat Concepts was easy for me. Great reviews, quick turn around, price, good looking....I'm feeling confident this will work out well.
Then I spoke with Amy at SC and after quite a bit of back and forth she guided me to the gripper top and carbon sides, firm foam for me and the regular for my wife....closed the deal.
Tip, if you mention ADVRIDER.COM the shipping is free.

 

[Harry Dresden PI]

Installed Givi rear rack with Kappa 52 Top Case.

Installed Givi side racks with Givi E36 cases a few days ago.

Wish the top rack was adjustable to place the top case a few cm up or back depending on what I am doing.

Short 10 mile ride on dirt roads and all seems good.

Note: To install the Givi Top rack you have to remove the OEM rack and remove one of the lower OEM support rack screws. One of screws was so tight I had to heat and cool it (Boiling water to Ice water) and use WD40 oil. Then an impact driver (electric) to break the screw loose. A pain given the install, even with back Givi (typical) instructions should take a max of 5 minutes. The stuck screw added at least 40 minutes before it broke loose.

 

[rlasater]

Cool picture the wife snapped as we were coming up from Gonzales to Smithville, Texas last weekend.