Nice pics Ray! Don't leave it so long till yer next set & update please - loving hearing about the BigTen :)

Selina

that thing is massive!

Looks amazingly front heavy.

Funny you should say that. The opposite is true.
I bought a Motolug collapsible trailer for it and had trouble with losing pins - came f**king close to losing my bike.
I found out that if I loaded the bike on the trailer with the boxes on the back, there was negative pressure on the tow ball (i.e. the trailer was putting no weight on the ball, in fact pulling it up - bloody dangerous).
This may sound odd, but the trailer needs to be attached before you can put the bike on it so you never actually feel the weight on the ball loaded.
Now I trailer it clean - doh !!

i saw one in a dealers & couldnt believe how compact it looked, must start saving

I totally agree. It's a convenience thing. As we have no car and travel about in a motorhome, it comes in handy for shopping and storing 2 lids in. When we hit the road with the bike on its own, it will be replaced with a lot bigger bag etc.

Anyway, I thought I would show all the doubting Thomas' just how effectively light this bike is:

Fat Old Git pickiong up unloaded Super Tenere....


I tried to embed the vid but failed...here is the simple link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwjixq9CxVY

Some advice on how to do it would be appreciated.

You only need the number so:-
[youtube]jwjixq9CxVY[/youtube]

I recon there's a fair amount of muscle un derneath that fat, but your technique is very good. Must have a try with my own Ten!:coolsmiley:

OGR, i've pmed u about the xt1200z oem sidecases.

Not good......
 

Sea air and Super Tenere's do not mix well....

I have just spent 10 days or so on the Costa Brava camped in our motorhome beside the sea. Whilst there we had a 4 day tornado that we fortunately were in the middle of.
Knowing that bike and salt do not make good bedfellows I wax washed it, twice, and covered it up with a breathable cover.
The likes of FS635 (or whatever its called) or gunk, or ACF50 do not appear to exist in Spain.
I even sprayed a thick mixture of Turtle Wax on the disks and spokes every day.

The result......
http://s310.photobucket.com/albums/k...d_P1000267.jpg
http://i310.photobucket.com/albums/k...d_P1000267.jpg
http://s310.photobucket.com/albums/k...d_P1000273.jpg
http://i310.photobucket.com/albums/k...d_P1000273.jpg

I am not happy... I have just spent 3 days removing all the spokes (2 at a time) and the disks to rub the rust off with a wire brush (on a drill) and then painted each spoke with clear laquer.

EDIT: This is the good bit. The tyres stayed on and inflated while I did all this - nice.

Is that is love and dedcation or what ?

Of course then I had to straighten the wheels out - actually that was the easy bit.

Ray, give me an address and I'll send you a can of ACF50. I mean it, I'll also send you a tub of aluminium polish (Alusolve) looks like you really need it and I need to return you a favour, remember?
Pm me your next address

Are the spokes chromed or stainless steel? Doesnt look like good chrome if it went that quickly.. ps I had the chrome spokes and nipples replaced under warrenty on a KTM950Adv I once owned though they only became stained at thread nipple interface after a full winter.