I bent my rear brake pedal a number of times in the US, and as Mooby suggests - it bends out very easily, but is a right booger to bend back straight...

As part of the rally bike prep, I simply chopped a third off the pedal tip:

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And this stopped it catching on anything, including the ground in the inevitable offs... you can also add a 'brake snake' cable (I did, didn't seem to need it though) which cost about �3.50 from race spec etc.

Jx

ps. Stoic is right - the footrest brackets (U shaped piece of tin) are a weak link if you spend a lot of time riding standing up, and/or use your left footpeg to get on and off like I do... I've had two crack now (thankfully not ever break right off) - I'd beef up the welds there before you go, if you have a local welder who fancies a pint...

great tips thanks ill look at the gear lever mod
3 quid for a snake is not going to break the bank either
at least yamaha have fitted a mild steel lever

i wonder if the bigger footrests put more strain on the bracket .. i got some off ebay
and their much better .. but may contribute to the problem ..

luckily welding is a strong point for me ..

im really looking forward to getting going now the new year is rolling on
:happy:

thanks very much .. i may have tracked down one with the two horizontal bolt holes
ill get in touch if i struggle but i should be fine
i appriciate the info from everyone i really do .. thanks

over the winter month's I have been Getting the bike ready for our trip to Morocco and I wanted to fit a better engine guard than my Tenere came with.
Having had a look what was on offer I went for the Adventure Spec one.
This seem's to be the strongest on the market.
When it was fitted to the bike I tought that they just may be a slight chance that a stone could still get between the gap on each side of the alloy guard.
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So Craig and I thought it best to Fill the gap's in just to make sure that there was total protection to the bottom of the engine.

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Standerd the Yamaha Tenere come's with a none flick back rear brake lever.
We have seen a few of these catch when off roading and bend right back ,and they can not so easily be bent back in to shape.
So I cut the end off my brake lever and welded on one off a XR400.

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Also fitted a scott oiler and a set of wide foot peg's from Ebay, I Now have to have a stronger spring fitted to the rear shock and were ready.

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Nice work Darren - I did something similar with my OTR bashplate once I got back from Heroes', not because of stone ingress so much, rather ending the wings short like that gave the potential for it to fold in a really heavy landing (or after dragging it's lardy arse on and off a work stand each night at service)...

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Jx

ive gone pretty low tech ..

ive two shoulder guards i dont use on my body armour
so i ve plugged the gaps around the water pump with it
they bolt on to the o/e plate and the top bolts in the cooler cover
the hole centres were perfect
its not perfect but pretty effective against rocks flying up into the gaps



got a ktm chain guide off ebay for 99p would you belive it ..he he

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