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interesting thread, good to see you using and abusing the Ten :)

Yeah, poor thing's had a fairly tough year. Three and a half years old, and about 36,700 miles on the clocks.

If everything goes to plan over the next year or so, it will have over 60,000 miles on it by its fifth birthday, and something like 10-15% of that off-tarmac.

Did I mention that when I was at the Adventure Travel Film Festival in August, someone I met described it as the "worst looking Tenere they'd seen". I think he was trying to pay me a compliment :D

Brush on waxoyl FTMFW!

Does it smell as nice when you fire the bike up?

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Originally Posted by uberthumper (Post 180695)

Dead easy to take apart as far as it is in the photos, only fiddly bit is the tank.

To get the tank off, I take the handlebars off and strap them vertically to the side of the screen/headlight. With them out of the way, you can tip the tank right up on its back end, which allows you to get at the fuel hose and electrical connections. The fuel hose is still difficult, just because of the nature of the connector, but it's a hell of a lot easier with the tank stood up than trying to prop it up at the back and reach underneath.

There's still bits of mud in and around the engine. I don't think you can get one of these properly clean without taking the motor out :D

I had real trouble around the ignition area where the tank fits so snug I was afraid to tilt it.

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Originally Posted by uberthumper (Post 180724)

Does it smell as nice when you fire the bike up?

It's pretty good.

First of all, I need to apologise to GulGo - I'm afraid I won't be attending the Lakes Weekend next year. Sorry.

To the rest of you, I'm going to need someone to step up to the challenge and win the NavXT event while I'm not there ;)

I've got a fairly good excuse for not being there though. When I got home from work today, there was a parcel waiting for me on the kitchen table.

http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfil...scaled1000.jpg

A very well travelled parcel, in a US Postal Service box, all the way from a Mr Sam Carrero of Corinth, Mississippi. Sam is an American motorcyclist who is rather enthusiastic about trail-riding. So much so that he spent years linking together a series of trails leading (almost) the entire way across the United States, from Tennessee to the Oregon Coast. He called this route the Trans-Am-Trail (TAT), and produced a set of maps and a roadbook/rollchart so that other people could ride it too.

http://getfile4.posterous.com/getfil...scaled1000.jpg

The reason I've bought a set of maps from Sam is that next year, I will be spending twelve weeks in the US, accompanied by the Tenere, the first 4-6 weeks of which will be riding the entire 4,800 miles of the TAT from east to west. The remainder will be returning to the east coast by whatever route takes my fancy.

http://getfile0.posterous.com/getfil...scaled1000.jpg

I'm really rather excited.

ah nook means it down to the two northern Irish boys to show the rest how its done!!! Bernard you may get your racing boots on!!!

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Originally Posted by uberthumper (Post 180745)

First of all, I need to apologise to GulGo - I'm afraid I won't be attending the Lakes Weekend next year. Sorry.

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I will be spending twelve weeks in the US, accompanied by the Tenere, the first 4-6 weeks of which will be riding the entire 4,800 miles of the TAT from east to west.

That's no excuse at all :imgimg:

On the other hand..... it's open season for the NavXT..

TAM - Well, I'm now jealous and I hate you.

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Originally Posted by Gas_Up_Lets_Go (Post 180758)

Well, I'm now jealous and I hate you.

I'd best not turn up to Lakeland VI in 2014 then either? :D