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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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wtwill said: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.
Here You go! Hope it works, I have never uploaded pics beforeMasterkick said:::006::
Looks great! Enjoy your trip to North Ga.wtwill said:Here You go! Hope it works, I have never uploaded pics before
BigBob said: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::BigBob said: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 said: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 said: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 said: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.
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.Checkswrecks said:The new bike is looking GREAT!
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.Masterkick said: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 said: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.