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I'm seeing all the guys in Europe taking delivery of their long-awaited Tenere 700's, and I'm reminded of the long wait we had for the Super Tenere in the States. I had paid a deposit on it a year before - it had delayed for 5 months by the tsunami in Japan. I think I paid $14,200 for mine, from...

Yesterday was a first in 140,000-odd miles on this bike... riding moderately fast on a warm day up a mountain road, and when I stopped shut off the engine I could hear a gurgling noise coming from the radiator... hmm that's never happened before. Turned the ignition back on, fan started...

A few years ago some idiot sideswiped me in Moldova, went down at 50mph. Put some scratches on the crashbars and panniers, and broke a mirror (but that's all - love Barkbusters!). I found a replacement mirror in Bulgaria, looks like a replica of the original except it has a different shaft...

A couple of years ago I had a problem with the bike not charging... this was at about 120,000 miles. I chased it, with friends, for a week, thinking it was the regulator, probably... I checked the stator but the resistance numbers are so small that I didn't have a multimeter that would give me...

FIXED (I think) This seemed to have something to do with the sidestand switch (error code 19) - it started happening in the days after very heavy rain (although I wasn't out riding in it!). I persisted daily for a week, every time I was able to restart the bike by switching off and back on. I...

Hi all - anyone have a lot of miles on your 2014 or later bike, or on an earlier model with the '14 CCT? The original on my '12 failed at 75,000 miles (fortunately with no damage) and I have 62,000 on the new '14 version. It was dead quiet compared to the old version, and stayed quiet till a...

A friend donated to me a 20% worn Anakee III 6 months ago. Just returned from Greece to Germany with rear tyre worn out, glad to have a free replacement waiting for me. But now I check, it's a 140, not a 150. It came off an F800GS. I know it will probably work, and I'll get at least 8000 miles...

Ever since I arrived in Germany, nearly a year ago now, my Yamaha friends have been asking me, do you know Erik Peters? No, don't know Erik, why should I? Well turns out we both ride a Super Tenere all over the world, the difference is he's made his passion for travel and Yamahas into a...

I've been in the eastern part of Germany for about the last month since getting back from the UK. Great spot here but I'm getting itchy feet, especially since the bike was down for a couple of weeks getting a bad stator diagnosed and replaced. Yamaha were awesome once again in helping me get it...

Short answer: look at it! Long answer: the first symptom of a problem was a big connector getting hot enough to melt the connector and nearby plastic. I also got a code 46 on the dash at this time (charging system) and ABS fault but they went away and didn't come back. It was the one near the...

I was just saying on Facebook the other day how great the bike was going, 18,000 miles so far this year on nothing but oil changes (121,000 total). Today a connector under the right side panel had a meltdown. That will teach me to go bragging on FB! I haven't looked at a wiring diagram yet to...

Me and Nick (Sanders) :D have been posting some stories on the Yamaha "Destination Adventure" Facebook page - pay a visit and give it a LIKE if you want to see updates from there in your Facebook feed. https://www.facebook.com/YamahaDestinationAdventure/ you can follow or friend me here if...

Just wondering how they performed... and how easy/difficult to remove the side cover with them fitted?

Hey guys and girls, been a while since I posted here, but it's about time... Currently sitting out part of the winter in Bulgaria (apartments are cheap this time of year at Black Sea resorts!). The last half of last year was spent around Iran/Armenia/Georgia/Ukraine/Poland/Czech, ending up in...

Hey guys, in Georgia now (the ex-Soviet one). A while ago I replaced the rear rim with a new one after finding a number of cracks emanating from the spoke holes. I got 88,000 hard miles from it, so wasn't too disappointed. Fitted a new one then, 12,000 miles later, I found a single crack. I was...

http://advmotorally.com/details WHAT, WHEN, WHERE. Welcome to the 2015 ADVMoto Rally! Join us for a fun weekend of riding, training, presentations and great food only a couple hours away from Washington DC in Romney, West Virginia. In addition to a limited 170 seats for the Rally, we also have...

This a companion post to yesterday's 100,000 mile Super Tenere report. http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?topic=16557.0 This one is about the accessories/add-ons/mods/farkles... whatever you want to call them. The stock Super Tenere needs a bit of extra protection for a trip like...

Well not quite 100,000 miles - 97,000 (I HTF nothing catastophic happens in the next 3000!) Added a farkle report here - http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?topic=16570.0 It was 4 years ago on August 2 that I collected the Super Ténéré from Romney Cycles in West Virginia. After a year...

Agghh I have this problem with my rear rim again. I replaced it in France after the original developed cracks at about 80,000 miles. This one has only done 10,000 miles. I doubt it's a bad part, since almost nobody has had this problem at such low mileage. I suspect the guy laced it too tight...

Something Checkswrecks said here prompted me to note something that I've learned in my 89,000 miles on the Super Tenere "Brake bleeding - need to flush the ABS pump " http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?topic=10670.msg179448#msg179448 Many of you are probably like me, having come from...