What you did to your Tenere today??!!

[Tempesc]

Took it for its maiden ride. Running in so a few hours of bimbling on the road less travelled in my open face helmet


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[Scouse]

I've just returned from a 10 day trip to Morzine in the French Alps, it was a Harley Davidson sponsored motorcycle festival in the town. I accompanied my friend who was on his Road King. I'm glad I was on the S10, it ran rings about the Harley, especially on those bouncey twisty mountain roads, and was far more economical too. I averaged well over 50mpg for the whole trip, the RK about 40ish mpg.
I have owned three Harleys, last one about 10years ago, and have ridden an Electraglide for a few weeks around south west USA, so I do have a soft spot for them. Would I ever have one again as my main bike.....? I very much doubt it. The S10 and other similar bikes are so much more versatile, and offer more value for money.

 

[barkingllizard]

shorter ride today, taking it slow [less rpms] on the brand new engine...
was surprised by the 1st gear 26 kph riding on the Trans Canada Parking Lot going past Springbank Airport,
RCMPolice watching closely to move people along who were parking on the side on the #1 Highway to watch the airshow,
saw the Canadian Snowbirds doing some low level formation and acrobatics flying...

installed the decals on my side cases...

as perfect as perfect can be... the lightbar is an Admore...

the reflective Yamaha Circle, I got from Jaxon at RideOnAdv, same as I did on my 2012... new ride, new decal...

and on the left, reflective as well, Fins Up, cause Jimmy Buffett.....

 

[bigbob]

700 miles from Des Moines to Denver,
Basically 83 mph from Lincoln to Denver in 90+ heat. Not a problem. Hit a storm about an hour out of Denver. In 20 minutes 91 to 65 degrees. Did slow down on wet for a while.

 

[wtwill]

I installed new rubber. TKC 70 front and rear. They were fairly easy to spoon on. Of course they were baking in the sun in 100 degree heat so that softened them up quite a bit. I have a long gravel drive way so I took a short test ride. Totally different ride on gravel from the Battlewings. The Battlewings felt like they were on marbles on gravel. The 70's feel completely stable, I can actually lean into turns with no "marble" feel. ::26:: Taking the bike 2up to N. GA next weekend so I will have more to report on the tires then.

 

[Masterkick]

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I installed new rubber. TKC 70 front and rear. They were fairly easy to spoon on. Of course they were baking in the sun in 100 degree heat so that softened them up quite a bit. I have a long gravel drive way so I took a short test ride. Totally different ride on gravel from the Battlewings. The Battlewings felt like they were on marbles on gravel. The 70's feel completely stable, I can actually lean into turns with no "marble" feel. ::26:: Taking the bike 2up to N. GA next weekend so I will have more to report on the tires then.

 

[Dirt_Dad]

Finally got out from under the oppressive thumb of mother Yamaha's by the book break-in procedure. Yes, I'm one of those guys who figures the engineers at Yamaha probably have some clue of what should be done. Despite looking a bit naive, I do follow the book.

Now that I am allowed to start riding like myself, I discovered a couple of things. The bike really starts to pull impressively from about 4500 on up. That was a nice Easter egg to find. It does more to stretch arm length in the upper rev ranges. ::008::

I also discovered the I'm not a fan of the LED tachometer. ::007:: I miss the 2012 model look and instantly see how close to red line you're getting. If you don't have red line memorized on the '15 you actually have to look at it a bit longer to see what's happening. Even if you do have it memorized there is no good instant glace indicator. I'll probably need to put some red tape on the glass.

 

[x-box]

As you all can see I don't post much at all, but follow quite a few threads and love the information in these pages and the passion of the riders for their bikes!
And speaking of information - it helped me to install an Eastern Beaver PC8, Oxford heated grips, power outlet, compressor power lead, LED spotlights and new battery this weekend. All went well and seem to work so far, thanks to posts on this forum that I could refer to.
Yamaha XT1200Z ROCKS!! ::022::

 

[wtwill]

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Here You go! Hope it works, I have never uploaded pics before

 

[bigbob]

Rode a 100 miles of mountain gravel and twisties. Two water crossings. Learned a lot from Mark also on a Tenere, and the other guy who was not. Name withheld to protect the innocent or guilty.

 

[nga]

Started off the day right, with a healthy breakfast

Made my way up to nation's highest peak, east of the Mississippi River, and it's beautiful, even in the clouds.

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[Masterkick]

Here You go! Hope it works, I have never uploaded pics before

Looks great! Enjoy your trip to North Ga.

 

[Checkswrecks]

Go Bob! Looks like fun.
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Rode a 100 miles of mountain gravel and twisties. Two water crossings. Learned a lot from Mark also on a Tenere, and the other guy who was not. Name withheld to protect the innocent or guilty.

 

[Masterkick]

Rode a 100 miles of mountain gravel and twisties. Two water crossings. Learned a lot from Mark also on a Tenere, and the other guy who was not. Name withheld to protect the innocent or guilty.

Great pictures! Looks like one awesome ride! ::012::

 

[Masterkick]

Started off the day right, with a healthy breakfast

Made my way up to nation's highest peak, east of the Mississippi River, and it's beautiful, even in the clouds.

Looks like an awesome ride! Great pictures!
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[Dirt_Dad]

Finished assembling the Hepco Becker side rack. The side cases never left the side of the my Teneres for over 50K miles. My intention is to now leave them home except on my long distance rides. That's the intention...we'll see how it works out.





Finished setting up and adjusting. They have been removed and hung up in the barn.

 

[Checkswrecks]

The new bike is looking GREAT!

Finished assembling the Hepco Becker side rack. The side cases never left the side of the my Teneres for over 50K miles. My intention is to now leave them home except on my long distance rides. That's the intention...we'll see how it works out.





Finished setting up and adjusting. They have been removed and hung up in the barn.

 

[Masterkick]

Finished assembling the Hepco Becker side rack. The side cases never left the side of the my Teneres for over 50K miles. My intention is to now leave them home except on my long distance rides. That's the intention...we'll see how it works out.





Finished setting up and adjusting. They have been removed and hung up in the barn.

Did the Hepco and Becker mounts give you the ability to easily disconnect the side cases? If so what did you use? Im running a similar set up on Moose racing mounts which don't have the option of easily removing the side cases..

 

[Dirt_Dad]

The new bike is looking GREAT!

Thanks, the bike is growing on me. Most of the major work that will impact how it looks is done. The final thing that remains (looks wise) is to get those 80/20 tires off it and the E07s on. I always think a knobby just looks better. I'll get to it. Unless I'm away from home, I expect the bike to look like this most of the time.



At 1200+ miles I no longer have Yamaha nagging me to avoid prolonged operation above xx RPMs. The results of unshackling my right wrist have done a lot to help me warm up to the bike. It really is noticeably quicker than my unflashed, clutch jumpered 2012s. It is not as fast as your flashed bike, CW. I felt confident I could twist my wrist in a turn and easily break traction on your bike, I have not found that to be the case on my '15. The extra grunt on the '15 seems very usable. Of course I'm only starting to explore this bike and I reserve the right to revise and extend my findings.

Did the Hepco and Becker mounts give you the ability to easily disconnect the side cases? If so what did you use? Im running a similar set up on Moose racing mounts which don't have the option of easily removing the side cases..

It took me approximately 90 seconds to go from that picture of cases fully installed, to the rack hanging on the wall. It comes off quickly with three 1/4 turn fasteners on each side. Obviously that could be a security concern when leaving the bike parked overnight in some hotel parking lot. With the cases locked on the rack it would be more challenging to get the rack off so fast, but still could be removed with minimal difficulty.

Caribou does sell a bolt system that replaces the 1/4 turn fastener with a nut/bolt situation. On my last bike I had replaced one fastener on each side. Not sure what I'll do on this bike. I may just run a cable lock through it when parking it out of sight.

 

[Masterkick]

::008::

Thanks, the bike is growing on me. Most of the major work that will impact how it looks is done. The final thing that remains (looks wise) is to get those 80/20 tires off it and the E07s on. I always think a knobby just looks better. I'll get to it. Unless I'm away from home, I expect the bike to look like this most of the time.



At 1200+ miles I no longer have Yamaha nagging me to avoid prolonged operation above xx RPMs. The results of unshackling my right wrist have done a lot to help me warm up to the bike. It really is noticeably quicker than my unflashed, clutch jumpered 2012s. It is not as fast as your flashed bike, CW. I felt confident I could twist my wrist in a turn and easily break traction on your bike, I have not found that to be the case on my '15. The extra grunt on the '15 seems very usable. Of course I'm only starting to explore this bike and I reserve the right to revise and extend my findings.



It took me approximately 90 seconds to go from that picture of cases fully installed, to the rack hanging on the wall. It comes off quickly with three 1/4 turn fasteners on each side. Obviously that could be a security concern when leaving the bike parked overnight in some hotel parking lot. With the cases locked on the rack it would be more challenging to get the rack off so fast, but still could be removed with minimal difficulty.

Caribou does sell a bolt system that replaces the 1/4 turn fastener with a nut/bolt situation. On my last bike I had replaced one fastener on each side. Not sure what I'll do on this bike. I may just run a cable lock through it when parking it out of sight.