I want to add a note or update to this post. When I had to replace the tire in Yukon or BC at a gas station on an Indian reservation I got out my tools and went to work. Two of my riding companions asked where my hammer was. I don't have one. Then how are you going to get the axle out? Like this and I popped the axle with the palm of my hand and it popped out. I was also supporting it on the right side too. This is why I clean and lube my axles every tire change. Always easy to get my axle out.
What TenereGUY has been up too
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So today didn't go as planned... what's new? My wife has been very sick for 8 days so I drove her up to Rockford to a walk in clinic. Waited quite a while .good news is she doesn't have pneumonia just a bad case of the flu.
Got home tucked her back into bed and went to the garage. I tightened the axle and put the front end back together. Then cleaned the right and left sides of the engine. Then went to work removing the kickstand, cleaned it, then lubed it and put it all back together. Before I just put grease on it. As I am doing a thorough cleaning job on it after AK I removed it. There are 3 washers. 1 for under the nut. 2 act as spacers on each side of the kickstand but on the inside of it. If you don't do it correctly you will have a lot of slop in your kickstand from side to side. Then removed, cleaned and lubed the shift lever pivot. Went to the other side and did the same to the brake pedal. Found thst my AltRider pedal enlarger and riser was loose. Took care of that. Also tightened the AltRider kickstand foot enlarger too. Cleaning out the threads on every bolt. If it passes through and is exposed every bolt like that had white stuff on the threads where it was exposed. Calcium Chloride from AK!!
That pedal with its funky safety hair clip was a real pain the first time. I use a cotter pin puller to yank it out and to push it back in. No problems doing it that way. Then went to the clutch and brake lever pivots. After 14,000 miles and a lot of gravel along the way they weren't dry like they were at 13,500 miles from the dealer. They did have a thin layer of grease on them but you're supposed to do them every now and again... per section 3 in the FSM. I didn't feel like it was a waste of time on any of the pivot points. All clean again with fresh grease.
Just have to swap out Handlebar setbacks for risers tomorrow and put the windshield on. Then done.
Front end all done
Notice how the spring is stretched out...
While it is stretched out you put a quarter in every space and then put the kickstand up. This will keep the spring elongated so it is easy to remove when you unbolt the kickstand. Just remember to put it back on before you put the pivot bolt back in. I forgot tonight but I just used a cotter pin puller to stretch it maybe a 1/2"more to sest it as the quarters kept it elongated.
Be sure to clean the bushing on the kickstand. Pushes out with your finger.
Kickstand pivot bolt.
Got home tucked her back into bed and went to the garage. I tightened the axle and put the front end back together. Then cleaned the right and left sides of the engine. Then went to work removing the kickstand, cleaned it, then lubed it and put it all back together. Before I just put grease on it. As I am doing a thorough cleaning job on it after AK I removed it. There are 3 washers. 1 for under the nut. 2 act as spacers on each side of the kickstand but on the inside of it. If you don't do it correctly you will have a lot of slop in your kickstand from side to side. Then removed, cleaned and lubed the shift lever pivot. Went to the other side and did the same to the brake pedal. Found thst my AltRider pedal enlarger and riser was loose. Took care of that. Also tightened the AltRider kickstand foot enlarger too. Cleaning out the threads on every bolt. If it passes through and is exposed every bolt like that had white stuff on the threads where it was exposed. Calcium Chloride from AK!!
That pedal with its funky safety hair clip was a real pain the first time. I use a cotter pin puller to yank it out and to push it back in. No problems doing it that way. Then went to the clutch and brake lever pivots. After 14,000 miles and a lot of gravel along the way they weren't dry like they were at 13,500 miles from the dealer. They did have a thin layer of grease on them but you're supposed to do them every now and again... per section 3 in the FSM. I didn't feel like it was a waste of time on any of the pivot points. All clean again with fresh grease.
Just have to swap out Handlebar setbacks for risers tomorrow and put the windshield on. Then done.
Front end all done
Notice how the spring is stretched out...
While it is stretched out you put a quarter in every space and then put the kickstand up. This will keep the spring elongated so it is easy to remove when you unbolt the kickstand. Just remember to put it back on before you put the pivot bolt back in. I forgot tonight but I just used a cotter pin puller to stretch it maybe a 1/2"more to sest it as the quarters kept it elongated.
Be sure to clean the bushing on the kickstand. Pushes out with your finger.
Kickstand pivot bolt.
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Cleaned and greased.
You would think that they would come up with a better design
That pesky safety hair pin goes in the threaded bolt with the hole in it near the top of the pic.
I got a routine down using a cotter pin puller which works pretty good.
I love this AltRider Brake pedal enlarger. One of the better mods on the bike. Otherwise I have to consciously turn my left foot in to get to the pedal.
Clutch pivot pin... not to bad!
Cleaned and greased.
You would think that they would come up with a better design
That pesky safety hair pin goes in the threaded bolt with the hole in it near the top of the pic.
I got a routine down using a cotter pin puller which works pretty good.
I love this AltRider Brake pedal enlarger. One of the better mods on the bike. Otherwise I have to consciously turn my left foot in to get to the pedal.
Clutch pivot pin... not to bad!
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Want2
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Nothing says happy like a new tire!!! Hope your wife gets better soon. Be careful yourself not to catch it.
I sleep next to her but other than that I didn't get close for the first 3 days! I keep waiting for the symptoms of a cold and scared I will get it as that would really screw up my planned trip to Northern Georgia next Saturday!
Busy day today. Trailer all ready to go. Truck all ready to go, bike all ready to go, healthy road snacks are bought! Now to pack up and gather the small things and to be gone Saturday Morning.
Wymbly1971 is trucking his Tenere from the great white north (Ontario) then we head down to Northern Georgia for a week and we will run the back ridges on fire "roads" for a week. We don't want to wear the 50/50 tires out going to and from. Besides, this time of year a lot of Tornadoes roll through and I don't need a day of dodging those on a bike in T-Storms.
Mad Matt. I couldn't wait until tomorrow so I went out and took some photos. Not much has changed except that big 8.2 gallon tank and Rox Risers. Oh, I put the yellow lenses on the aux lights and I took the Helibar setbacks off. Riding position is a bit more forward but not bad and should be very good while standing. Took profile pics of the tank.
Tank profile is much higher so I may need to get a smaller tank bag.
And I finally pit on stickers from the trip.
Wymbly1971 is trucking his Tenere from the great white north (Ontario) then we head down to Northern Georgia for a week and we will run the back ridges on fire "roads" for a week. We don't want to wear the 50/50 tires out going to and from. Besides, this time of year a lot of Tornadoes roll through and I don't need a day of dodging those on a bike in T-Storms.
Mad Matt. I couldn't wait until tomorrow so I went out and took some photos. Not much has changed except that big 8.2 gallon tank and Rox Risers. Oh, I put the yellow lenses on the aux lights and I took the Helibar setbacks off. Riding position is a bit more forward but not bad and should be very good while standing. Took profile pics of the tank.
Tank profile is much higher so I may need to get a smaller tank bag.
And I finally pit on stickers from the trip.
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What a day... 198 miles! We left Resaca, Georgia and headed east on 136 and then north up 411. Turned East again and hit gravel/rock road on a big loop up in the mountains Northeast of Ellijay. (Big Frog Road) They have had a lot of rain down here lately and there were active water crossings and a lot of soft patches to cross while going down the gravel/rock road. By gravel rock road I mean bedrock sticking out of the ground, mud, baby heads all over (rocks sticking up the size of baby heads... hey. It's what they call them) with steep grades going up and down... we are in the Georgia mountains after all! Temps came up to 71°F and all was good. No dust so that was great. While going up a steep grade I took a spill. Mike went up on the far right and his rear tire slide over a bit. I went up on the left and then saw the groove I had been following turned into a very deep wash out rut. So I got out of it and tried climbing the wet bedrock at an angle and my rear tire slid out and the bike layed over and I rolled off. I was fine and the bike was fine. Trevor helped me get the bike up and I was able to get going and made it the rest of the way up. First thing Mike asks… Trevor, did you get that on film? Yes, I did! Perfect! Then it was Trevor’s turn and he spilled too. His second run at it and he went right up. I almost went over two more times. Once in mud when the tire slid out and I was sideways going down a steep grade. Was able to correct it and keep going. Then the guys behind me saw the deep scars in the mud and asked me about it. I admitted that I almost wiped out.
We got through the first section and it was a bit rough. The next section was new to us and it was even worse. That’s where I went down. It took us 7 hrs of riding to cover the 198 miles. My app auto pauses the time when we are stopped. So that 7 hrs is with none of the breaks we took.
Before we left Resaca we filled up our tanks and this was the first time with the new custom 8 gallon tank. Trevor (Wymbly1971 for the forum folks) has his stock Super Tenere. I asked him to let me know when his gas gage went to ¾. My tank adds the two gallons in height so it is all above where the float for the sending unit (gage float) is. Therefore I show full until the gas level drops below the floats top position. At around 75 miles Trevor let’s me know it changed to ¾ full. All through the day we ask each other how full is your tank. We do this so we can be aware of people’s need for gas. Trevor got to half and let us know. Mike was at half too. Guy, what do you have. I’m still on full. Towards the end of the day they are concerned about finding a way out as they were down to a quarter of a tank. Guy? I am still showing full! That float has to be stuck. Maybe, but I am averaging 41 mpg. I figure the stock tank goes down 2 gallons before it moves from full to ¾. So I think I will have to get near 160 miles before it drops. We finally find a way out after going the wrong way several times and ending at campsites or closed roads. Trevor figured out a path. We had just got off one of the worst roads of the day. It was really ugly (treacherous) and it ended up at a campsite and road closed beyond the campsite.
Down we went and the pavement came along and it was a wonderful curvy road with perfect pavement. It was Blue Ridge rd and it ended in Blue Ridge, Georgia. They gassed up… Guy, where you at? I’m still on full! You better fill up because that gage HAS TO BE STUCK! Ok, I will fill up my spare 2 gallon gas tank. If I run out of gas I can put the 2 gallons in and make it to Resaca. We all agreed that was doable. So… away we went. At 155 miles I sang out… I JUST WENT TO ¾ OF A TANK! Trevor… No way! He was sure it was stuck. At 195 miles… I just went to half… and the we were home. Trevor thinks that the tank has to hold more than 8 gallons as he was down to a ¼ tank before we rode home. I will drain that tank sometime and measure each gallon that goes in and see… sometime in the future. But for now I am happy with the result.
We got through the first section and it was a bit rough. The next section was new to us and it was even worse. That’s where I went down. It took us 7 hrs of riding to cover the 198 miles. My app auto pauses the time when we are stopped. So that 7 hrs is with none of the breaks we took.
Before we left Resaca we filled up our tanks and this was the first time with the new custom 8 gallon tank. Trevor (Wymbly1971 for the forum folks) has his stock Super Tenere. I asked him to let me know when his gas gage went to ¾. My tank adds the two gallons in height so it is all above where the float for the sending unit (gage float) is. Therefore I show full until the gas level drops below the floats top position. At around 75 miles Trevor let’s me know it changed to ¾ full. All through the day we ask each other how full is your tank. We do this so we can be aware of people’s need for gas. Trevor got to half and let us know. Mike was at half too. Guy, what do you have. I’m still on full. Towards the end of the day they are concerned about finding a way out as they were down to a quarter of a tank. Guy? I am still showing full! That float has to be stuck. Maybe, but I am averaging 41 mpg. I figure the stock tank goes down 2 gallons before it moves from full to ¾. So I think I will have to get near 160 miles before it drops. We finally find a way out after going the wrong way several times and ending at campsites or closed roads. Trevor figured out a path. We had just got off one of the worst roads of the day. It was really ugly (treacherous) and it ended up at a campsite and road closed beyond the campsite.
Down we went and the pavement came along and it was a wonderful curvy road with perfect pavement. It was Blue Ridge rd and it ended in Blue Ridge, Georgia. They gassed up… Guy, where you at? I’m still on full! You better fill up because that gage HAS TO BE STUCK! Ok, I will fill up my spare 2 gallon gas tank. If I run out of gas I can put the 2 gallons in and make it to Resaca. We all agreed that was doable. So… away we went. At 155 miles I sang out… I JUST WENT TO ¾ OF A TANK! Trevor… No way! He was sure it was stuck. At 195 miles… I just went to half… and the we were home. Trevor thinks that the tank has to hold more than 8 gallons as he was down to a ¼ tank before we rode home. I will drain that tank sometime and measure each gallon that goes in and see… sometime in the future. But for now I am happy with the result.
Want2
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Sounds like you are a rolling gas station.
Today was an easy day… but it was quite brisk. Heated jacket liner was on most of the day. We got out by 0830 and headed west. Wandering around looking for gravel. Didn’t find any…but we found a dead Armadillo in the road... Trevor thought that was cool as he had never seen one as they do not reside in Canada. A bit later we pulled over to find out where we were and we noticed an eagle sitting in a tree with two crows hassling it. It finally took off and flew away. After that we headed up towards Look Out Mountain and stopped at Point Park and we wandered around it and marveled that something like this could be taken. They have large plaques with the casualties. We were all surprised at the number of missing. Largest number on the boards. We left there and walked through the visitor center and learned a few things. Then we wound down to the valley floor and over to a Cycle Gear store where Mike bought a new Cardo Edge which allows us to talk between riders. Mike's old one quit working. We left there and wound our way back to Tommy’s house. I took a route that I know but just a bit into it we came upon a house fire. Smoke streaming across the road, fire trucks in the midst. We turned around and went to the other side of the mountain and took a curving route over the last mountain. It was Around 50° all day and a very strong north wind started blowing when we were on Look Out Mtn and kept up the rest of the day. Brrr, 27° tonight and we will start out later tomorrow!
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Been getting it dirty! Fell over twice and banged up the right pannier to match the left pannier. Driving home tomorrow. Today was all pavement. Did the Tail of the Dragon twice. The Rattler once and the Cherohala Skyway, Foothills Parkway and other roads. Did 370 miles today. Was a very twisty day.
Clouds and then some sprinkles late in the day.
Wymbly1971 is a good rider whether on road or rough gravel. He saw his first Armadillo too.
Clouds and then some sprinkles late in the day.
Wymbly1971 is a good rider whether on road or rough gravel. He saw his first Armadillo too.
cyclemike4
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great place to ride! Been on all those roads several times and crossed several gravel roads around the area. I like the off season there better. Not as crowded. Looks like you all had a great time but the armadillo not so much!
Cycledude
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How’s the bigger gas tank working out ?
We saw 4 cars on the Skyway and that's it. The Tail was almost deserted compared to a summer weekend. The rattler was empty too. We saw a Semi 18 wheeler coming through the Tail of the Dragon! Couple bikes a couple of curves ahead were giving us the slow down sign and then one of the photographers did too. The truck was 3/4 of the way through. Couldn't believe he got that far!
The last day I was flogging it on the dragon and I wasn't nice to it on the Skyway either. I don't notice the weight of the 2 extra gallons either. After a hard day my average was 43 mpg and I went 367 miles and she died. Coasted to a driveway and put my 2 gallons in and away I went. So I think if I was nice to it and trying to make distance I could probably hit 400 miles. Especially if I get rid of those 50 L panniers. Without them at 60 mph I was averaging 49 to 50 mpg. The only nitpick I could grouse about is that my handlebars are more forward and at the end of a long day I felt it between my shoulders. Besides that... I am happy to have done it!
Yep, very nice!