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Pleiades 01-12-12 20:55
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Originally Posted by Keithblade (Post 181448)
A good covering of afc and never clean them, its an adventure bike and doesnt need clean spokes. Lets be honest these bikes look better dirty anyway.

As for the rear wheel the Scotoiler covers the bikes spokes in cac and then they are protected with the covering.
Funnily enough, that's exactly what I do, to the last letter!

wide 02-12-12 10:04
Did have a read of said article, and it was helped along by people who actually enjoy riding these style of bikes, which made a nice change to some tests that get witten by riders who only use tarmac!!

mash101 02-12-12 11:57
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Originally Posted by wide (Post 181457)
Did have a read of said article, and it was helped along by people who actually enjoy riding these style of bikes, which made a nice change to some tests that get witten by riders who only use tarmac!!
+1!!!
However: how many places can you go 'adventure' riding in SE England? I bet most Tens in this part of the world NEVER go further than the odd farm track......
Still, good article though - I got round to reading all of it yesterday.

phil ten 03-12-12 18:52
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Originally Posted by uberthumper (Post 181384)
The point I'm slowly getting to is that in any group test involving the Tenere, it will probably come out badly, because I don't think there's anything genuinely comparable on the market as a stock bike. The ~800cc multi-cylinder bikes are much bulkier, much more powerful, and much more road oriented. The likes of the 690 are smaller, lighter, and off-road-racing oriented.
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your bang right there! The Ten is often compared to those bikes but as you said there not comparable!!

i love my Ten, my main gripe is the wheels / hubs. Is it me or do they weigh like there made of lead! :)

RickM 05-12-12 00:15
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Originally Posted by Gas_Up_Lets_Go (Post 181382)

Having both a Tiger and a Ten, I say they compliment each other. There is no way they are similar in ride, speed, delivery, ability they are all different.

Worlds apart in sound and feel as well - especially with the MTC can(s) on the Tenere. It would be great to own a British bike but being so used to thumpers, I don't think I could ever get on with any more than two cylinders - not least because of mpg. It's a shame the Tiger isn't a twin......but then being a triple helps give it it's unique-ness I guess.

RickM 05-12-12 00:28
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Originally Posted by phil ten (Post 181516)

i love my Ten, my main gripe is the wheels / hubs. Is it me or do they weigh like there made of lead! :)
At least they weigh like they're made to take a bashing and thrashing - quite handy on our pothole, speedhump & decay infested roads. Not to mention jumping humped roundabouts and kerb hopping......err....so I'm told ;-)

phil ten 05-12-12 17:58
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Originally Posted by RickM (Post 181562)
At least they weigh like they're made to take a bashing and thrashing - quite handy on our pothole, speedhump & decay infested roads. Not to mention jumping humped roundabouts and kerb hopping......err....so I'm told ;-)
good point :)

saw some lovely rims / hubs at the NEC show, they weren't Talon but looked just as nice. didnt have a price tag....you know what that means! :D

RickM 05-12-12 22:41
Yeah - don't tell the missus!! :rotf[1]:

enduro374 10-12-12 13:10
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Originally Posted by RickM (Post 181562)
At least they weigh like they're made to take a bashing and thrashing
It's the hubs that are the heavy part along with two discs up front and the rims are not that strong at all..

RickM 13-12-12 10:12
But strong enough for your average trail bike. Afterall, a spoked wheel's strength is due to the sum of its parts, n'est pas?

If someone was serious about racing then no doubt they would think about changing the wheels. Personally, I would think about a WR450 - not that I can afford to go racing :-(

Back on topic.......I note the mpg quoted for the Ten is hardly any better than that of the Tiger (43 vs 42). As I typically get about 60 mpg from my Ten has any Tiger owner seen any better than 42 mpg ?? (Gas Up??)


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