Cycledude
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Interesting wonder what Caused the gears to strip out
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Love the taillights, but no headlights, and the flame thrower army man.
It is interesting. I'm getting the impression this isn't a unique to me problem. Kubota superceded the part #. Aftermarket clutch disk, $ 65-95. Kubota disk $350. Decisions.
The extra cost might be worth it if it means not having to do that again.
Apparently the Dutch police still uses the Super Ténéré as their trusty companion. Pic below is an official picture from their website from September 2022. I have still never seen one from police or ambulance (apart from the one add I posted) services. Other Yamaha’s yes, but not the S10. My gut feeling says they mostly use Beemers.
blitz11
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Looked like an old BMW Airhead whose transmission input splines hadn't been regularly maintained. Kubota was / is (i love mine) is that the clutch plate splines were softer than the transmission splines. At this point, you just need to change the clutch disc instead of replacing the transmission input shaft.
Check well that the clutch plate fits perfectly in the engine flywheel. Due to the design of the plate, sometimes this cannot be confirmed, and when you place it and tighten it, it gives you the feeling that it was correctly attached, but if it is not... the plate is only held by the screws... over time it will it moves (just a few tenths)….and the transmission shaft pries the central toothing of the u disk and tends to wear it out. Another problem is the "alignment" of the axis of the transmission box with the center of the disc. When bringing the engine and the box/differential closer...the fixed bolts usually have wear, the screws will tighten...but you cannot know if it is well aligned because everything is already closed.
In the pic, you can see that the edge of a plate is thicker, this meant that the plate would not get stuck "inside" the flywheel (if it was tight), but over time, being centered only by the screws, moved and the transmission shaft, levered the clutch teeth
Must get me some of those lights !
Don't bother. I don't know about over there, but nobody pays them much attention around here.
It happens.
I've had days when leaving the DC office and been surprised to need to ride home in snow. Just stay in the freshest tire tracks.
There's this thing . . . . called the Weather Channell . . . .
Cycledude
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Yes guilty more than a few times but so far haven’t been to New England on a motorcycle, but I am hopingOh, I don't know. Hey, @Cycledude, I'm thinking you've been guilty of doing this.
to ride out there someday and hopefully ride to the top of Mt Washington.
cyclemike4
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I have been caught out with snow before I got off work. One time it had started snowing and we had between 2 to 4 inches of snow depending on where you were. I was doing just fine getting home but the cars were really giving me fits. The cars coming at my were in the middle of the road and would not drive in their lane. the wind was blowing crazy and it was pushing the bike sometimes from one side of my lane to the other. All the cars were trying to drive dry road speeds for some reason. We went by a wreck. the state police were working it. A truck had went over a drop off and all you could see was the tail lights sticking straight up in the air. that state trooper gave me the meanest look and if he had not been working a wreck I think he would have ticked me! Well after that all the cars slowed down so slow that they could not get up the hills. Morons. Any way I slowed as slow as I could get and let the cars go. I thought well that should be enough time for them to get up the hill. I gassed it up and got some speed and rounded the corner and cars were all over the hill! I just stayed on the gas and zig zagged between them and went to the top. I went on to the house with no issues at all after all the cars left the road. Not sure that the bike isn't better on the snow than some people in cars. haha.
Agreed, looks pretty good. Like the ones in the OE topbox too. Oh and @Sierra1 mostly drivers do notice those lights and act accordingly. I said mostly unfortunately..
I did Mt. Washington back in '87. Mazda B2000. It was steep enough that with three of us jammed into the cab, it took 1st gear all the way to the top. And hardly any of it was paved. I'm not thinking there's much difference in snowfall between WI and ME/NH. Totally gorgeous. The Kancamagus Hwy was our favorite. I had the FJ at the time, but the T-12 would be just as good.
I more naturally drawn to Red Lights.
I do like a chase though.
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Last time I rode in significant snow was probably 1977. I was on trials tires and in an uncut field. So little control that I didn't feel the need to do it again. I'm a bit surprised to read how well it went for cyclemike4 and CW. Maybe I've been too hesitant.