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I’ll check out my usual tyre Guy and see what he can do for me. They’ve given me the tag of being a shredder as I get so many miles out of my tyres And use them until they’re dead.
What you did to your Tenere today??!!
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I’ll check out my usual tyre Guy and see what he can do for me. They’ve given me the tag of being a shredder as I get so many miles out of my tyres And use them until they’re dead.
Since Yamaha is having all their XT1200 accessories on sale/parting out I bought the last carbon part that I didn’t have. Oh and a pair of underwear while I was at it 
Is it an upgrade? I am still in doubt. What do you think? We are talking about the exhaust cover, not my underwear
Is it an upgrade? I am still in doubt. What do you think? We are talking about the exhaust cover, not my underwear
Jiivee
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Today I replaced all rear wheel bearings. The tool kit didn't have a part for a 22mm bearing, but I made a suitable one from a truck wheel bolt and it worked fine. The bearings are easy to knock out with this special tool.
Jiivee
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After replacing the bearings I installed a new tire. Tomorrow, the same things to the front wheel.
I have one of those kits for pulling bearings. Stays in the cabinet where I put it to live as I found it useless. Gone back to the old method of knocking them out.Today I replaced all rear wheel bearings. The tool kit didn't have a part for a 22mm bearing, but I made a suitable one from a truck wheel bolt and it worked fine. The bearings are easy to knock out with this special tool.
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Glad that the kit works for you though.
Then again, no tool worked when I had to knock out the original triple tree bearings of a Kawasaki GPZ1000-A (1986) a couple of years ago. They were in there hard and didn’t want to move for anyone.
I got ‘em
MattR
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Started reassembling after it’s annual strip down and deep clean. New exhaust studs and nuts fitted with new gaskets prior to exhaust refit. Unbolted the front calipers for cleaning and found some corrosion on the pistons that wouldn’t clean off. Looks like she going to need new pistons and seals soon.
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RCinNC
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New front wheel bearings for me too. There wasn't anything wrong with the old ones, but with the bike just shy of 100,000 miles, I figured it was a good time.
escapefjrtist
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Tenere got some maintenance love today, oil and final drive plus a new take off rear tire.
Yep, made sure the fill hole opened before draining.
Drained both oil holes...
‘Stone AT41 didn’t do anything particularly well and only lasted 5800 miles. Not a do over. Take off Metzler Next back on to finish off front. Rear pads have a couple thousand miles left. Have spares.
All in all a good day!
~G
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Yep, made sure the fill hole opened before draining.
Drained both oil holes...
‘Stone AT41 didn’t do anything particularly well and only lasted 5800 miles. Not a do over. Take off Metzler Next back on to finish off front. Rear pads have a couple thousand miles left. Have spares.
All in all a good day!
~G
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RCinNC
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McMaster Carr is my happy place.
You picked a good time to do them. I’ve found that doing them every 100,000km /60,000 mi seems to work for me.
I’m itching for my new seat to show up… ordered a new cover with gel and custom design from Top Sellerie (France). They’ve finished making it and IT’s in the post…
Will need to pull the existing one off and staple the new one on.
Will need to pull the existing one off and staple the new one on.
yen_powell
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Chucked two new tyres on yesterday. I fitted Metzler Tourance NEXTs again, the last ones lasted for about 14,000 miles, very very square though.
I found that the front wheel was still in balance with the existing weights on there, so left it that way.
Balanced the rear for the first time ever and was shocked at how many weights I had to fit. But looking at a picture above this post (by escapefjrtist) it looks to have a similar amount of weights as I've just put on, that's assuming he has them on both sides of the rim?? Test rode the bike today and it all feels fine.
edited cos I put the wrong tyre name first time around.
I found that the front wheel was still in balance with the existing weights on there, so left it that way.
Balanced the rear for the first time ever and was shocked at how many weights I had to fit. But looking at a picture above this post (by escapefjrtist) it looks to have a similar amount of weights as I've just put on, that's assuming he has them on both sides of the rim?? Test rode the bike today and it all feels fine.
edited cos I put the wrong tyre name first time around.
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had a mobile mechanic come to the house, front end was already off, to change head bearings, waiting for forks to come back
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Boris
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Did you have the EXPs stashed away? I thought they were no longer available.
yen_powell
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I did have them stashed away, bought them about 6 months ago, but I was wrong, they are Tourance NEXTs not EXPs.
RCinNC
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Did he need an air compressor?
lol no he never, the only issue as you know was the bearing on the shaft, tried chiselling no luck bearing broke up a bit, put heat on it still tight,
cut it off with my dremel in the end, i would never got the new bearing on that shaft after either, he used a piece of fork tube about 18" long that he uses to drive the bearing down it worked a treat
rob
escapefjrtist
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Nope, weights on one side. The take-off Next took 28g to balance (perfectly I might add), exactly the same as the spent 'stone AT41 but rotated about 90 degrees. As long as the rim/tire combo takes under 56g to balance I don't get too concerned. Over that and I'll break the bead and rotate the tire to see if it will balance with less weight.
~G