What you did to your Tenere today??!!

[jasonmb]

FEDEX man came today....

 

[Siseneg]

Tested the tip-over switch. It takes about 3 seconds for the switch to kill the motor when you fall of at 0 mph (Rolled off the centerstand next to a 4 inch drop and simply did not have the dab-ability to stop the tip). Lesson learned on where to park ... Laying sideways, both wheels still over the pavement but handlebars and pegs in the down sloping dirt. Made for a tough pick-up but I eventually got is (whew). I usually just ride off of the centerstand but decided I'd rock it off and stay for a few seconds for some reason... 15 minutes later I had it picked back up.

Oil pressure warning took quite a while to turn off.

So .. for the record ... it was a dark and stormy night; I did not see that I had no foot-planting place until it was too late oopsy

 

[creggur]

Cut and installed Mcbrien's home made Worldcrosser tank grip mod.

 

[EricV]

Tested the tip-over switch. It takes about 3 seconds for the switch to kill the motor when you fall of at 0 mph.

Yep, did that myself today, (again). You know, just to make sure it still worked... : Yeah, that's it. Loose sand/dirt, was doing pretty good in one track and it got knarly and the front wheel went more into the center... way loose and deeper, down I went. Really slow speed and the guards all did what they are supposed to do. Dug in and picked up the bike via the Skirt method w/o too much struggle, restart, back into TCS2 and powered my way out to the firmer stuff and on down the dirt road. ::013::

 

[AlsoRan]

Tested the tip-over switch. It takes about 3 seconds for the switch to kill the motor when you fall of at 0 mph

I did the same thing a couple of weeks ago. Had a brain cramp and was thinking that I was on a 230 pound bike again and whipped a U-turn on a narrow slanted road. I made the turn but with the wife on the back and no momentum, it started to go over and I could not stop it. The tip-over switch worked perfect. Some gas leaked out form somewhere - a vent tube or maybe the CA canister. Other than that, we picked it up, straightened the bars and all was good. Only later did I find the Trax pannier had caved in.

 

[snakebitten]

I'm in the tip-over switch club.

Few days back I was taking a grass route to a car dealership, to avoid the paved alternative that required going around the long way. (Similar to taking an exit off a highway where there is no exit. If you know what I mean. Hehe)

Perfectly manicured highway side turf. Looking like a Stud on the Beast arriving to the entrance.

Last obstacle was a simple ditch. The grass looked just as perfect in the ditch as that on both sides. But the front wheel quickly revealed that the green St. Augustine was a sly cover for about 8" of wet black mud.

Probably would have made it had I been ready for the sudden reduction in momentum. But my heft, combined with standing on the pegs, had me out of position.

Down she went. And I became the sideshow for all passing traffic.

Humbled. I just took my time and swallowed the deserved medicine. Struggled to stand her up with my feet being in that mud. But the tip over protection worked. And she fired back up just fine.

 

[pteppic]

Installed 2" Rox Risers and a Vizi-Tec brake light modulator. I may need to talk to Jaxon about longer cables.

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[tomatocity]

Installed 2" Rox Risers and a Vizi-Tec brake light modulator. I may need to talk to Jaxon about longer cables.

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Glad to see you received the Viz-Tec modulator.

 

[Old Jock]

I put on some Wasp-Works decals and a Vizi-Tec brake light unit. Sure do enjoy the ideas and how-tos on this forum. I also hooked up some Rigid 6" LED's to the high beam switch, and wired a Flash-2-Pass unit to my right turn signal wires.

 

[HoebSTer]

i got a chance to install the rear Yamaha LED turnsignals. I removed the LEd ones from CycleGear which are identical to the TouraTech ones. If you are to spend the money for the TouraTech signals, get the Yamaha ones instead. They are so much brighter. They also fit correct to the original rubber extenders.

 

[everetto]

I ordered Odyssey paniers from Jesse - they have 10% off for forum members till the end of the month.

 

[coastie]

Where they difficult to wire in?

 

[ali sarpkaya]

I installed some items last weekend

Givi CB
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Made a clutch Switch
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Handlebar risers 30mm
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GPS-mounting bracket
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Headlight protection
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Parrabellum 26 inch XL Wind Screen
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Led Fog lights
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OEM SP
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Front fender extension
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Daytona heated-grips from Off The Road and fog light switch from e-bay
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World crosser kit
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Finally
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[snuffcityrider]

Any body know of a U.S. distributor for the Daytona heated grips?

 

[x-box]

I got myself a Tank bag and this morning I installed an Altrider luggage rack - great piece of kit!

 

[big dave]

emptied the petrol tank, ran it until stalled, sprayed inside of tank with wd40, sprayed bike with scottoil anticorrosive, covered with bike cover and stored in stable until spring.
Good job I've still got my TDM900, off road toy and winter project to keep me going

 

[pteppic]

Re: Re: What you did to your Tenere today??!!

emptied the petrol tank, ran it until stalled, sprayed inside of tank with wd40, sprayed bike with scottoil anticorrosive, covered with bike cover and stored in stable until spring.
Good job I've still got my TDM900, off road toy and winter project to keep me going

This type of post makes a California rider sad. :'(

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[big dave]

Re: Re: What you did to your Tenere today??!!

This type of post makes a California rider sad. :'(

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yeh, just been "facebooking" with an old friend who now lives in Spain. He was "bemoaning" the fact that he has had to ride in the rain twice in the last 5 years !!!! ::010:: ::010:: ::010::

 

[Don in Lodi]

emptied the petrol tank, ran it until stalled, sprayed inside of tank with wd40, sprayed bike with scottoil anticorrosive, covered with bike cover and stored in stable until spring.
Good job I've still got my TDM900, off road toy and winter project to keep me going

You park the bike with ABS and traction control and keep riding the TDM? ???

 

[thfraser]

Re: Re: What you did to your Tenere today??!!

yeh, just been "facebooking" with an old friend who now lives in Spain. He was "bemoaning" the fact that he has had to ride in the rain twice in the last 5 years !!!! ::010:: ::010:: ::010::

That individual needs to join the Poser thread started by Bloodline!