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    V85TT for now

    You left out defective head light harness and couple other things. LOL True, if you believe everything you read on the internet. However in my example, I actually know and ride with the people that bought the bikes and then sold them. In fact two of them both said their 790/890's were the...
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    V85TT for now

    To many failures and reliability issues for my taste. All of my buddies that jumped on the 790/890 band wagon have sold their bikes due to reliability issues.
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    V85TT for now

    Reason #368 why I will never own a KTM.;)
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    Yamaha Super Tenere MOTO-TAG photo game

    Something baseball related preferably large.
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    ABS Bypassing

    Glad you are making headway. If It was stuck valve in the ABS pump, I am guessing you are still on borrowed time with the pump. YMMV
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    ABS Bypassing

    I agree, still sounds like bad pump to me until proven other wise. When/if mine ever quits I am going to bypass it and ride on.
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    RDL Driver and passenger seat/Passenger floorboards/Driver footpeg mounts

    What exactly is still for sale? Thanks What weight is the seat designed for? Didn't see an answer above.
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    Shinko 705: A cautionary tale

    How many miles on that tire? It looks like it's almost at the wear bars. When I had similar failures, the tires I was using had roughly the same amount of tread or a little less left.
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    Shinko 705: A cautionary tale

    They are funny tires. Some people have used lots of them with no issues and others have had multiple failures. I had a couple non radial rears delaminate near end of tread life years ago. Fronts were always great. Big mileage no issues except for getting very loud as they cupped when the...
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    What you did to your Tenere today??!!

    I put an McCruise on my 12 a couple years ago. It is an awesome addition.
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    Rear brake weirdness, no rear ABS, and ABS light on- 2013 w/70K miles.

    Unfortunately I agree. The high effort to depress the brake lever is the give away.
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    Looking for a power pack car jumper starter like NOCO GB40 to carry in top box

    205'ed but there all kinds of them on Ebay with lugs...
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    Stay away from this Air filter

    Rockymountainatv has OEM filters in stock if that helps you any.
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    Honda Gold Wing - the return of shaft drive

    He lives in Canada may be kilometers not miles. Either way its a lot of riding.
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