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Recently replaced my Anakee 3 after about 11,500 miles. At the very end of its life (really only the final 500 mile weekend) I noticed this extremely uneven wear pattern. Anybody have an idea what might have caused this or seen this before? Could this just be a tire issue? It’s not like the...

Looking at the fork parts on Partzilla I am wondering which ones are the wear parts to replace when doing an ES fork service with new bushings?

Last Sunday I almost got stranded in the middle of the Cohutta Wilderness in Northwest Georgia with a dead battery on my CRF250L. I was 20 miles away from the nearest paved road and further from any gas station or auto store. Bike has started happily all day and all of a sudden dead display, no...

I have been wondering why many people on these forums or selling motorcycles cover the plates in their photos. I get privacy concerns, especially if you have something to hide. But there isn't a single number in your life that is as public as your license plate number(s). It's not like we are...

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My front suspension isn’t smooth anymore. 2014 ES, 35k Miles, recently changes fork oil. Especially at slower speeds it appears harsh and shaky, but irregularly, so unlikely a cupped tire. Also not noticeable at acceleration when the load is off the front. Tire and wheel have no irregular wear...

Stumbled upon this and thought is was a great read. Who knew there was a 4-cylinder Super Tenere that competed in the Dakar once. And I would kill for one of those rally-spec XTE850TRX bikes. https://global.yamaha-motor.com/showroom/offroadmania/ch4/

Found this link to buy a 2014-2018 Service Manual as download for $21.95. Site looks legitimate and the price is great. Has anybody downloaded from here? Link removed by administration

Two little Steiff-Brand monkeys have been keeping me company on all my solo rides on my S10. They are Bill and George, named for 2 rider friends who passed away (neither from riding accidents). Who is keeping you company? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I purchased a new Yuasa YTZ14S on July 5 on Amazon to be on the safe side for a MABDR round-trip since my original 2014 12S had already needed a little jump start twice on last year's Colorado trip. The battery has a print on it that I interpreted as manufacturing date which dates it to late...

So far I have always changed my oil filter every time I did an oil change but the service plan only calls for it every other time. What do people do?

Last weekend I skirted the various rain clouds hovering over North Georgia successfully for the majority of a trip to Pigeon Forge, but eventually my luck ran out and Sunday morning I didn't have the luxury to wait for the rain to pass and so I had to head from Pigeon Forge to Cherokee in...

I have recently noticed more bikes with amber or phosphorous-yellow almost hi-viz lenses, and they really pop out. I was thinking of upgrading one set of my aux lights with amber lenses and am wondering if you can just buy some tinted foil to put on the existing lenses. Has anybody done this?

On my recent trip to Colorado I hit some really big rocks on Tin Cup Pass. First I thought I had bent my brake lever, then I realized the skid plate had taken major abuse and interfered with the pedal, and when I took it off to hammer and bend it back into shape, I noticed a decent dent in what...

Coming up on 4 years of ownership of my 2014 ES and just checked what service items to do next. The manual says to replace your brake lines after 4 years, or when cracked, what I assume means "then sooner". Who does that, or does this only sound rather extreme to me? I bet there are millions...

I recently responded to a post by Longhaul Paul and asked him if he ever checked his valve clearance on either Tenere. I believe he put about 170,000 on one and 130,000 on the other. He said he didn't do it on either. And Nick Sanders didn't do on on his when he took it from Prudhoe Bay to...

I just returned from Colorado to Atlanta doing both Saddle Sore and Bun Burner and when I hit the road at 3: 30 AM I noticed my high beam switch didn't do anything, though the blue light on the dash came on. Has this happened to anybody else? Is there a quick fix, like a fuse? My bike also hit...

I have a set of worn out Battlewings in my garage since I mounted the Mitas E07, and I can't find a place to take them for recycling them properly. Where do you take you old tires if you mail-ordered new ones?

When are people changing their tires? I am just looking at my stock BW on the rear and it looks like the thread wear indicators are flush with the tire. Can I finally put on my new E-07s or do people leave them on for longer when they are worn this far? I just did a few gravel roads without...

[The following post was split off of the big thread about how to adjust the suspension, because of the inherent differences that the ES models have. Rather than get lost in there, you all can now have this thread for the ES. There are already threads about changing the springs which you can...