What you did to your Tenere today??!!

[trainman]

12,000 mile service and new rear tyre, just as we get a load of rain and all the leaves coming down, trusting in the TCS I think.
might be the fresh oil but engine sounds a little more noisy - maybe just PSP (post service paranoia)

new pair of heated gloves too, half price on ebay from dealer - toasty
ride warm, mark

 

[NeoCon]

Re: Where did you go with your Tenere

Finished installing these BikeVis LED strips. A bit blingy maybe, but they should boast my visibilityand anyways , I like 'em

 

[Don in Lodi]

12,000 mile service and new rear tyre, just as we get a load of rain and all the leaves coming down, trusting in the TCS I think.
might be the fresh oil but engine sounds a little more noisy - maybe just PSP (post service paranoia)

new pair of heated gloves too, half price on ebay from dealer - toasty
ride warm, mark

Did they adjust valves at 12000? That's about the only thing they could have done to make it noisier... if it's not PSP. ::001::

 

[holligl]

Reset my clock after coming off DST last weekend. Cut a ride short this afternoon because I thought it was later than it was.
Rode about 150 miles round trip to Rock Cut State Park in 70* November weather in northern Illinois. Can't be many of these days left.

 

[bnschroder]

Torqued my spokes. Front all spot on. Rear all needed a twist, some a full quarter turn. Not cool, but no damage done.


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[VRODE]

Oil, filter and rear drive oil end of season change. It's supposed to be warm and sunny tomorrow. A late season ride is in order I think.

 

[markbxr400]

Weather down here is just becoming perfect. While many are putting their bikes and boats away this time of the year, we are just ramping up for the best time of the year. Rode backroads again today with my shotgun over to Pensacola to shoot skeet.

 

[TomZ]

Did the 1st valve check on my 2015 ST at 26K+ miles. All were in spec and the top end looked great. This is my 3rd time around on valves for the ST (twice on the 2012) and I learn something new each time. This time I learned that a set of Harbor Freight dental picks makes short work of correctly seating the valve cover gasket. Removing the front engine mount (4 bolts) and pivoting the electrical panel out of the way (also 4 bolts) is essential for seeing the gasket along the front and sides of the valve cover.

Afterwards I took a long ride through the hills along the Columbia Gorge, which are gorgeous this time of year. The engine seemed to run smoother than before, perhaps due to new plugs and air filter.

 

[Don T]

Winter has arrived early this year in my part of the world.
Today (while it was snowing outside) I spend the day in the garage giving my bike some TLC to make it ready for winter storage.

The job for today was to check/clean/lube the shaft drive, swing arm and rear suspension.

In the proces I discovered that the shaft splines on my bike was nicely greased from the factory.
I also discovered that several bolts was corroded - especially the lower shock bolt and the dog bone bolts.
There was also corrosion on the shaft and a few other places:

I cleaned, removed rust, lubed and greased everything before putting it back together.
It feels good knowing that everything now is clean and properly greased...

 

[Don in Lodi]

Did the 1st valve check on my 2015 ST at 26K+ miles. All were in spec and the top end looked great. This is my 3rd time around on valves for the ST (twice on the 2012) and I learn something new each time. This time I learned that a set of Harbor Freight dental picks makes short work of correctly seating the valve cover gasket. Removing the front engine mount (4 bolts) and pivoting the electrical panel out of the way (also 4 bolts) is essential for seeing the gasket along the front and sides of the valve cover.

Afterwards I took a long ride through the hills along the Columbia Gorge, which are gorgeous this time of year. The engine seemed to run smoother than before, perhaps due to new plugs and air filter.

I used a 3M 'super' weather strip adhesive to tack the gasket to the clean valve cover. The tech that checked my valves didn't, that's why I did. Had to replace two coils as well, one broken (wtf?) and the other had oil soaked rubber bits.

 

[greg the pole]

Winter has arrived early this year in my part of the world.
Today (while it was snowing outside) I spend the day in the garage giving my bike some TLC to make it ready for winter storage.

The job for today was to check/clean/lube the shaft drive, swing arm and rear suspension.

In the proces I discovered that the shaft splines on my bike was nicely greased from the factory.
I also discovered that several bolts was corroded - especially the lower shock bolt and the dog bone bolts.
There was also corrosion on the shaft and a few other places:

I cleaned, removed rust, lubed and greased everything before putting it back together.
It feels good knowing that everything now is clean and properly greased...

did you check your swing arm plug?

 

[Don T]

did you check your swing arm plug?

What do you mean by swing arm plug?

 

[RED CAT]

Thats a Gen 2 bike Greg. Thats another of the 100 things they improved on the newer bikes. The swing arm plugs are much tighter than on the Gen 1 bikes.

 

[Britt]

My first task on my recently purchased ES. Up-rated battery for easier cold morning starts:

 

[Checkswrecks]

What do you mean by swing arm plug?

On the right swing arm, facing the tire is a rubber plug. A number of people have had it come out, allowing water and dirt to enter. Some people have used a little RTV or rubber cement to keep it in place.

 

[greg the pole]

Thats a Gen 2 bike Greg. Thats another of the 100 things they improved on the newer bikes. The swing arm plugs are much tighter than on the Gen 1 bikes.

nice.

 

[tomatocity]

My first task on my recently purchased ES. Up-rated battery for easier cold morning starts:

What battery did you purchase?

 

[Don T]

On the right swing arm, facing the tire is a rubber plug. A number of people have had it come out, allowing water and dirt to enter. Some people have used a little RTV or rubber cement to keep it in place.

I glued that one in place as one of the first things when I got the bike last year - it's still firmly in place.

For the record I bought the bike from new in August last year and it now has littler over 40.000 km on the clock.
I most say that I was a little surprised to find the amount of corrosion that I did...

 

[Britt]

What battery did you purchase?

Yuasa YTZ14S which is 230 CCA versus 210 CCA on the stock battery. Same physical size so goes in with no problem.

I made the same change on my Aprilia Caponord and noticed better cold weather starts in my unheated garage.

 

[greg the pole]

I glued that one in place as one of the first things when I got the bike last year - it's still firmly in place.

For the record I bought the bike from new in August last year and it now has littler over 40.000 km on the clock.
I most say that I was a little surprised to find the amount of corrosion that I did...

good. I didn't find mine till my final drive started leaking at 35k km...
That was a tough lesson
https://thetenerist.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/rear-shaft-drive-seal-replacement-and-staintune-pipe/