The tall windshield works perfectly and will allow effortless cruising at 80mph. Pannier frames are superb, quality wise and fit wise. The panniers fit perfectly and do not rattle or leak, they are 31 Litres and are certainly bigger than the Yam ones. PS they also protect the bike in a fall!. Radiator grille really looks the biz, bash plate looks very strong, link drops the bike sufficiently for me to get the balls of my feet firmly on the floor, which I am happy with. Just might drop the forks by 20mm as the headlight adjuster is now at its limit! The hugger is a bit flimsy because he has used the small screw that holds the clip for the reear brake pipe and it has stripped. I intend to tap it out to 6mm and see if that improves things. The small headlight protector does its job as well and will really stop crap getting onto the original lens. If anyone wants close up pics of any of the details please use this thread and detail your request. PS the crash bars look very good but were pre production items. He has promised to have some made when I next meet him for a MCN photoshoot (if that ever happens!)

....and a quick PS, the Yam panniers flex at the back as there is no support between them and they can pivot underneath the bike. The Metal Mule frame links behind the reg plate. I wonder how long the Yam ones will last as they are plastic and I expect would crack in a fall.

Hi SteveD, great pics!! Where did you get the tankbag, from off-the-road? Does it have a logo "Tamsa" on the sides? Do you like them? Thanks.

hi steveD see you met a black tenere after all shame you didnt get a photo of all four at the same time

The tank bag is a Tuareg that I got from Hein Gericke, it was the only one I could find that had a bit of profile to it that would fit on the tank. Hope this helps. Cheers SteveD

Yeah He was at Hawes on Saturday night, comes from Leeds area so I'll try and meet up with him sometime. I have given him the XT site address so I hope that he will become a member and keep us up to date on how he gets on with his Z'ed. Cheers steveD

Where did you get the taller windscreen from? Yamaha?

No, the taller windscreen is from Metal Mule. The company has just iused my Tenere to develop the extras that are in the pics earlier in the thread. The quality is par none except for the hugger which still needs more work. They are making some crash bars as well which protect the water pump and fix to the studs that attach the tank to the frame. This point looks really strong and you will notice that they have cut holes about 30mm dia for the tube to go into. I expect to get the proper bars soon and will add pics. You will also notice that the pannier frames do not use the big hole in the rear subframe that Yamaha use, they use a fixing on the top of the subframe which is also used for a very useful rear carrier, which Yamaha do not even offer. Cheers SteveD

After a weekend on Salisbury Plain in Southern England, I have only three shots of my XTZ. Really enjoyed riding the bike on the shale trails.....:glasses1:

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With some friends we did last week the Liguri�n route, Sommelleir, Assieta, La Bonnet and the Parpaillon in the French Italien Alps.

a few pics. If i have orderd all my pic's I wil post them

http://picasaweb.google.nl/VanjaVDH/...59863489774242

It was a lot of fun, sometimes a bit scary
The Tenere did wel
Cruisin at 120 (real km's/h and not 135 on the odo), for 10 hours was not any problem.