What you did to your Tenere today??!!

[EricV]

Do a search, there are a couple of threads that show more clearly. Unbolt the bottom nuts, add washers, re-fasten nuts.

 

[ricerooster]

Had my seat upholstered for my short ass. I can stand on the balls of my foot compared to tippy toeing. Also changed out my levers.

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[EricV]

Who did the seat work?

 

[ricerooster]

Who did the seat work?

Jim's upholstery in San Diego. $45 total, I was about to cough up $200 for a lowered seat but glad I held off.

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[Sorbemca]

Mounted my BOMOT panniers. Now it's a grocery getter, and with these monsters we are even Costco capable. Awesome construction on the boxes, the whole rig appears extremely well made. Only issue I found so far is the keys are a bit too short.

 

[ord13]

Equipped with Pirelli Scorpion Rally STR new tires.
For one year now, these tires seem to have a majority of positive votes on this kind of feathery bike

 

[elricfate]

Mounted my BOMOT panniers. Now it's a grocery getter, and with these monsters we are even Costco capable. Awesome construction on the boxes, the whole rig appears extremely well made. Only issue I found so far is the keys are a bit too short.

The keys are short, but the locks are shallow so it's a trade-off. I will say this, there's a satisfying hiss of air when you close the lids and clamp them down. It's like tupperware.

 

[elricfate]

Today I went ahead and made the rest of the 2015 ES, I picked up for a song, LED.



Since I don't have Deftoner's caps yet, I went ahead and made some from 83mm lighting caps and the factory ones, trimmed down, along with a little gorilla superglue.

 

[SparrowHawkxx]

Changed out my ambient temperature gauge. I had a nifty multicolored LCD one installed but it had an extremely narrow viewing angle and mounted flat on the dash infill meant I had to lean way forward or stand up to read it, especially with a tinted shield on. When it quit a couple of weeks ago I was not too terribly disappointed. At the time I bought this gauge I also bought an LED one so I dug that out and installed it splicing into the same power lead. Hmmmm, still won't work. Tracing back the wiring I found that the power wire had pulled out of the cheap Pep Boys inline filter I installed. Not sure if I need the filter for the LED gauge, but the display on LCD one would just flash all the segments and was illegible without it. Anyway, fixed the filter since it was simpler to do than re-wiring the source and all seems well. This gauge isn't waterproof, so I've doused it in ACF-50, hopefully that will help.

Sure wish Yamaha hadn't cheaped out and provided a proper ambient air sensor instead of using the one inside the air box. It's consistently 4-5 degrees higher than actual ambient temps when underway, even in cool weather. It reads even higher in hot weather or slow traffic.

I've not been able to find an ambient temp sensor that meets my needs. I want it bike powered, back-lighted for night time visibility and water proof. It must also have a remote sensor lead. I tried one with a built in sensor but sitting out on the dash it would heat up in the sun and give inaccurate readings. Any idea where I might find one?

These two meters meet the requirements you listed:
KOSO Mini 3 Ambient Air Temperature Meter
Mini 3 Ambient Temperature, Clock & Volt Meter
See the link for the instructions on their website.

This mounting bracket is also listed on their website under Accessories.
Bracket – for Super Slim, Mini & Mini 3 Style Meters

I was looking for something that met these requirements about 6 years ago and could not find anything. Then I found these at a KOSO display at a Progressive International Motorcycle Show.
I have a KOSO meter on each of my bikes, the oldest one has over 80,000 miles on it and is 5 1/2 years old. It has been through quite at bit of rain and still looks new. Never had any moisture in the display.

 

[WJBertrand]

Wow, thanks Sparrowhawxx! I never come across these units in my searches. Are they back lit as well? Though the descriptions don’t mention being waterproof it seems like you have good experience in this area. I may have to pick one of these up.


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[SparrowHawkxx]

Wow, thanks Sparrowhawxx! I never come across these units in my searches. Are they back lit as well? Though the descriptions don’t mention being waterproof it seems like you have good experience in this area. I may have to pick one of these up.

I've not been able to find an ambient temp sensor that meets my needs. I want it bike powered, back-lighted for night time visibility and water proof. It must also have a remote sensor lead. I tried one with a built in sensor but sitting out on the dash it would heat up in the sun and give inaccurate readings. Any idea where I might find one?

bike powered, - Yes
back-lighted for night time visibility - The display is back lit and very readable in the day or night. My wife has no trouble reading it from the passenger seat.
water proof - I was thinking this was in the description but I see that it's not. On the KOSO website look at the FAQs. link to the question
It has a Ingress Protection rating of 66. Does not meet the standard for being waterproof (must be submersible at a depth for some amount of time), but it has been waterproof for what I have put it through.

remote sensor lead - Yes it has a remote sensor lead but if the bike is sitting in the sun it will absorb heat and you will get inaccurate readings probably anywhere you put the sensor. I put the sensor where it does not get direct sun but it gets direct air flow, so once you are moving you get accurate readings in a short amount of time.

I will post some more info about my installation.

 

[SparrowHawkxx]

I mounted the KOSO Mini 3 Ambient Air Temperature Meter on my Tenere with a bracket that I made with a strip of aluminum. I bent it to match the shape on top of the instrument panel then used some Dual Lock type tape to mount the meter to the bracket and to mount the bracket to the top of my instrument panel.

I mounted the temperature sensor under the plastic triangular shaped piece above the headlight with the Yamaha logo on it. I used a zip tie to secure the wire close to the sensor so the sensor would stick out into the open space (in the air stream) under the plastic piece.


Supplies Used

• strip of 1 1/2" x 1/16" aluminum
• 3M Dual Lock type tape
  • Scotch Extreme Fasteners
  • Amazon -- Scotch Reclosable Fasteners, Clear, 1 x 3-Inches, 2 Sets (RF9730) or black
• Small zip tie

I have also used the KOSO bracket (see my reply, about 4 up) and used it as a mirror mount for one of the meters. Then used the dual lock tape to attach the meter to the bracket. You can then zip tie the sensor so it is behind the plastic hand guard or drill a hole (same diameter as the probe) and stick the probe in the hole.

 

[elricfate]

Installed the Altrider master cylinder guard. One of the few farkles not done. Got it for a steal open box from RevZilla for 28 bucks.

 

[EricV]

Wore down the tires some more.

 

[bnschroder]

Checked front and rear pads.
Front very ok still after 32736 miles. New Pads measure appr. 8.5 mm (4mm base, 4.5 mm friction material) and mine were still about 7.2 mm thick. I think they may well have another 32K in them. But I was missing both safety pins on the right caliper; fortunately a problem which a ride to ACE and 65 cents corrected.
Rear not so cool. I think I took them all the way to their limit (and replaced them). Needed to syphon off quite a bit of brake fluid.

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[holligl]

Busy 24 hours. Replaced rear E-07 Dakar with a E-07+ Dakar. Replaced rear brake disk and pads, and lubed rear suspension linkage and swing arm.

Wasted a couple hours replacing the rear drive shaft seal I had ordered after looking at the sequence in the manual. Won't do that again.

Also stopped short of fully removing the front bolt on the suspension relay arm, since I didn't want to remove the whole exhaust.

The worst suspension point was the lower shock bolt, cleaned up OK, but I will replace it next time.

IMHO, the ES is a real pain to remove the rear shock. Noticeably higher on the side stand with the new rubber.


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[EricV]

Busy 24 hours. Replaced rear E-07 Dakar with a E-07+ Dakar.
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Noticeably higher on the side stand with the new rubber.

More leaned over on the side stand? (from the deeper tread) Or sitting up straiter? I'm guessing the former.

 

[holligl]

More leaned over on the side stand? (from the deeper tread) Or sitting up straiter? I'm guessing the former.

Yes, more learned over.

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[bnschroder]

Received the cheap Chinese windshield spoiler from Amazon and installed it.
Overall looks and quality seem good. Now I need to take it out for a spin.
Wanted to have an alternative to the XL Parabellum barn door I have been using (which I still like very much, except off road and standing when it looms like the blade of a Guillotine).

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[Kyle_E]

Received the cheap Chinese windshield spoiler from Amazon and installed it.
Overall looks and quality seem good. Now I need to take it out for a spin.
Wanted to have an alternative to the XL Parabellum barn door I have been using (which I still like very much, except off road and standing when it looms like the blade of a Guillotine).
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I tried one of these things in the past. I just can't tolerate anything in my sight line.