Coming home to another Tenere

ArkieTenere

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Well.... after my short time away on a vstrom 650, I'm coming back to a Tenere! ::012:: Found a great deal on a '13. Will be great to be back.
 

Juan

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Greetings from Malta. Welcome back to the Tenere world.
 

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::004:: back to the S10.
 

ArkieTenere

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Definitely enjoying the new ride. I have her pretty much decked out now.... except for a reflash. Maybe a clutch basket down the road but don't really feel the need for that at the moment. This '13 seems a bit smoother than my '12... but maybe just in my head.
 

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I had a 08 vstrom 650 and liked everything about it but the shocks.Also went to a white 13 tenere,very happy with it.Shaft drive is also big for me.
 

ArkieTenere

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3rd times a charm I believe. Dang... lookin' back, I sure have changed bikes alot over the past 8 years or so. What a disease.... Sold my '13 that was fully decked out due to going through financial issues following a divorce. Regretted having to sell it ever since.... but it was one of those things that was best at the time. After a bit of financial recovery, I had a Vstrom 1000, then a Tiger 800 as big bikes. Still have and keeping my WR250R and DR650 for true dual sport use.

Well now I'm back with a '15 ES. Got a Killer deal. I'm still waiting for it to arrive as its being shipped from Vermont. Even though it has pretty much all the goodies.... As I'm anxiously awaiting her arrival, I still found a few small things to order for her... of course . After the last one , I figured I'd end up on another ST , especially wanted a Gen II ES... and now I'm only a couple weeks from havin' a big ST grin again.
 

EricV

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Welcome back. FYI - Yamaha of Harrison knows the Super Ten and does good work if you need anything done. I ride up from Tupelo for valve checks.
 

ArkieTenere

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Welcome back. FYI - Yamaha of Harrison knows the Super Ten and does good work if you need anything done. I ride up from Tupelo for valve checks.
Good to know. They are just up the road a couple hours from me. I'll keep that in mind when Valve check time comes around. Mine has about 9000 miles so I have a ways to go. Mind telling me about what a Valve adjustment runs $$ wise there?
 

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Mind telling me about what a Valve adjustment runs $$ wise there?
Just under $400. There is a hotel next door. I arranged an appointment so I could drop it in the morning and 'wait'. I rode up the day before, checked in next door, brought the bike over just before opening time, then hung out at the hotel with a late check out at noon, grabbed some lunch and the bike was ready. Awesome experience. They log the actual measurements in the Yamaha system so any dealer can verify later. Nice. I didn't need any re-shim on the first service at 26k. This is my second Super Ten. Put 109k on the first one. Not my first rodeo. Local to me dealers were either stupid expensive, ($900+), or said things like "don't bother to check the valves until they get noisy", which doesn't fly, since the exhaust valves get tight first, (no noise), and beat up the seats.
 
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