A good job well done, looks the dog's.
I have enjoyed your posts.
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BB

What was the final total $$ rebuild cost ?

:hug[1]:I have finally been able to get the Tenere certified and registered and on the road. It is a nice feeling to have achieved this.

What has it cost me in round figures?
NZ$1500 for the wreck.
NZ$1000 certification and registration
NZ $5500 in new and used parts (including freight) and frame repairs.

I have been able to repair some parts myself and have bypassed some other issues that could have added another $2k in electronics...

It runs good and am looking forward.to having a proper ride on it. I have softened the front fork setting and my softened the rear yet. Previous owner must have been heavier than me.

Thank you to everyone who helped me with parts or knowledge

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What has it cost me in round figures?
NZ$1500 for the wreck.
NZ$1000 certification and registration
NZ $5500 in new and used parts (including freight) and frame repairs.

[/QUOTE]

So ~8000NZ$ in total and you have learned a lot about it in the process. What was the cost of it from new and what is a realistic used price for it now ?

I don't know much about NZ pricing .....

They are around NZ $16000 new. Second hand this year bike is selling for around $11k -$13k so I would imagine that I would get near the lower end of that as it is not pristine clean.

I do feel a lot more comfortable with it mechanically with what I learnt from it. So i think it was a worth while project. :coolsmiley:

There's an unbelievably cheap 2010 for 7.4k in Wellington
But this one's yours and you've rebuilt it yourself.
But yeah their normally 10k upwards

Oh and congratulations on the build

Cheers.

The plus side on mine is that it is a 2013 model and only had about 15000km on the clock. The one in Wellington has 62000km on the clock. So hopefully mines still a better investment:occasion14:

Was out riding it today and loving it:bounce016:

Winter arrived recently, so the days are shorter and darker again. I soon found the Headlights are seriously lacking on high beam. Sitting on my bench was a little xmas grift I got myself which needed a home...

So I made up some brackets to mount it off the fork tow point, but this proved too wide and the pressy kept hitting the fuel tank. Fail. So I modified the brackets and used the front sub frame mounting bolts as the mounting location and I ended up with this:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4192/3...4628fb69_z.jpg 20170422_224729 by DARREN MORRIS, on Flickr

The two outer LEDs are difussed and the 3 center LEDs are focued. It came with a wiring loom with relay and control switch, so I wired the switch supply to the High beam supply so that I can only use it on Hi, but can still turn it off when riding in towns. What a difference a few more candles make. Ridding at night is a pleasure again and not a scary experience.

Had a ride out around the coutry near home. The weather had been pretty good a couple of weeks ago, but this week is just wet. So reminiscing about fine weather riding...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4175/3...9515bb27_z.jpg 20170505_155749 by DARREN MORRIS, on Flickr
You can see on the left of the dash board, the push button for the spot light controls.

Well done DazzaXT, that photo makes me want to but my bike on a boat & have a ride around NZ :blob1:

Cheers Desert Racer. The feeling is mutal. Hopefully once I finish the house, I would like to ship the bike to Aussie and have a bit of a ride round the place... not sure about all of it... it's pretty big, compared to NZ

Great to be enjoying the bike after all the hard work. ...nice place to ride! Steve

Australia sure is big, one of the the main reasons for buying the Tenere is that 500k ( managed 540 with a bit left on 98 octane! ) tank range because it can be a long way til' the next fuel station.

The weather forecast for the week was atrocious, but we had booked our accommodation and weekend passes were approved, so we went riding anyway. As it turned out it really only rained twice in the 900km we did in 2 days.
Our goal was to find some road tunnels in the Taranaki district. There are about 15 of them so we had a few to choose from. But of course, first we had to get there...
We rode as many gravel back roads as we could find and along the way we picked up 8 tunnels... which means an excuse to go back and get the rest...

[IMG] https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4276/...aae19006_k.jpg On the coast south of raglan by DARREN MORRIS, on Flickr[/IMG]

and

[IMG] https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4245/...29593241_k.jpg Kiwi road tunnel by DARREN MORRIS, on Flickr[/IMG]

Great stuff Dazza....what a place to ride! ....Steve

https://photos.app.goo.gl/G8r8hTJincDNxB1a2
It has been a while since I last posted, but I have been enjoying the Tenere heaps. I mounted a Touratech gear tray on the back. This made life easier for tying stuff on board.

I am in the process of converting the front end to YZ250 USD forks. Just waiting on a 320mm brake disc and parts to arrive.

Summer is here and the old disused roads are calling....

Over the last year or so, I have been quietly putting aside bits and bobs to upgrade the front forks of the Tenere. When I rebuilt it, I took the easy route to get the bike going and repaired the front end as standard.

Riding the bike has shown me that the standard forks are ok on road but lack response off road, and I haven't enjoyed them. Especially after having converted the Bemaha to USD fork. So....

I finally started putting all the bits together. I replaced the oil seals and bushes to start with as they were leaking oil.

I measured the springs to calculate the spring rate as they don't have any markings on them. They come out at 0.47. This may be a bit light for the Tenere but I will run with them and find out how they feel.

New 5wt oil. New fork gaurds. I copied the mounting braket that I made to hold the brake line and speedo sensor on the Bemaha. A mate had copied the axel spacers for the hub. New bottom bearing in the steering head.

I removed the old forks and put in the new 46mm YZ250 USD forks. On installing the axel, things didn't seem to fit. After much cursing and sweating, I finally got the ruler and verniers out to find that the spacers were way to long for the hub and the hub was wider than the one used on the Bemaha. Some calculations and hacksawing soon had the wheel centered in the brake caliper and my blood pressure back to normal.

I have converted the brake disc to 320mm and am using the YZ slave cylinder and brake line connected to the Tenere master cylinder. Again I will see how it feels, at this stage it seems to work OK.
[IMG] https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4732/...910f261e_k.jpg YZ fork and brake upgrade by DARREN MORRIS, on Flickr[/IMG]

For the mud guard, I am using a YZ one, unfortunately it has been painted honda red, so this will be painted Yamaha blue to match the Tenere tank color once I get a patch can mixed up at supercheap auto or similar.
[IMG] https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4640/...0b884114_k.jpg YZ mudgaurd by DARREN MORRIS, on Flickr[/IMG]

So far I have only ridden it down the road and back and it initially all feels good. Hopefully tomorrow I will do some test riding and fine tuning and get a real feel for it. Certainly this saturday will be a test for it when I go up to the Tussock Adventure ride in Waiouru. Looking forward to that.

Sorry about having links for photos. Flikr seems to have limited the format for sharing photos and it doesn't match with this site.

Anyone know of a fix for this?

Edit: How to with Flickr

just came across your thread Dazza. Gotta say mate....Gutsy move....Congrats on having the steel to see that project through. I hope you really enjoy your ride knowing you hand-built it back to life.

Hi CT. Yes enjoying it heaps. Still a couple of tweeks I want to do to it. More fun being able to personalise your own bike:pjrflash_Q2CCBE:

I haven't been happy about not having a fuel gauge so I recently found that Koso make a speedo with Fuel gauge and water temperature, as well as a few other bells and whistles, so I have swapped the Trailtech for the Koso:
[IMG] https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4602/...e9371207_k.jpg Koso speedo by DARREN MORRIS, on Flickr[/IMG]
I am happy with it so far. Unfortunately the calibration of the fuel sensor doesn't match the selectable ranges and so the first half of the tank doesn't change, but at least I know when I'm running out of gas.... instead of being stranded 20km from home.

I made a side stand foot print thanks to Chalk Two's plans he posted:
[IMG] https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4652/...c8f6f36e_b.jpg Foot print by DARREN MORRIS, on Flickr[/IMG]
I have used it in soft soils and grass on a couple of rides recently and it has worked well. No fall overs yet.

I have had a problem with the RPM at Idle, reving too high. I had been able to adjust the throttle to compensate but recently it got worse, to the point of idling at 2000+ rpm. Bit had engine braking down grassy hill sides!

On a recent ride the other day, I got home and heard a hissing noise coming from under the tank. On investigation I found that the Rubber flange had been knocked off the Inlet stub and split. This must have happened when the bike had it's accident, but I hadn't noticed it way up under there.

So after removing the tank, I was able to glue it back together as a temporary fix, but I have ordered a replacement to swap out later.

While I was under there I checked the tappets, which were a bit too open, so adjusted them.
[IMG] https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4745/...ff667862_k.jpg Engine tune up by DARREN MORRIS, on Flickr[/IMG]

Not looking forward to having to take the tank off again but at least it will fix the problem long term. The engine is running much better now.

I have been helping a mate set the route for an Adventure ride. It was run Yesterday and we were lucky with the weather, fine and sunny.

The route followed some old Clay roads (public roads no longer maintained by the council):
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4759/...48c7c186_k.jpg Tutupapa rd by DARREN MORRIS, on Flickr

Joined up with a mix of gravel roads and sealed roads. We also rode through some old disused Rail tunnels and rail lines:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4768/...04dedd05_k.jpg Rail line by DARREN MORRIS, on Flickr

Unfortunately we have had a lot of rain this summer and the local country side has suffered with slips. We have had to clear about 8 on different sections of the trail, this one was the most recent and we had to flatten and drain the pool of water behind it so the riders could get through it. Hot work in the summer sun. Waiting for the bikes to come through:
[IMG] https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4767/...624483e0_k.jpg Track clearing by DARREN MORRIS, on Flickr[/IMG]

I am happy with how the forks are performing. Now I can feel how poorly the rear shock is handling the bumps.... Will it ever end?

I have been doing a little blinging on the Tenere. I got some short FX levers for the front brake and clutch. This has freed up the clutter on the handle bars.

I got some paint for the front mudgaurd made.up, but it ended up being quite a bit darker than hoped for. But its better than red...

I had spoken to a mate about riding through his farm recently and as it was nice and dry last night I went for a ride. The first half went down through his sisters farm then over a concrete creek crossing, up out of the gully and into the back of his place. There are lots of gullies on his farm so the track wound its way up and down these back to the road.

It was a great ride. But even with the wide foot, the bike fell over off the side stand and broke an indicator. Argh, there's always something to do on a bike...
[IMG] https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4694/...1f77f4c9_k.jpg Out riding Rongoiti by DARREN MORRIS, on Flickr[/IMG]

loving that side stand big foot.........(thanks for the mention) :023: