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Not that anybody really asked me...
But Scott123007 is exactly right on every point, IMHO.
Further, and these are just my opinions, but they are based on a fair amount of experience... I wouldn't use a Heli-Coil on a lawn mower. Over the years I have seen far, far too many fail. Often this is due to improper installation, but I've also them come out simply due to their own failure. I have also see them cause cracks in thin castings (like your sump), etc. Just my two centavos, but if you stripped it here are my choices for repair in order of preference:
1.) Replace the sump with a new one, but if that's too pricey, then...
2.) Pull the sump, have a good welder hard-weld up the hole, then drill it and re-tap, but if that scares you too much, then...
3.) Pull the sump and use a *TIME-SERT* -
http://www.timesert.com/ - IMHO they are far, far superior to a Heli-Coil. I spent a lot of years in professional racing, and on vehicles worth literally millions, and I never saw any builder/fabricator/etc. worth his salt that would use a Heli-Coil.
And like Scott123007, I think one would be rather foolish to use something like a Fumoto valve on a motorcycle. IMHO, it hangs down way too far, and in the case of the Super Tenere it would be way too easy to snag it and snap it right off the sump causing the bike to dump all the oil out, not only leaving you stranded with a near impossible repair but perhaps fragging the engine in the process. That sump is a *THIN* casting, and even with a skid plate it wouldn't take much to punch that Fumoto valve right up through that pan casting.
After all, it takes all of about 10 minutes to change the oil on the S-10. How much easier do you need it to be? And what happens if somehow, somewhere, hundreds of miles from home, by an errant branch thrown up, or heaven forbid - vandalism - that little Fumoto lever gets flipped to the drain position when it's not supposed to?
As for the person who asked about safety wiring the drain plugs...
1.) Yes, you drill a hole through the drain plug bolt head, most commonly through from one flat to the one on the opposite of the hex.
2.) With the Super Tenere you have it easy - You simply safety wire the two drain bolts to each other.
Hope this helps!
Dallara
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