mctonyb
New Member
Finally got some real tires installed and hit every dirt road around my house. I can't wait for some real off-roading this weekend!
What you did to your Tenere today??!!
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Mzee
Active Member
Get the Excel Throttle http://www.excelthrottlecontrol.com/ you will never regret it.booner223 said:
Installed my new Throttle Rocker.
Mzee
Active Member
booner223 said:
Installed my new Throttle Rocker.
Get the Excel Throttle http://www.excelthrottlecontrol.com/ you will never regret it.
booner223
New Member
Mzee I have looked at the excel throttle lock and am very interested just have to put the funds together. The throttle rocker is more for the long days of twisties.
Geekay
Member
are they any good? - don't they just fit in the palm of your hand? or do you operate it with your thumb or something?booner223 said:
booner223
New Member
Throttle Rocker relieves the pressure on your wrist. You can basically open your fingers up but still operate the throttle. You end up using more of your forearm to manipulate the throttle. Instead of always twisting your wrist. I usually set mine in a position that as I get to cruising speed my wrist is in a comfortable spot so that I no longer have to maintain a twisting motion on the throttle to keep it steady. They're cheap too. I think I bought mine for 11 bucks. Get the Velcro strapped kind.
Mzee
Active Member
If you mean the Excel Throttle, I have had mine for a year and it is the best modification I made on the S10 before the modern Cruise control was introduced on the S10. It only draw back is that it does not compensate for deceleration but while still lock I always turn the throttle slightly to increase power and it has worked for me. If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to ask.
jiml53
Member
On the way to Watson Lake, YT
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Wired a switch into the power wire of my Baja Squadron lights controller to eliminate the flakey, wireless remote that works intermittently and eats batteries. Now that the dimmer is set to my satisfaction in low beam, the remote won't be needed. Besides, the power button on the remote only allows you to turn off the lights while in low beam, if you have the dimmer bypass connected to the high beam wire.
I wired mine this way when I first installed my Onyx light bar. Really like the way that it works.Tenerator12 said:
ronski
New Member
busy few days ahead...
install back-off dual LED license plate frame-- done today
install powerlet socket @ left front-- opposite of existing power socket-- done today
install rox risers
install backrest cushion on jesse topbox
run additional power to back of bike to feed into the topbox
install back-off dual LED license plate frame-- done today
install powerlet socket @ left front-- opposite of existing power socket-- done today
install rox risers
install backrest cushion on jesse topbox
run additional power to back of bike to feed into the topbox
FrontRangeRider
Member
Paid my deposit to buy it! 
Mzee
Active Member
Photos are always interesting and tell your story wellronski said:
ronski
New Member
point taken!Mzee said:
I'll see what I can do....
Oh yeah! Now the fun begins-congrats!FrontRangeRider said:Paid my deposit to buy it!
barkingllizard
Well-Known Member
Rode some...
Cranbrook to Creston, up 3A to Crawford Bay, ferry boat across Kootenay Lake to Balfour,
right turn off the boat up 31 to Kaslo, left turn onto 31A to New Denver...
south on 6 to Castlegar with a slight meander on 3 then 39 crossing into
the land of inexpensive refined petroleum at Boundary, Washington,
south on 25 beside the beautiful Columbia River to Kettle Falls...
518 kms and nothing but sunshine.....
Cranbrook to Creston, up 3A to Crawford Bay, ferry boat across Kootenay Lake to Balfour,
right turn off the boat up 31 to Kaslo, left turn onto 31A to New Denver...
south on 6 to Castlegar with a slight meander on 3 then 39 crossing into
the land of inexpensive refined petroleum at Boundary, Washington,
south on 25 beside the beautiful Columbia River to Kettle Falls...
518 kms and nothing but sunshine.....
A simply sunny ride. 8)barkingllizard said:
Technically yesterday, but arrived home after 7,312 kms (4,570 mls) two-up with my wife. We rode to San Diego/Mexican border via the Pacific Coast Highway then back to Alberta via Lake Tahoe, McCall (Lake Payette) and Glacier National Park.
Provinces/States visited: Alberta, BC, Washington, California, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon and Montana.
Hottest riding: 46 deg C / 115 deg F near El Centro on the Mexican border! That's hot.
Coolest riding: 6 deg C / 43 F on Hwy 139 near Eagle Lake north of Susanville early in the morning.
It would be an understatement to say we visited some beautiful countryside and met many friendly people.
I bought a new rear tire in Ventura, but my bike was flawless.
Provinces/States visited: Alberta, BC, Washington, California, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon and Montana.
Hottest riding: 46 deg C / 115 deg F near El Centro on the Mexican border! That's hot.
Coolest riding: 6 deg C / 43 F on Hwy 139 near Eagle Lake north of Susanville early in the morning.
It would be an understatement to say we visited some beautiful countryside and met many friendly people.
I bought a new rear tire in Ventura, but my bike was flawless.
Thunderwear
Member
Finally got the OEM luggage and also installed the wind winglets. Covered up those dang gold forks too.
booner223
New Member
Learned first hand why Altrider makes the universal joint protector that attaches to the subframe and doesn't allow your pants to get caught on it. Unfortunately, I haven't bought that upgrade yet and decided to lighten the bike a little by tipping it over, narrowly missing putting a huge dent into my wife's new car, and knocking off the curb filler for the foot peg. It also bent the kickstand thing-a-mah-jig. I thought it might just bend back but no it also snapped off. Hence the slightly lighter bike. Good news is. Anyone that hasn't tested the Yamaha engine guards and was wondering about their durability, don't. They are a little scuffed up but preformed as they should.
The culprit. Anyone have a cheap fix for this problem?
The culprit. Anyone have a cheap fix for this problem?