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I had a long few weeks of no riding and hard graft on the Tenere in June, but it's now back on the road with a few significant upgrades.
http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfil...scaled1000.jpg The main changes are to help the motor breathe a bit more easily - DNA Stage 2 filter and snorkel eliminator on the inlet side, and an MTC stainless single silencer system on the outlet to replace the Yamaha/Akrapovic twin-can system. A Power Commander V that I picked up second hand last year for a price too good to refuse (knowing I would eventually be making these mods) gives it a bit more fuel to match up with the extra air. Finally, I turned up a plug to block up the feed to the Air Induction System, which bleeds airbox air into the exhaust headers to burn up any unburnt fuel. http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfil...scaled1000.jpg The last one isn't terribly important in terms of performance, but stops the incessant popping on a closed throttle, and would need doing either temporarily or permanently to allow a proper dyno run without screwing up the air-fuel ratio reading. Ideally I'd take the whole system out, as it's a whole mess of complicated plumbing, but that can wait for another time. It's not been on a Dyno yet - the PCV map came from GULGo who has been running the same filter/exhaust setup on his Tenere for the last year or so. I will get it tested and the map tweaked for my bike at some point, but my initial impressions are good. It feels a bit livelier through the midrange, but it's hard to be sure how much of that is perception from it being a bit louder with the new can. What is unambiguous is that it has now gained a good 1000rpm at the bottom of the rev range - where the stock setup would bog down below 3000rpm, it will now pull almost from tickover. I took advantage of taking the exhaust off to remove my rear shock (the collector needs to be removed to get the top shock bolt out) and send it back to Nitron for a service and a warranty fix of the remote preload adjuster, which was sticking. Then since I had the back end of the bike apart anyway, and an enforced wait for my shock to return from Oxfordshire, I then got a bit carried away and attacked another couple of issues. The first is that the (enormous) stock tail-light/number plate assembly is a) enormous. and b) looks wrong once you take one of the silencers away. The second is that the stock undertray has to accomodate the stock exhaust (which I've never even had). The stock exhaust is also enormous, and results in a distinct lack of underseat storage. Both issues addressed, functionally, if not prettily, with a bit of metal bashing. http://getfile4.posterous.com/getfil...scaled1000.jpg All just about done in time for the Ryedale Rally, which happened last weekend, but that's another story. |
Brilliant Looking Ten!
Looks Great mate! I'm doing a few mods myself! Can I ask where you got the side number plates from and are they a direct fit? Great thread BTW!
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I split the PC-V/DNA upgrade and Can, so I noticed an immediate difference even with the stock OE can, but it was the MTC that delivered the low range torque. In a <not very scientific> drag test, me on the PC-V/DNA/MTC bike, and Keith on a totally stock bike, the upgraded bike can gain distance very easily on the stock bike. With the stock bike/rider being lighter than me ! |
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Lower mounting hole is in the perfect place for one of the pillion peg bolts. Mine is just zip-tied to the frame underneath the grab handle, and I leave the upper front bolt hole empty. I think JMo put a captive nut in the frame for the upper front bolt. You will need to either trim the number board to make it fit around the grab handle plastic, or trim the plastic to suit the numberboard. I did the latter. |
How is the paint holding up on the side panels? And if it's holding up well - what did you use? :)
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Halfords enamel spray paint. Looks like this...
http://cdn.priceprobe.net/i/4888408....0a5c9.00800473 Works fairly well. There's a few flaky bits, but that has more to do with me being lazy about preparation and spraying it in an unheated garage while it was snowing outside. Also a few bits have scraped off where I've crashed, but that applies to any paint finish. For me, it's not worth doing it any better - my bike has a reasonably tough life in terms of off-tarmac abuse, so even with the best paint job in the world it would probably need touching up every year. As it is, it looks OK from a distance, and only costs me �20 or so to redo over the winter. If you want your bike to look nice, I wouldn't do it my way :D |
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I hope there is more to come......
It looks like there were only two people taking part!:Gangsta2_9BI664: |
That's about it for pictures (of me). Will be some words to go with it at some point.
More pictures from the organisers here: http://www.enduro-neec.org.uk/galler...=0&action=prev |
How did you find the bikes power delivery, now you have the upgrades ? Did it make it easier, or harder to ride the bike in those conditions ?
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