I am a new S10 owner coming from a DL1000, which I loved (except for the chain!). When I bought the Tenere I didn't even think about the spokes till I started reading this forum. Now I am kicking myself for not seeing this as an added maintenance burden (maybe not quite as much as the chain). I just turned 600 miles and changed all the fluids. I pinged all the spokes on both wheels and all produce a clear pinging sound, BUT some are a different "tone" than others. So my questions are as follows:
1. Should all similar spokes (i.e. inside vs outside) produce a "same" tone when pinged?
2. If I invest on a spoke torque wrench, do I adjust all spokes to a same torque value or will a wheel with acceptable runout and roundness require slightly different torque values on the spokes?
3. When I ping the spokes, am I looking for just a "dead" (i.e. no tone) spoke and then torque these "dead" ones to the specified values (50 inch pounds I believe)?
I guess my main fear is that I will be having continual issues with wheel runout if I have to tighten spokes and be handing over major cash to a dealer to keep on truing up the wheels. I was very happy with the cast wheels on the Vstrom and am wondering if this spoke experience will be a never ending nightmare! I really prefer to do my own maintenance and have done valve adjustments, throttle body synch, etc, but this spoke thing is really bugging me! Any suggestions or comments are welcome!!
1. Should all similar spokes (i.e. inside vs outside) produce a "same" tone when pinged?
2. If I invest on a spoke torque wrench, do I adjust all spokes to a same torque value or will a wheel with acceptable runout and roundness require slightly different torque values on the spokes?
3. When I ping the spokes, am I looking for just a "dead" (i.e. no tone) spoke and then torque these "dead" ones to the specified values (50 inch pounds I believe)?
I guess my main fear is that I will be having continual issues with wheel runout if I have to tighten spokes and be handing over major cash to a dealer to keep on truing up the wheels. I was very happy with the cast wheels on the Vstrom and am wondering if this spoke experience will be a never ending nightmare! I really prefer to do my own maintenance and have done valve adjustments, throttle body synch, etc, but this spoke thing is really bugging me! Any suggestions or comments are welcome!!